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People Quiz #574

Famous People Quiz for 14 January 2020

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Q1. Edward Wilson as chief scientist, and others - zoologists, biologists, geologists, a physicist and a meteorologist - were the scientific team for which expedition?

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Terra Australis Expedition, led by Captain James Cook
B
Terra Nova Expedition, led by Sir Robert Falcon Scott
C
Nimrod Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
D
Australasian Antarctic Expedition, led by Douglas Mawson
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Q2. Which Russian-born ballet choreographer co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948?

A
Martha Graham
B
Jerome Robbins
C
Isadora Duncan
D
George Balanchine
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Q3. Which jazz bandleader disappeared in December 1944 while flying over the English Channel?

A
Glenn Miller
B
Tommy Dorsey
C
Chris Barber
D
Duke Ellington
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Q4. In 1859, Colonel Edwin L Drake created the first what in the USA, in Pennsylvania?

A
Parking meter
B
Traffic light
C
Productive oil well
D
Photographic film processing system
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Q5. Which of these was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, and author of the largest-selling economics textbook of all time: "Economics: An Introductory Analysis", first published in 1948, that explained the principles of Keynesian economics?

A
Milton Friedman
B
Sam Paulson
C
Milton Keynes
D
Paul Samuelson
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Q6. Who captained the "Endeavour" and the "Resolution" on 3 voyages to the Pacific in 1768-71, 1772-75 and 1776-79?

A
John Butler
B
James Cook
C
Jeffrey Valet
D
Jack Maid
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Q7. British singer, songwriter, electronic music DJ, and model, Deborah Dyer is particularly known for her work as lead vocalist of which rock band?

A
Bloc Party
B
Oasis
C
Blur
D
Skunk Anansie
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