People Quiz #442
Famous People Quiz for 4 July 2017
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Q1.
Who was the proprietor of "New York World" who made a bequest to award 12 prizes annually to American authors and composers?
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Q2.
Which 19th century Italian composed over 60 operas, including "L'Elisir d'Amore", "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Don Pasquale"?
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Q3.
Which of the following was jailed for two months in February 1949 for smoking marijuana?
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Q4.
Who wrote the stories "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" and "The Sandman" which inspired the ballet "Coppélia" by Delibes?
A
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman
B
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
C
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
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Q5.
Which English poet, the author of "Adonis", "Prometheus Unbound" and "Ode to the West Wind", accidentally drowned off Leghorn, England, in 1822?
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Q6.
Of what country was Makeda, beloved of King Solomon of t he United Monarchy in Israel, reputed to have been Queen?
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Q7.
Who wrote the song "We Are the World" that was originally recorded by the supergroup "USA for Africa" in 1985?
A
Eric Clapton & Sheryl Crow
C
Kenny Rogers & Stevie Wonder
D
Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
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