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People Quiz #415

Famous People Quiz for 27 December 2016

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Q1. Which of these models was born in Australia?

A
Claudia Schiffer
B
Elle MacPherson
C
Naomi Campbell
D
Cindy Crawford
Select from the options above.

Q2. James, son of Mary Queen of Scots (who was executed for treason during the reign of Elizabeth I) was the first to use which title?

A
King of Great Britain
B
Defender of the Faith
C
Prince of Wales
D
Black Watch
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Q3. Which popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, whose first album "Paddy on the Road" was recorded with Dominic Behan (brother of Brendan) in 1969, was named "Ireland's greatest living musician" in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards in 2007?

A
Seth Lakeman
B
Luka Bloom
C
Ronan Keating
D
Christy Moore
Select from the options above.

Q4. Which Sultan of Egypt ruled an expanding empire that included Syria, Mesopotamia, and most of Asia Minor until stopped in 1192 by Richard I in the third Crusade?

Note: This question was updated in November 2022
A
Che Guevara
B
Scaramouche
C
El Cid
D
Saladin
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Q5. Sarah Radclyffe and who else was behind the 1983 formation of Working Films, which was the company behind films such as "My Beautiful Laundrette", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "The Big Lebowski", "The Theory of Everything" and "The Danish Girl"?

A
Liza Chasin
B
Eric Fellner
C
Tim Bevan
D
Natascha Wharton
Select from the options above.

Q6. Whose album after July 2011 became posthumously the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century up until that point?

A
David Bowie
B
Amy Winehouse
C
Joe Cocker
D
Whitney Houston
Select from the options above.

Q7. Who created the characters of Willy Loman, Joe Keller and Eddie Carbone?

A
Edward Albee
B
Tennessee Williams
C
Arthur Miller
D
Sam Shepard
Select from the options above.
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