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People Quiz #398

Famous People Quiz for 30 August 2016

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Q1. Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer invented the notation which uses superscripts to show powers or exponents (e.g. the 2 used in x² to indicate squaring)?

A
René Descartes
B
Isaac Newton
C
Johannes Kepler
D
Nicholas Mercator
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Q2. Of whom did the 1954 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians say his music was "monotonous in texture ... consist[ing] mainly of artificial and gushing tunes" and predicted that his popular success was "not likely to last"?

A
Cole Porter
B
Elvis Presley
C
Irving Berlin
D
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Q3. Who wrote a book about the US car industry, published in 1965, called "Unsafe at Any Speed"?

A
Ralph Nader
B
Michael Schumacher
C
Dan Brown
D
Charles Dickens
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Q4. Which Scottish writer wrote "Prester John", "The Thirty Nine Steps" and "Witchwood"?

A
Samuel Butler
B
John Buchan
C
John Dryden
D
Robert Burns
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Q5. Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley are collectively known as … what?

A
Police
B
The White Stripes
C
Arctic Monkeys
D
Matchbox 20
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Q6. Which English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist is also a medical doctor?

A
Vanessa Redgrave
B
Sir Jonathan Miller
C
Gordon Ramsay
D
Sir David Attenborough
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Q7. Kate Winslet was awarded an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in which of these films?

A
James Cameron's "Titanic"(1997)
B
Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" (2015)
C
Stephen Daldry's "The Reader"(2008)
D
Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility"(1995)
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