People Quiz #681
Famous People Quiz for 1 February 2022
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Q1.
Which well-known singer, dancer, actor, and choreographer caught the eye of The Jacksons as choreographer (and performer) with The Laker Girls?
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Q2.
Who was Johann Reichhart (1893 - 1972)?
A
The first serial killer to be executed as such in Austria
C
Designer of the military zeppelin
D
Rescuer of victims of Nazi doctors' experimentation
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Q3.
Who was the last Danish king to rule England as well?
A
Hardicanute, or Harthacnut
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Q4.
Puppet characters Princeton, Kate and Nicky feature in what award-winning 2004 musical?
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Q5.
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1927), on which the multi-award winning 1948 American film was based, was written under the pen-name B. Traven by someone understood to be of what nationality?
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Q6.
An internationally recognised activist for freedom of information, is Julian who?
Note: This question was updated in April 2024
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Q7.
The Swedish soldier, humanitarian and diplomat Greve Folke Bernadotte is particularly remembered for what during the course of World War II?
A
Keeping Sweden neutral during the war
B
Negotiating Germany's surrender in 1945
C
Rescuing victims from the passenger ship SS Hansa, torpedoed by Russia in the Baltic Sea
D
Achieving release of thousands of prisoners from German concentration camps
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