People Quiz #452
Famous People Quiz for 12 September 2017
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Q1.
Who adopted Ziggy Stardust as an on-stage identity?
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Q2.
Who was exiled to Siberia three times, was active in the plot that overthrew Kerensky in 1917, and became Secretary of the Russian Communist Party?
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Q3.
What is the next in this series: Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, ...?
Note: This question was updated in February 2018
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Q4.
Which of these people had victories in battle at Marston Moor, Naseby, Preston, Dunbar and Worcester?
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Q5.
Which soprano, who had a highly successful opera career between 1968 and 2004, starred as Maria in the "operatic version" of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story"?
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Q6.
Who was backed by the Dakotas?
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Q7.
Which 19th century author improved the system of signalling at sea and wrote "Mr Midshipman Easy", "Masterman Ready" and "The Children of the New Forest"?
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