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People Quiz #313

Famous People Quiz for 13 January 2015

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Q1. With a career that lasted from 1967 to 1971, who had 2 hit records that made #2 on the US charts and #1 and #5 on the UK charts: "Young Girl" and "Lady Willpower"?

A
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
B
Dino, Desi and Billy
C
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
D
Huey Lewis and the News
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Q2. Who was the Greek goddess of victory daughter of Pallas represented as a winged figure wreathed or palm bearing sometimes guiding victors' horses?

A
Adidas
B
Nike
C
Diana
D
Venus
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Q3. What is the surname of the father and son actors Kirk and Michael?

A
Franklin
B
Douglas
C
Dillard
D
Caine
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Q4. After stints backing Little Richard and the Isley Brothers, who was discovered leading "Jimmy James and the Blue Flames" at the Café Wha? in New York and taken to London on 26 September 1966 to make hit records?

A
Meatloaf
B
PJ Proby
C
Jimi Hendrix
D
James Taylor
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Q5. What is unusual about the current (in 2013) Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce?

A
The youngest in the position
B
The first aboriginal Governor General
C
The first woman appointed to the position
D
The first incumbent who is not a peer
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Q6. Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl"?

A
Charlie Chaplin
B
Steve Martin
C
George Burns
D
Ricky Gervais
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Q7. This actor is the youngest of 5 children, his great-grandfather was blind and a piano tuner and music teacher, he won a Primetime Emmy Award 2014 for Outstanding Actor, and among many films and TV series starred in the film version of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"; who is he?

Note: This question was updated in March 2024
A
James Bolam
B
Martin Freeman
C
Laurence Fox
D
Brad Pitt
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