People Quiz #88
Famous People Quiz for 21 September 2010
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Q1.
Who was the mother of Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XIV of France?
B
Queen Elizabeth I of England
C
Catherine the Great of Russia
D
Maria Theresa of Austria
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Q2.
Who played Inspector Clouseau in the films made from 1963 to 1978?
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Q3.
Who wrote "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"?
Note: This question was updated in June 2018
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Q4.
Who, in 2004, was nominated for two academy awards: Best Supporting Actor in "Collateral"and Best Actor in "Ray" (which he won)?
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Q5.
Who according to legend was the son of Zeus and Europa and became King of Crete?
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Q6.
Who set a world land speed record of over 400 miles per hour at Bonneville, Utah, USA, and was killed attempting a new water speed record on Loch Ness in September 1952?
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Q7.
Who was the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until 1991, and the only Soviet leader to have been born after the October Revolution of 1917?
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