People Quiz #645
Famous People Quiz for 25 May 2021
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Q1.
When one well-known English author wrote about Britain's "alien and uninspiring court", which monarch replied "I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien."?
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Q2.
In which of his plays did William Shakespeare use a trickster and itinerant rogue named Autolycus?
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Q3.
When writer Franz Kafka described someone as true to their lineage in "strength, health, appetite, loudness of voice, eloquence, self-satisfaction, worldly dominance, endurance, presence of mind, [and] knowledge of human nature", of whom was he speaking?
C
A character in his work "Metamorphosis"
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Q4.
Robert Allen Zimmerman, American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist, is better known as what?
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Q5.
On 20 January 2021, 22 year old Amanda Gorman caught international attention when she did what?
A
Led the commemorations for Azerbaijan Martyrs' Day
B
Recited her poem at the inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden as President of the U.S.
C
Sang the anthem for Mali Army Day
D
Led a call for peace at Guinea Bissau National Heroes' Day
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Q6.
In his digital graphic novel "The Wormworld Saga", German author and artist Daniel Lieske centres on the adventures of a small boy. What is the boy's name?
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Q7.
What makes Douglas Fairbanks the odd one out from these other stars of the early American film scene: Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Errol Flynn?
A
He was the only one never to win an Oscar
B
He was the only one born, and to have started his performing career, in the USA
C
He was the only one to marry
D
He did not move to the USA until he was nearly 26
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