People Quiz #560
Famous People Quiz for 8 October 2019
A new people quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
Martha Graham is known as a pioneer of what?
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Chaim Weizmann was the first president of which country?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Musician Nigel Kennedy caught the eye of an international public with the 1989 release of him as violin soloist in which piece of music?
A
The Swimming Hour by Andrew Bird
B
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
C
Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
D
The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
Who commissioned the "Ballet des Polonais", one of the first works to be recognized as a true court ballet?
B
Louis XIV of France, the Sun King
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Which of these people is associated with the Information Technology industry?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Who was speaking at Freedom Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 10 May 2005, when Vladimir Arutyunian threw a live hand grenade (which did not detonate) toward the podium?
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Who composed the music for the song "Rule Britannia"?
Select from the options above.