People Quiz #499
Famous People Quiz for 7 August 2018
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Q1.
Which Russian composer, after writing "The Firebird" for the Russian ballet, became a US citizen in 1945?
A
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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2
Q2.
Who was assassinated by François Ravaillac, a mentally unbalanced defrocked monk, on 14 May 1610?
C
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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3
Q3.
According to the Bible, who was told by God to build an ark to escape the Great Flood?
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Q4.
Who, the illegitimate son of a peasant girl, was educated in the studio of a Florentine painter, spent much of his early working life in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan, worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and spent his final years in France at the home given to him by King François I?
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5
Q5.
Which actor was married to actress Joan Plowright?
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Q6.
Who was the Minister of Health (1945-51) who steered the introduction of the universal health care system, the National Health Service, through in the UK?
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Q7.
Which bass player, who had been a member of the Sex Pistols, died from a drug overdose in New York?
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