People Quiz #623
Famous People Quiz for 22 December 2020
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Q1.
Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading escaped slaves to freedom during the US Civil War?
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Q2.
Who, when discussing the power of a lever, is reputed to have said "give me but one firm place on which to stand and I will move the earth"?
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Q3.
What is the name of Janet Jackson's (deceased) superstar brother?
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Q4.
Who was sent by the African Association in 1795 to find the source of the River Niger?
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Q5.
Who led the expedition that discovered The Titanic on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean?
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Peter Gimbel and Joseph Fox
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Q6.
Who sang on the 1987 album "Famous Blue Raincoat", a tribute to Leonard Cohen, that contained the song "First We Take Manhattan"?
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Q7.
"The Wealth of Nations", published 1776, sets out one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and reflections on economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, of what author?
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