People Quiz #386
Famous People Quiz for 7 June 2016
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Q1.
Who, aged 54, married 18 year old Oona O'Neill, the daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, in June 1943?
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Q2.
Who shot the most famous film of the assassination of John F Kennedy?
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Q3.
Who created the character of Harold C. "Rabbit" Angstrom who appears in the stories "Rabbit, Run", "Rabbit Redux", "Rabbit Is Rich", "Rabbit at Rest" and "Rabbit Remembered"?
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Q4.
What politician or world leader is co-author of the book ‘Judo: History, Theory, Practice' (2004)?
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Q5.
French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) is particularly known for work in chemistry and biology including discoveries that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same, and what?
A
The function of the heart in circulating blood
B
Heat treatment of milk to kill bacteria
C
The role of oxygen in combustion
D
The existence of neutrons
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Q6.
Which of these was a French composer, known for his "Ave Maria" and his operas "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette"?
A
Charles-François Gounod
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Q7.
The lights were turned off in the Empire State Building for 15 minutes in August 2004 to mark the death of whom?
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