People Quiz #590
Famous People Quiz for 5 May 2020
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Q1.
Jerry Yang and David Filo founded what computer application?
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Q2.
In what area did Herman Mohl form his company, in early 18th century Britain, which was still operating when bought in 1922 by a company which markets razors and other personal care products?
B
Making hair brushes, clothes brushes and shaving brushes
C
Making snuff whisks and containers
D
Making hollow-ground swords
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Q3.
Which English entrepreneur and philanthropist co-founded the record label, Virgin Records?
D
Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar
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Q4.
Whose wife, on arriving at his death bed, reportedly shouted "Is the bloody man dead yet?"?
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Q5.
Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants?
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Q6.
Who first employed his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest in 1906 while a lawyer in South Africa during the Indian community's struggle for civil rights to protest against registration laws in the new state of Transvaal?
A
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Q7.
Whose first album was called "Voice of an Angel"?
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