People Quiz #363
Famous People Quiz for 29 December 2015
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Q1.
In whose name was an annual award established in 2009, given to a living UK poet for new work in poetry?
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Q2.
King Idris I was deposed in 1969 as king of where?
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Q3.
Whose first book, published in 1920, was "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"?
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Q4.
Who is common to the films "Memento", "Inception", and "Interstellar"?
A
Lynda Obst, as producer
B
Jonathan Nolan, as writer
C
Michael Caine, as actor
D
Christopher Nolan, as director
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Q5.
U Thant (Myanmar), Kurt Waldheim (Austria) and Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru) successively held the same office; what was the office?
A
Negotiator supporting the Armistice Agreements between Israel and Palestine
B
Secretary-General of the United Nations
C
Supreme Allied Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
D
President of the World Bank
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Q6.
Who wrote the book "Studies in Hysteria" and "Interpretation of Dreams"?
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Q7.
Who was Vice President to Bill Clinton's presidency, which was from 1993 to 2001?
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