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People Quiz #176

Famous People Quiz for 29 May 2012

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Q1. Lotte Lenya, who played Rosa Klebb in "From Russia With Love" and the Contessa in "The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone", was married to whom?

A
Leonard Bernstein
B
Michael Caine
C
Kurt Weill
D
Sean Connery
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Q2. What was the most recognisable feature of Moshe Dayan, who from 1953 to 1958 was the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces?

A
Bowler hat
B
Black eye patch
C
Grey beard
D
White scarf
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Q3. The president of which country was killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in April 2010?

A
Portugal
B
France
C
Bulgaria
D
Poland
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Q4. Who was the merchant sea-captain who made the first American circumnavigation of the world in 1790, and is known for trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America between 1790 and 1793, which pioneered the fur trade in that region?

A
Alan Harvey
B
Sidney Franklin
C
Gordon Diggle
D
Robert Gray
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Q5. Which 19th century British explorer wrote "Pilgrimage to Al-Medinah and Meccah" about his journeys in 1853, went to Somaliland in 1858 and discovered Lake Tanganyika and the Victoria Nyanza, and translated the tales of the Arabian Nights in 16 volumes?

A
Sir Richard Burton
B
Dr David Livingstone
C
Sir Henry Morton Stanley
D
Lawrence of Arabia
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Q6. In 1997, who was appointed the first female US Secretary of State?

A
Madeleine Albright
B
Condoleezza Rice
C
Hilary Clinton
D
Geraldine Ferraro
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Q7. Jeeves is butler to which fictional character created by P G Wodehouse?

A
Wootie Burster
B
Bertie Wooster
C
Brian Schuster
D
Barney Pastor
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