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People Quiz #627

Famous People Quiz for 19 January 2021

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Q1. Ninette de Valois was involved professionally in what activity?

A
Sculpture
B
Ballet
C
Dress design
D
Film making
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Q2. What instruments, respectively, did jazz virtuosos Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt play in their collaborations?

A
Piano and guitar
B
Violin and saxophone
C
Violin and guitar
D
Violin and violin
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Q3. A series of paintings called "Kaleidoscope" was created from 2001 onwards by which artist?

A
David Hockney
B
David Shrigley
C
Damien Hirst
D
Yoko Ono
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Q4. Who published "A Book of Nonsense" (a volume of limericks that went through three editions) in 1846, "The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple" in 1865, and "The Owl and the Pussycat" in 1867?

A
Edward G Robinson
B
Edward Lear
C
Theodore Roosevelt
D
Edmund Hillary
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Q5. Whose body was buried in 1543 in an unnamed tomb in the Catholic church of Frombork, Poland, exhumed in 2005, and buried there for a second time in May 2010 in a ceremony conducted by the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland?

A
Emperor Maximillian II
B
Václav Havel
C
Nicolaus Copernicus
D
Saint Wenceslas
Select from the options above.
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Q6. In 1906 which American choreographer and dance innovator presented her first dance including one based on the milkmaid Radha who was an early consort of the Hindu god Krishna, together with such shorter pieces as The Cobra and The Incense?

A
Martha Graham
B
Agnes de Mille
C
Ruth St. Denis
D
Twyla Tharp
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Q7. Who created the character of Dame Edna Everage?

A
Kylie Minogue
B
Barry Humphries
C
Clive James
D
Rolf Harris
Select from the options above.
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