People Quiz #573
Famous People Quiz for 7 January 2020
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Q1.
Alaric I was the King of which group who sacked Rome in 410AD?
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Q2.
Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination triggered World War I, was a member of which family?
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Q3.
What character in an 18th century English opera gave rise to a famous song composed for a 20th century work based on it?
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Q4.
In what field is the American, Philip Glass, well known?
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Q5.
Whose writings were the vivid and eloquent force which in the 5th century CE cemented into Christian teachings the doctrine of original sin still preached in some of Christianity?
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Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons
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Q6.
Who made the British singles charts for the first time in 1964, backed by her band "The Luvvers"?
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Q7.
In which decade was George Washington born?
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