People Quiz #408
Famous People Quiz for 8 November 2016
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Q1.
Who created the character of Doctor Frankenstein?
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Q2.
Stand-up comedian, writer and film-maker Elliott Spencer is also known as what?
A
A basketball player and sportscaster
B
A multi-talented USA ex-Black Ops soldier, a character in the TV series "Leverage" (2008-2012)
D
The husband of comedian, writer, presenter, film and TV and theatre actor, and activist Stephen Fry
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Q3.
Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), English botanist, physician and astrologer, is particularly well-known for which publication which was strongly resisted by the relevant authorities at the time but has been in print ever since?
C
Jane's Naval Weapon Systems
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Q4.
Mike D'abo, Klaus Voorman, Tom McGuinness and Mike Hugg were four fifths of which band which had a 1968 hit with "Mighty Quinn"?
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Q5.
Which group, which broke up in 1981, had Howard Devoto as the frontman, while Dave Formula played keyboards, Barry Adamson played bass, with John Doyle on drums?
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Q6.
Who created the character of Roderick Alleyn?
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Q7.
Which of these qualities are actor Geoffrey Rush, artist David Hockney, composer Alexander Scriabin, writer Vladimir Nabokov, and poet Bob Dylan understood to have shared?
A
Mild scoliosis of the spine
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