People Quiz #410
Famous People Quiz for 22 November 2016
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Q1.
The Belgian artist Georges Remi is better known by what name?
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2
Q2.
Which 19th century composer wrote over 40 operas including "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" and "Guillaume Tell"?
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3
Q3.
Which of these was Vice President of the USA the earliest?
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4
Q4.
Which 19th century Russian novelist wrote "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", "The Possessed", "The Brothers Karamazov" and "The House of the Dead"?
B
Constantin Stanislavski
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Q5.
Which Greek mathematician, active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I and often referred to as the "Father of Geometry", published the textbook “Elements”?
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Q6.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995?
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Q7.
In April 1998 the death of Pol Pot, defeated Cambodian dictator, was recorded as being due to what?
C
Heart failure at home in bed
D
Failure of his parachute in a skydive
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