People Quiz #468
Famous People Quiz for 2 January 2018
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Q1.
Whose epitaph by Johnson in Westminster Abbey reads in part "Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit" ("He touched nothing without adding a lustre to it"?
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Q2.
Which of these men never commanded a ship called "Discovery"?
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Q3.
In 1934, English inventor and businessman Percy Shaw patented and then set up a company to manufacture what invention?
A
The reflective road stud ("cat's eye")
D
Reflective surfaces on road signs
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Q4.
Whose 4 sons were an astronomer, a botanist, an army engineer who went on scientific explorations, and the head of a scientific instrument manufacturing company?
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Q5.
Which musician's children are named Sarah, Kimberly, Sean, Liam, Renee, Alastair and Ruby?
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Q6.
Who was First Minister of State in France from 1624 until his death in 1642?
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Q7.
Who is associated with the Jaguar make of car?
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