People Quiz #754
Famous People Quiz for 27 June 2023
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Q1.
Who led English barons in an attempt to influence Henry III, called a parliament in 1265 and was defeated at the Battle of Evesham?
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Q2.
Who began her career at 3 in TV commercials, at 8 made her film debut in Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks" (part of the anthology "New York Stories"), at 9 played Tom Hanks's daughter in "Bonfire of the Vanities", at 12 was in "Dark Page" (an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation") and had her career breakthrough in "Interview with the Vampire", playing a child vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt?
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Q3.
Which of these bands was the last to have a number 1 single in the UK?
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Q4.
Haile Selassie was ruler of which of these countries?
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Q5.
Journalist, author, broadcaster and academic Dr Gary Younge was Editor-at-Large and long-standing columnist for which media outlet, where he served for 26 years until appointed professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in 2019?
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Q6.
Which of these was a Norwegian composer and pianist who is best known for his "Piano Concerto in A minor" and his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", which includes "In the Hall of the Mountain King"?
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Q7.
Which of these people is known for dance?
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