People Quiz #383
Famous People Quiz for 17 May 2016
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Q1.
One of the children in the 19th century family at the centre of the famous murder trial dramatised in the UK TV show "The Suspicions of Mr Whicher", William Saville-Kent, became a naturalist whose seminal work shaped Australian practice in what area ?
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Establishment of zoological gardens
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Q2.
Who was the 17th century English architect who designed St Paul's cathedral, London?
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Q3.
Who formed the band called "The Tin Machine", that ran from 1988 to 1992, primarily to play for the "Glass Spider" world tour?
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Q4.
Who was Chief Justice of the USA from 1969 to 1986, the longest serving of any other appointed in the 20th century, who delivered controversial decisions on abortion, capital punishment, religious establishment , and school desegregation?
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Q5.
Throughout his early years in Indonesia, who was known to his playmates and at school as "Barry Soetoro"?
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Q6.
Which American novelist, poet and painter, a major figure of the Beat Generation who affected popular culture as well as literature, shot his wife in Mexico in 1951?
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Q7.
Who composed the music for the 1979 musical "Sweeney Todd"?
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