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People Quiz #242

Famous People Quiz for 3 September 2013

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Q1. Who is the next in this series: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston,...?

A
Dave Mason
B
Rick Vito
C
Billy Burnette
D
Lindsey Buckingham
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Q2. Which chemist, engineer, and armaments manufacturer invented dynamite and a detonator for it and then founded a longstanding series of world prizes for, among other things, promoting peace?

A
Alfred North Whitehead
B
Alfred Russel Wallace
C
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
D
Alfred Nobel
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Q3. She started in "Hair", created the roles of Eva Peron in "Evita" and Grizabella in "Cats", and is commonly called the First Lady of British Musical Theatre. Who is she?

A
Elaine Paige
B
Barbra Streisand
C
Judi Dench
D
Helen Mirren
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Q4. Which singer invested in the Ampex company in 1947 (which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder), was the first to pre-record his radio shows and to master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape?

A
Bing Crosby
B
Dean Martin
C
Frank Sinatra
D
Frankie Vaughan
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Q5. Which of these people was related to Diana, Princess of Wales, by marriage?

A
Barbara Cartland, author
B
Jeffrey Archer, author, politician
C
Jeremy Spencer, guitarist for "Fleetwood Mac"
D
Edmund Spenser, poet
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Q6. Whose alter ego is Sasha Fierce?

A
Beyoncé
B
Madonna
C
Lady Gaga
D
Rihanna
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Q7. Which orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician composed the film scores for "Brazil", "Highlander", "X-Men", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", "Licence to Kill", the "Lethal Weapon" series, the first three "Die Hard"s and "Mr. Holland's Opus"?

A
Michael Kamen
B
Michael Goway
C
Michael Stayput
D
Michael Jumpup
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