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?
A
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?
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Q3.
Which jazz bandleader disappeared in December 1944 while flying over the English Channel?
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Q4.
In 1859, Colonel Edwin L Drake created the first what in the USA, in Pennsylvania?
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?
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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?
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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?
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