People Quiz #529
Famous People Quiz for 5 March 2019
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Q1.
Which of these is an English novelist?
B
Mary Milliner Manchester
C
Rosemary Draper Sheffield
D
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Q2.
Which Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great, wrote on many subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology, and died in Euboea of natural causes in 322 BC?
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Q3.
Which English King assented to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, England, in 1215?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
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Q4.
In 1964, who became the first male to appear on the cover of "Playboy" magazine?
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Q5.
Which Irish born British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?
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Q6.
Which German-born chemist split the uranium atom in 1939 and won the Nobel prize in 1944?
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Q7.
Who was the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia in 1930?
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