People Quiz #789
Famous People Quiz for 27 February 2024
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Q1.
What is the surname of sisters and singers Dannii and Kylie?
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2
Q2.
Who, in the 19th century, was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria to complete his "Ring Cycle"?
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3
Q3.
Which playwright and screenwriter, particularly known for the play "Antigone" (1944), was considered for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, and in 1980 was the first recipient of the newly established Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie française?
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Q4.
By what name is Iosif Vissarionovich Izhugashvili better known?
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Q5.
Which of these was the last to head the USSR?
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Q6.
Who principally studied transplant rejection and immunosuppression after World War II, which led him to perform the first successful living kidney transplant in the UK on 30 October 1960?
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Q7.
Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood is best known for what activity in 1671?
A
Piracy off the Irish coast
B
Leading settlers through the Appalachian Mountains
C
Trying to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London
D
Sailing around the world
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