People Quiz #471
Famous People Quiz for 23 January 2018
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Q1.
Who wrote three major operas over three years, two of which were finished and premièred within two months of one another?
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Q2.
Which of these novelists is not American?
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Q3.
What was the nickname of the Chevalier Raoul, a character in a tale by Perrault in 1697, who murdered successive wives?
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Q4.
Yaris Varoufakis first became well-known in Europe in 2015 in what capacity?
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Greek Opposition Leader
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Q5.
Who created the character of Hercule Poirot?
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Q6.
By what name is Saul Hudson, solo artist and guitarist in bands including Velvet Revolver and Guns N' Roses, better known?
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Q7.
Who directed as well as wrote the 2017 film, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", the last film appearance of Carrrie Fisher (as General Leia Organa, former princess of Alderaan)?
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