People Quiz #357
Famous People Quiz for 17 November 2015
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Q1.
Who starred in "Beaches", "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", "Outrageous Fortune" and "The First Wives Club"?
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2
Q2.
Who is an Australian convicted murderer, currently serving 35 life sentences for murdering 35 people and injuring 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre, a shooting spree in Tasmania in 1996?
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Q3.
Harrison Ford, who was at the time filming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", injured himself in 2014 how?
A
Broke his pelvis and ankle in an emergency landing in his plane
B
Broke his ankle in a fall on set
D
Broke his nose when someone opened a champagne bottle at the wrong time
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4
Q4.
Wu Zetian (625-705), also known as Wu Zhao and Tian Hou, is the only woman in the history of China to do what?
A
Make discoveries in astronomy
B
Travel to Europe before 1900
C
Reign as Empress in her own right
D
Lead a peasants' revolt
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Q5.
Cambodia, which over the course of 1841 to 1953 was under the joint suzerainty of Thailand and Vietnam then was a monarchy under the protection of France which included an occupation by Japan, was steered to independence in 1953 by whom?
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Q6.
Which Glasgow group signed to Creation Records and recorded their debut single, "All Fall Down", in 1985?
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Q7.
Which of these politicians made his fortune from the ownership of television companies?
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