People Quiz #491
Famous People Quiz for 12 June 2018
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Q1.
As what are Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell & Blind Lemon Jefferson best known?
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Q2.
Who is a mythological lumberjack who appears in tall tales of American folklore, usually believed to be a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, who was first documented in the work of American journalist James MacGillivray?
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Q3.
The early works of which American playwright (best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") reflect an "Americanisation" of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco?
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Q4.
Who, in 1949, became Premier and Foreign Minister of the first all-China Communist government?
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Q5.
In both Greek and Roman mythology, who was the twin of Castor?
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Q6.
Who were John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock?
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Joint winners of the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1985
C
Gold medal winners at the 1960 Olympics in equestrian events
D
Conspirators to assassinate John F Kennedy
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Q7.
Which of these was a British Prime Minister?
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