People Quiz #437
Famous People Quiz for 30 May 2017
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1
Q1.
Who succeeded Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union when he died in 1924?
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2
Q2.
Which country music artist performed at the 2017 Superbowl in the USA?
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3
Q3.
At an auction in New York in March 2009, Vijay Mallya made international news by buying personal items belonging to whom?
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4
Q4.
Celebrated merchant Marco Polo 1254-1324, adventurer Francisco Pizzaro c.1475-1541, African-American activist Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumtree) c.1797-1883, and White Sox player Joe Jackson 1887-1951 shared what?
D
They are not known to have had any children
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5
Q5.
Which of these monarchs was friendly to usurping military powers in a neighbouring country, was ousted by a coup from within his own government, and then supported revolutionary forces later accused of genocide which looked to overthrow his ex-government?
A
The Kangde Emperor of China
B
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
C
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
D
King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
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6
Q6.
Which author, two of whose works are "Sketches by Boz" and "Little Dorrit", spent some months as a boy with his father in Marshalsea debtors' prison in England?
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Q7.
Which artist performed with the group From Scratch and pop/rock/alternative band Blam Blam Blam, and co-founded the musical/theatrical band Front Lawn and the rock/alternative band The Mutton Birds?
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