People Quiz #290
Famous People Quiz for 5 August 2014
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Q1.
Who was the first person to refuse an Academy Award for Best Actor?
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Q2.
Which of these was a US scientist who won a Nobel prize in both 1954 and 1962?
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Q3.
Which French dramatist, one of the "Big Three" of 17th century France and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition wrote the comedy "Les Plaideurs" and the tragedies "Alexandre le Grand", "Andromaque", "Athalie", "Bajazet", "Bérénice", "Britannicus", "Esther", "Iphigénie", "La Thébaïde", "Mithridate" and "Phèdre"?
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Q4.
What performer, a spokeswoman for Autism Speaks and the American Heart Association, named her children Denham and Diesel?
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Q5.
Frédéric Chopin is best known for his compositions for which instrument?
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Q6.
Robert de Vere was an advisor and companion to which English king?
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Q7.
Who, when he took on the position, was the second-youngest US president to take office, the first US president born in the 20th century and, at age 43, the youngest elected to the office?
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