People Quiz #454
Famous People Quiz for 26 September 2017
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Q1.
Which dictator was known as "Il Duce"?
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Q2.
Which English general medical practitioner is known to have killed at least 218 of his patients, and was caught when he became unexpectedly a beneficiary in the will of Kathleen Grundy?
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Q3.
Which drummer was the band leader for his wife, Pearl Bailey?
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Q4.
In the Greek pantheon, whose daughter was Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy)?
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Q5.
Which English novelist wrote, among 52 novels altogether, a series called "The Barsetshire Novels"?
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Q6.
Which 1st century Athenian dramatist wrote over 100 tragedies, only 7 of which survive, including "Oedipus Rex", "Antigone" and "Electra"?
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Q7.
Which would South African Christiaan Barnard usually pick up in the course of the work for which he was best known in the second half of the 20th century?
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