People Quiz #417
Famous People Quiz for 10 January 2017
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Q1.
Which German writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, later expatriated from Germany and becoming an American citizen, was the author of works including "Buddenbrooks", "Mario and the Magician" and "The Magic Mountain"?
A
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
B
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
C
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
D
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
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Q2.
Bertrand Russell, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Immanuel Kant and Socrates are most usually described as what?
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Q3.
Which European ruler reigned for the longest time?
A
Johann II, Liechtenstein
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Q4.
Which 19th century French composer had his first opera, "Les Pêcheurs de Perles", produced when he was not yet 25?
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Q5.
Who was found guilty of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968?
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Q6.
Julian Edwin Adderley, a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s, was known by what nickname?
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Q7.
Who played Billie Holiday in the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues"?
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