People Quiz #121
Famous People Quiz for 10 May 2011
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Q1.
Whose autobiography was called "Unreliable Memoirs"?
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Q2.
Who apparently received papal forgiveness in a front page article of an April 2010 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano", the Vatican's official newspaper?
Note: This question was updated in October 2018
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Q3.
Who was Christianity's first openly gay bishop in a major Christian denomination believing in the historic episcopate?
Note: This question was updated in December 2018
B
Richard Chartres, London
C
Rowan Williams, Canterbury
D
Gene Robinson, New Hampshire
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Q4.
Who was the lead singer for Black Sabbath?
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Q5.
In the film "Basic Instinct" (1992) Detective Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell were played by which actors?
A
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone
B
Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman
C
Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
D
Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet
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Q6.
Who said "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people"?
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Q7.
In the early 19th century, who began classifying minerals by their physical characteristics and not, as had been done traditionally, by their chemical composition?
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