People Quiz #416
Famous People Quiz for 3 January 2017
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Q1.
By what name is Domenico Theotocopuli better known?
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Q2.
Who was the British general who took Charleston, South Carolina, 1779 during the American War of Independence?
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Q3.
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, born on the Danish island of Zealand, beginning his professional jazz career aged 14 and remaining active until his sudden death in 2005 aged 58 in Copenhagen, is best known for playing what instrument?
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Q4.
Which of these is not a child of David and Victoria Beckham?
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Q5.
Marlon Brando played Colonel Kurtz in which 1979 film?
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Q6.
What distinguished British scientist did actor Eddie Redmayne portray in the film "The Theory of Everything" (2014)?
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Q7.
Who received the first Nobel prize for literature to be awarded to a British writer?
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