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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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?
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Q7.
Who identified and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation?
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