People Quiz #629
Famous People Quiz for 2 February 2021
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Q1.
Hugh Masekela, legendary trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer, spent 30 years in exile from what country?
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Q2.
What world leader surprisingly announced his resignation on 31 December 1999?
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Q3.
Father Christmas is commonly identified with which saint?
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Q4.
He trained as a stonemason and sculptor, was held as prisoner of war by the US for a year, was a novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, and graphic artist, and won the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who was he?
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Q5.
With what sport is Sébastien Ogier associated?
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Q6.
Which of these was a rocket physicist and astronautics engineer who was involved in the development of rocket technology in Germany during World War II?
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Q7.
Which playwright wrote the plays that won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 & 2002 and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967, 1975 & 1994, and gained nominations for Tony Award for Best Play in 1964, 1965, 1967 & 1975, Tony Award for Best Author of a Play in 1965, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001 & 2003 and a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005?
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