People Quiz #335
Famous People Quiz for 16 June 2015
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Q1.
Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII of England, is the great grandmother of which of these people?
A
Opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa
D
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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Q2.
Who was the first serving U.S. President to survive being shot in an assassination attempt?
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Q3.
Who wrote the plays "Waiting For Godot", "Endgame", "Play", "Happy Days" and "Krapp's Last Tape"?
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Q4.
Which of the core cast of the TV series "Friends" also appeared in the 2000 film "The Whole Nine Yards" with Bruce Willis?
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Q5.
Which was the youngest of these four solo acts to reach number one on Billboard magazine's weekly pop singles chart?
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Q6.
Which mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer is credited with introducing the technology of the screw in the 3rd century BCE?
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Q7.
Which author created the character of C. Auguste Dupin, one of the first literary sleuths?
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