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People Quiz #357

Famous People Quiz for 17 November 2015

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Q1. Who starred in "Beaches", "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", "Outrageous Fortune" and "The First Wives Club"?

A
Diane Keaton
B
Bette Midler
C
Goldie Hawn
D
Julia Roberts
Select from the options above.
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Q2. Who is an Australian convicted murderer, currently serving 35 life sentences for murdering 35 people and injuring 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre, a shooting spree in Tasmania in 1996?

A
John Clarke
B
John Howard
C
Rolf Harris
D
Martin John Bryant
Select from the options above.
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Q3. Harrison Ford, who was at the time filming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", injured himself in 2014 how?

A
Broke his pelvis and ankle in an emergency landing in his plane
B
Broke his ankle in a fall on set
C
Broke his arm skiing
D
Broke his nose when someone opened a champagne bottle at the wrong time
Select from the options above.
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Q4. Wu Zetian (625-705), also known as Wu Zhao and Tian Hou, is the only woman in the history of China to do what?

A
Make discoveries in astronomy
B
Travel to Europe before 1900
C
Reign as Empress in her own right
D
Lead a peasants' revolt
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Q5. Cambodia, which over the course of 1841 to 1953 was under the joint suzerainty of Thailand and Vietnam then was a monarchy under the protection of France which included an occupation by Japan, was steered to independence in 1953 by whom?

A
General Lon Nol
B
King Norodom I
C
King Norodom Sihanouk
D
Pol Pot
Select from the options above.
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Q6. Which Glasgow group signed to Creation Records and recorded their debut single, "All Fall Down", in 1985?

A
Chicken Shack
B
Queensland
C
Bay City Rollers
D
Primal Scream
Select from the options above.
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Q7. Which of these politicians made his fortune from the ownership of television companies?

A
Gordon Brown
B
Silvio Berlusconi
C
Nicolas Sarkozy
D
Jimmy Carter
Select from the options above.
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