People Quiz #725
Famous People Quiz for 6 December 2022
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Q1.
Which of these two are members of the Who and are still alive?
A
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend
B
John Lennon and George Harrison
C
John Entwhistle and Keith Moon
D
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
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Q2.
Who was president of the USA when Chiang Kai-shek and his National Revolutionary Army fled to Taiwan from mainland China, during the "House Un-American Activities Committee" under Senator Joseph McCarthy, and during most of the US involvement in the Korean War?
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Q3.
Bill Clinton is fairly fluent in which language other than English?
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4
Q4.
Until he retired from daily involvement in 2008, Bill Gates was a developer (as well as magnate) in what scientific field?
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Q5.
Born Eleanora Fagan, and later nicknamed Lady Day, by which name was this singer better known?
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Q6.
Sylvie Guillem, CBE, is a French what?
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Q7.
Who served in the Crimean War (1853-56), was responsible for suppressing the Taiping rebellion in China in 1860, was governor of the Sudan 1877-79, and died there?
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