People Quiz #447
Famous People Quiz for 8 August 2017
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Q1.
Mrs Alice Keppel was the mistress of which of these?
A
The Duke of Orléans, cousin to King Louis XVI of France
B
King Charles II, son of King Charles I of England
C
Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria of England
D
William III of England, co-monarch with Queen Mary II
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Q2.
Which Austrian composer, whose works include 104 symphonies, 84 string quartets and 42 piano sonatas, received a D Mus degree at Oxford University, England?
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3
Q3.
What field did American surgeon and medical researcher Dr Henry Heimlich work in?
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4
Q4.
Who originated the "Paddington Bear" series of books?
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Q5.
Who is a unit of length (one hundred millionth of a centimetre), used to measure wavelengths of light, named after?
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Q6.
Who originated the "Wombles" characters?
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Q7.
A number of medical treatments and terminologies have been named after which German surgeon, son of a philosopher and philologist, father and grandfather of also well-known pharmacologists, and from 1895 surgeon-in-chief at the University of Leipzig?
A
Friedrich Lange (1849 - 1927)
B
Albert Fraenkel (1848-1916)
C
Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844-1924)
D
Paul Dahlke (1865- 1928)
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