People Quiz #518
Famous People Quiz for 18 December 2018
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Q1.
Which writer, winner of the 1985 Man Booker Prize, lived almost exclusively in a remote settlement called Okarito on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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Q2.
Emilio Lavazza, who died in February 2010, ran a company which was associated with what product?
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Q3.
Which of these people is most associated with the guitar?
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Q4.
Whose forces were finally defeated at the Battle of Culloden?
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Q5.
Where was the astronomer Copernicus born?
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Q6.
Who was the Queen of the Iceni who led a rebellion against the Romans around 63 AD after they tried to take over her kingdom after her husband had willed his possessions to be shared equally between his daughters and Emperor Nero?
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Q7.
In the 16th century, which explorer began and led the first known successful circumnavigation of the earth?
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