People Quiz #347
Famous People Quiz for 8 September 2015
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Q1.
Which opera singer, and oratorio and concert soloist with the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony and Israel Philharmonic orchestras is even better known for dubbing the singing in films of musicals including for Margaret O'Brien in "The Secret Garden" (1949) and for singing roles on Broadway in 2000-2003?
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Q2.
Which of these admitted in January 2004 to having had a face lift?
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Q3.
In what country was Johnny Depp, at least until May 2015, filming the 5th chapter in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series?
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Q4.
T S Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939) formed the basis for which long-running musical show?
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Practical Guide to Cat Shows
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Q5.
Well known in the 1960s, what was the profession of Holland-Dozier-Holland?
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Q6.
Who wrote "J'accuse", an open letter to Félix Fauré, President of France, accusing the government of anti-Semitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus (a French officer sentenced to life imprisonment for espionage) that was published on 13 January 1898, in the newspaper "L'Aurore"?
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Q7.
Who was the Anglo-Irish scientist who, in the 17th century, discovered that "the volume of a given mass of gas at a given temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure"?
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