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People Quiz #291

Famous People Quiz for 12 August 2014

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Q1. Which British prime minister resigned as a result of the Suez Crisis?

A
Anthony Eden
B
Harold Macmillan
C
Clement Atlee
D
Harold Wilson
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Q2. Ramón Emeterio Betances, Segundo Ruiz Belvis and Francisco Ramírez Medina were revolutionaries who attempted to free Puerto Rico from rule by which country?

A
England
B
USA
C
Portugal
D
Spain
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Q3. Who is one of the stars of the film "Frost/Nixon" (2008)?

A
Michael Sheen
B
Martin Sheen
C
Charlie Sheen
D
Barry Sheene
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Q4. Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew are reprising some of the most famous film roles, filming 2014-5, but although they will be seen their faces will never appear. They are, respectively, C-3PO, R2-D2 and which other character?

A
Yoda
B
Jabba the Hut
C
Chewbacca
D
Paploo
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Q5. Which soprano, born Margaret McEathron, has appeared with the NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, & the LSO, and whose voice can be heard coming from Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Deborah Kerr in "The King And I" and Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno in "West Side Story"?

A
Marni Nixon
B
Kiri Te Kanawa
C
Jessye Norman
D
Heather Begg
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Q6. Sir Richard Burton, English explorer, geographer, diplomat, soldier and general modern Renaissance man, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika but was also known for his enduring translation of what?

A
Homer's Iliad
B
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
C
The Thousand Nights and One Night
D
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
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Q7. In December 2005, Amelle Berrabah became a member of which group?

A
Pussycat Dolls
B
Sugababes
C
Atomic Kitten
D
Fleetwood Mac
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