People Quiz #255
Famous People Quiz for 3 December 2013
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Q1.
What was the first name of the poet Coleridge?
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Q2.
Who wrote the operas "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" and "Cosi Fan Tutte"?
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Q3.
Who wrote the plays "The Seagull", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Three Sisters" and "Uncle Vanya"?
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Q4.
Who had the title role in the 1996 film "The Nutty Professor"?
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Q5.
Which 19th century American writer is best known for his "Tales of Mystery and Suspense", "Tales of the Arabesque and the Grotesque", and his poems "The Raven", "The Bells" and "Annabel Lee"?
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Q6.
Who was US Ambassador to Great Britain at the start of World War II, from 1938 to 1940?
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Q7.
Who was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, was then imprisoned for over two years and burnt at the stake for heresy?
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