People Quiz #126
Famous People Quiz for 14 June 2011
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Q1.
Who succeeded Sir William Howe as Commander in Chief of the British forces in 1778 during the American War of Independence?
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Q2.
Who is the next in this series: Nelson Rockefeller, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore ... ?
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Q3.
Which saint founded a monastery in 563 on the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland?
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Q4.
Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong were the first two Prime Ministers of which country?
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The Republic of Singapore
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Q5.
Whose wife, on arriving at his death bed, reportedly shouted "Is the bloody man dead yet?"?
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Q6.
Who wrote the music for the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" and "Peter and the Wolf" (a children's tale for narrator and orchestra)?
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Q7.
Which American pop singer/songwriter who won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002 won two Grammy Awards in 2006 - for her album "Breakaway" and the single "Since U Been Gone"?
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