People Quiz #928
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Q1. Which 19th century composer wrote over 40 operas including "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" and "Guillaume Tell"?
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Q2. Which of these was a Finnish composer, whose best-known compositions include seven symphonies, "Finlandia", "Valse Triste" and the "Karelia Suite", whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity?
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Q3. British botanical illustrator William Hooker (1779-1832) is remembered in the name for which kind of colour?
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Q4. Who was Dylan Thomas speaking to in his poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"?
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Q5. Who was the Puritan leader and first governor of the Pilgrim Fathers, who organised the voyage of the Mayflower to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
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Q6. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), English botanist, physician and astrologer, is particularly well-known for which publication which was strongly resisted by the relevant authorities at the time but has been in print ever since?
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Q7. Huizong (1082 -1135) is remembered as outstanding as a patron of the arts and as a poet, painter and calligrapher; what was his occupation outside those concerns?
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