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Famous People Quiz for 4 October 2016

A new people quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.

Question 1: Which 19th century German composer, who wrote piano music, songs, a piano quintet, a piano concerto and 4 symphonies, attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine?

A
Burt Bacharach
B
William Schuman
C
Marvin Hamlisch
D
Robert Schumann