People Quiz #624
Famous People Quiz for 29 December 2020
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Q1.
Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of World War II?
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2
Q2.
The name of which American surgeon and medical researcher is known for a technique for rescuing someone from severe choking?
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3
Q3.
Which of these was a journalist whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, the subject of a 2003 film starring Cate Blanchett?
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Q4.
Who, as US Secretary of State under President Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959, advocated an aggressive stance against communism, supported France in the war in Indochina, and played a major role in the CIA operations to overthrow democratic governments in Iran in 1953 and in Guatemala in 1954?
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Q5.
Which singer, composer, actor, comedian, librettist, theatre builder, patron of the arts and impresario also wrote the libretto for Mozart's "The Magic Flute"?
A
Emanuele Conegliano (Lorenzo da Ponte)
C
Christoph Friedrich Bretzner
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Q6.
Who wrote the play "Still Life", on which the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" was based?
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Q7.
Which British Monarch bought Buckingham House, later substantially remodelled as Buckingham Palace, for a royal residence?
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