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People Quiz #723

Famous People Quiz for 22 November 2022

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Q1. Which Beatle played "Youngman Grand" in "The Magic Christian" 1969, with Peter Sellers?

A
John Lennon
B
Ringo Starr
C
Paul McCartney
D
George Harrison
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Q2. Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), a French mining engineer and chemist, gave his name to a mineral which is an important source of what?

A
Carrotene
B
Uranium
C
Fluorine
D
Platinum
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Q3. He is noted for fiction and non-fiction writing, including in history, music, science, and mathematics; his novels include “Gravity's Rainbow”, for which he won the 1973 US National Book Award for Fiction. Who is he?

A
Thomas Pynchon
B
Maurice Blanchot
C
Mark Hodgkinson
D
Ralph Ellison
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Q4. Canadian Crystal Pite, CM, who leads a company called Kidd Pivot, works in what field?

A
Helping young offenders to recover after prison
B
Supporting young people with cancer
C
Dance
D
Performance poetry
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Q5. British scientist Silvanus Thompson (1851 - 1916), a professor of Physics, talented lecturer and writer, recognised authority in electricity, magnetism and acoustics and the first President of the British Institute of Radiology, developed what in 1891?

A
A practical electric road vehicle
B
X-ray
C
The viral theorem as applied to heat
D
A telegraph submarine cable with much increased speed in transmission
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Q6. C. F. Goldie OBE (1870 - 1947), is known for his portraits of dignitaries indigenous to which country?

A
Japan
B
Lesotho
C
New Zealand
D
Wales
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Q7. Who identified and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation?

A
Albert Einstein
B
Ernest Rutherford
C
Max Planck
D
Marie Curie
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