People Quiz #314
Famous People Quiz for 20 January 2015
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Q1.
Who was Secretary-General (later President) of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939-80), led the World War II Yugoslav resistance movement, the Yugoslav Partisans (1941-45), became Prime Minister (1943-63) and later President (1953-80) of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and from 1943 to his death in 1980, held the rank of Marshal of Yugoslavia, serving as the supreme commander of the Yugoslav military, the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA)?
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Q2.
Which French composer wrote a large number of works including over 90 songs and the opera "Pénélope"?
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Q3.
Who is the mother of actresses Natasha and Joely Richardson?
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Q4.
Who was called "Hanoi Jane" after her activities during the Vietnam War?
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Q5.
Which British playwright won the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature?
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Q6.
Who is the latest actor to portray Alan Turing's fiancée, Joan Clarke, in film?
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Q7.
Where was opera singer Maria Callas born?
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