People Quiz #120
Famous People Quiz for 3 May 2011
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Q1.
Who wrote "Futility" (1898) about an enormous "unsinkable" British passenger liner called the Titan, which hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of nearly all on board?
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2
Q2.
What were the middle names of Oscar Wilde?
C
Fingal O'Flahertie Wills
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Q3.
Who, an influential English occultist and ceremonial magician, known today for his magical writings, was a hedonist, bisexual, recreational drug experimenter and social critic, and was called in the popular press of the day "the wickedest man in the world"?
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Q4.
Who wrote "The Rocky Horror Show", the long-running stage musical which opened in London in 1973?
B
Ben Elton & Andrew Lloyd Webber
C
Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber
D
Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
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Q5.
Bikram Choudhury is associated with what activity?
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Q6.
Which American trumpeter and composer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1997, the first time it had been awarded for a jazz recording?
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Q7.
"Runaway Jury" (2003), a film directed by Gary Fleder and starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz, is an adaption of the book by which author?
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