People Quiz #747
Famous People Quiz for 9 May 2023
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Q1.
He played keyboard for English rock band Dare and for Northern Irish/English pop & dance group D Ream, has co-written several books including "Why does E=mc2?", and since 2005 has been widely known as a television presenter. Who is he?
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Q2.
Which US film actress married and divorced both Orson Welles and Prince Aly Khan?
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Q3.
Helen Clark, who was appointed Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 2009, is from which country?
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Q4.
Who wrote the play "The Cocktail Hour", a US comedy exploring the world of upper-class families in the Northeast set in an apartment in the 1970s, and promised his parents it would not be produced in his hometown during their lifetimes because "the details are so close to home"?
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)
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Q5.
Who was the first woman to walk in space as well as, 36 years later, to reach the deepest known spot in the ocean?
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Q6.
Whose relationships have been the subject of speculation in the celebrity press, and has been romantically linked with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Heidi Klum, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly and Jennifer Aniston?
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Q7.
A single flame gas burner frequently used in student science laboratories is named after whom?
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