People Quiz #30
Famous People Quiz for 11 August 2009
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Q1.
Which of these filled the position known as Prime Minister of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the earliest?
Note: This question was updated in June 2017
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Q2.
Which European ruler reigned for the longest time?
A
Johann II, Liechtenstein
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Q3.
What is the next in this series: Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, ...?
Note: This question was updated in February 2018
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Q4.
If Charlie Watts is playing drums, who is most likely to be singing?
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Q5.
Who wrote the stories "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" and "The Sandman" which inspired the ballet "Coppélia" by Delibes?
A
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman
B
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
C
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
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Q6.
Who, in the 16th century, was a member of the court of Ivan The Terrible and became Tsar on the death of Ivan's son, Feodor/Theodore?
B
Feodor Nikitich Romanov
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Q7.
Which poet is buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey?
Note: This question was updated in September 2017
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