People Quiz #219
Famous People Quiz for 26 March 2013
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Q1.
Archimedes is the first person recorded to have designed and built an elevator, in about 236 BC. Who is credited with introducing the safety elevator, which did not fall if the cable broke?
A
Elisha Otis (1811-1861)
B
Alfred Einstein (1879-1955)
C
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)
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Q2.
Whose last words have been reported to be "Kiss Me, Hardy"?
Note: This question was updated in July 2021
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Q3.
Mike Judge is the creator of which of these TV series?
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Q4.
Who wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
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Q5.
Who was the first centrefold in "Playboy magazine" in the first issue, in 1951?
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Q6.
Who played Ava Gardner in "The Aviator"?
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Q7.
Who was the subject of an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt on Pall Mall, London, on 20 March 1974 by Ian Ball, who shot Inspector James Beaton (a bodyguard), Alex Callender (chauffeur), Brian McConnell (a passerby who intervened) and Police Constable Michael Hills?
A
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
B
Diana, Princess of Wales
C
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother
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