People Quiz #350
Famous People Quiz for 29 September 2015
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Q1.
Who was killed when a helicopter crashed in dense fog on 27 August 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin?
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2
Q2.
Who wrote the "Discworld" series of books?
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Q3.
Who, called the "King of Jazz", was the leader of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s, commissioned and debuted George Gershwin's jazz-influenced "Rhapsody In Blue" in 1924?
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Q4.
Who of these musicians was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014?
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Q5.
Which king of England was called "the wisest fool in Christendom"?
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Q6.
Who wrote "Ann Veronica", a novel first published in 1909 that deals with contemporary political issues of the time, concentrating specifically on feminist issues?
C
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Q7.
What links American Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) and James Wyld (1812-1887) MP for Bodmin, UK?
A
They claimed their spirits mutually manifested during spiritualist séances
B
Papers discussing the acceptability of Darwin's theories of evolution in religious movements
C
An exchange of letters concerning experiments in homeopathy
D
Giant scale models of the Earth
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