People Quiz #604
Famous People Quiz for 11 August 2020
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Q1.
Geoffrey Esper and Joey Chestnut are well-known names in the US in what sport?
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Q2.
The president of which country was killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in April 2010?
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Q3.
Which young director pioneered a profoundly influential theatre approach, when he premièred "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Theatre in 1898?
C
Konstantin Stanislavski
D
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko
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Q4.
In 2020, choreographers Geeta Kapoor and Terence Lewis became two of the judges of what TV show?
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Q5.
The philosopher Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 - c. 495 BCE) believed in transmigration of souls, led a group which proposed that the earth was round, planets have an axis and travel around the sun, and is still widely known for a theorem of what kind?
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Q6.
"Historia Naturalis" was a major work by whom?
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Q7.
Which Canadian actor and musician appeared on the video accompanying Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" when it was released in 1983?
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