People Quiz #570
Famous People Quiz for 17 December 2019
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Q1.
Who played a professional boxer in a 2004 film?
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Q2.
Which of these was an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian, and the first early childhood educator to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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3
Q3.
Who played "Sandy" in the 1975 film "Grease"?
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Q4.
Which dictator's face was printed on labels of soft drink bottles that went on sale in February 2010?
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Q5.
Apart from being writers of literature for children which of these is also common to Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Patricia Wrightson, Aidan Chambers, Margaret Mahy and Annie M. G. Schmidt?
A
Their graves are in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
B
A character called Pippi
C
They won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for authors
D
They wrote science fiction under a different name
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Q6.
When the group known as Destiny's Child formed originally in 1997 what was their name?
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Q7.
Where and when did the character Worzel Gummidge first appear?
A
In a book by Barbara Euphan Todd in 1936
B
On the radio in 1939 in BBC's Children's Hour
D
On BBC in a TV series first aired in 1953
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