People Quiz #361
Famous People Quiz for 15 December 2015
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Q1.
What are Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey most well-known for?
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2
Q2.
Pistol and Boo, who became internationally famous in 2015, were what?
A
Captured Mexican drug barons
B
Pixar cartoon characters
D
Twins born to three parents
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Q3.
On 29 May 1954, who sent a message to the aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance, saying "Thank you for the original forgery"?
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Q4.
What field did Dr Kurt Gödel (1906-78), considered one of the top practitioners in this field, work in?
A
Development of robotics
C
Mathematics and mathematical logic
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Q5.
Calista Flockhart became engaged to whom in February 2009?
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Q6.
In England, the "dissolution of the monasteries" occurred under the reign of which king?
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Q7.
Who wrote "Desperate Remedies" (1871) and "Under The Greenwood Tree" (1872)?
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