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People Quiz #305

Famous People Quiz for 18 November 2014

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Q1. Ted Sorensen was an advisor, lawyer and writer, best known as special counsel and adviser, speechwriter and alter ego to which US president, whom he called his “intellectual blood bank”?

A
John F. Kennedy
B
Richard M Nixon
C
Bill Clinton
D
Lyndon B Johnson
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Q2. He was a celebrated geographer, botanist, biogeographer (among the first) and explorer, and a scientist in the study of earth magnetism whose work led to the establishment of magnetic and meteorological stations across northern Asia. Who was he?

A
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
B
Heinrich Lenz (1804-1865)
C
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793-1831)
D
Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858)
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Q3. Who destroyed the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem?

A
Caesar
B
Nero
C
Herod
D
Nebuchadnezzar
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Q4. In Los Angeles, California, USA, African-American Rodney Glen King III was beaten severely by police after leading them on a high speed chase and resisting arrest, leading to massive rioting by African-Americans in the Los Angeles area when the police officers involved were acquitted. When did the beating happen?

A
October 24, 1996
B
August 19, 1991
C
April 7, 2001
D
March 3, 1991
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Q5. A spinoff from the BBC TV series In the Thick of It was which 2009 film, also starring Peter Capaldi?

A
In the Loop
B
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
C
Up in the Air
D
Lovely Bones
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Q6. Which American produces consumer guides that influence buyer patterns on wine world-wide?

A
Kenneth Starr
B
Bill Bryson
C
Tom Wolfe
D
Robert Parker
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Q7. The title of what song is on Dean Martin's gravestone?

A
I Ain't Drunk (I'm Just Drinkin')
B
(I Did It) My Way
C
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
D
I'm Dreamin' of a White Christmas
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