People Quiz #16
Famous People Quiz for 5 May 2009
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Q1.
The film actor Norma Jean Mortenson is better known by what name?
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Q2.
Which architect died after being hit by a tram in the streets of Barcelona?
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Lluis Domènech i Montaner
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Q3.
Which soprano, who had a highly successful opera career between 1968 and 2004, sang Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim" at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer?
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Q4.
Who, as President of Uganda, was overthrown by his own army commanders in a military coup d'état twice, in 1971 and 1985?
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Q5.
Who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1908 for his work on the chemistry of radioactive substances?
Note: This question was updated in August 2016
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Q6.
Whose stories included "Cetywayo and His White Neighbours", "She", and "King Solomon's Mines"?
D
Robert Louis Stephenson
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Q7.
Which Czechoslovakian composer studied his native folk music and incorporated it into his work, including the opera "Jenufa"?
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