People Quiz #267
Famous People Quiz for 25 February 2014
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Q1.
Who was a session musician from Harlesden, North London, England who played for leading UK independent producers Shel Talmy and Mickie Most and performed on albums and singles by The Kinks, The Move, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Donovan, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane, and the Steve Miller Band?
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Q2.
Which of these was the first person to win all 4 of Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards?
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Q3.
The composer Frédéric Chopin had a decade-long affair with which French author?
D
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
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Q4.
James Prescott Joule gave his name to a unit of energy, and to what else?
A
Joule-Thomson Effect: temperature change in an insulated environment
B
A drummer in a Canadian indie rock band
C
The wife of a celebrity chef
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Q5.
Talk-show host Jack Paar once welcomed which actress to The Tonight Show by saying, "Here they are, ... ", that became the title of her biography by Raymond Strait
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Q6.
Who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza?
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Q7.
Who played the lead roles of Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash in "Tango & Cash", a 1989 American action/comedy film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and Albert Magnoli?
A
Teri Hatcher & Sylvester Stallone
B
Teri Hatcher & Jack Palance
C
Sylvester Stallone & Kurt Russell
D
Kurt Russell & Jack Palance
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