People Quiz #662
Famous People Quiz for 21 September 2021
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Q1.
By what name is Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus better known?
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Q2.
Which English MP, Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under King Charles II and King James II, kept a detailed private diary during 1660-1669 which contained personal revelations and eyewitness accounts of great events and, after publication in the 19th century, became a primary source for study of the English Restoration period?
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Q3.
Who defected from Russia to the West at a Paris airport on 17 June 1961?
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Q4.
What was Colin Powell's role in George W Bush's government from 2001 to 2005?
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Q5.
What were the first names of comedians Abbott and Costello?
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Q6.
Which of these is an actor who suffers from Parkinson's disease?
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Q7.
Nick Leeson became famous in 1995 for what activity?
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