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People Quiz #382

Famous People Quiz for 10 May 2016

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Q1. What did Emal Fraze invent in 1959 (and patented in 1963)?

A
The jolly jumper for babies
B
The solar battery
C
Intermodal containers
D
The ring pull-tab on drink cans
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Q2. Which Nobel prize winner in literature died in August 2013?

A
Italian playwright, songwriter and political campaigner Dario Fo
B
UK writer Harold Pinter
C
Irish poet Seamus Heaney
D
South African writer Nadine Gordimer
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Q3. Who wrote "It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us", a book published in 1996 that focuses on the impact individuals and groups outside the family have on a child's well-being?

A
Michael Jackson
B
Dr. Benjamin Spock
C
Dr. Margaret Mead
D
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Q4. Which is the 17th century German mathematician and astronomer (at one time assistant to Tycho Brahe) whose works, including " Epitome of Copernican Astronomy", provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation?

A
Heinrich Decimator
B
Christiaan Huygens
C
John Flamsteed
D
Johannes Kepler
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Q5. What was the stage name of Norma Deloris Egstrom, an American jazz and popular music singer and songwriter who won 3 Grammy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) and who was nominated for an Academy Award as an actress?

A
Peggy Lee
B
Marilyn Monroe
C
Brenda Lee
D
k d lang
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Q6. Who wrote "Treasure Island", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Kidnapped" and "The Master of Ballantrae"?

A
Alexandre Dumas
B
Joseph Conrad
C
Robert Louis Stevenson
D
Daniel Defoe
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Q7. Which of these women was rushed to hospital in 2007 following a drug overdose, reportedly a cocktail of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol?

A
Natalie Cole
B
Enya
C
Amy Winehouse
D
Carrie Underwood
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