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People Quiz #470

Famous People Quiz for 16 January 2018

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Q1. What was the composer Wolfgang Mozart's middle name?

A
Seth
B
Sisyphus
C
Amadeus
D
Charles
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Q2. What part does Greek legend assign the Titan, Prometheus, in the development of science (among other things) on Earth?

A
Making alcohol
B
The creation of glass
C
Ship design
D
Stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mankind
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Q3. What nationality was architect Oscar Niemeyer, prominent in the team which designed the United Nations headquarters in New York City and later chief architect of the public buildings for the new Brazilian capital Brasilia?

A
Brazilian
B
German
C
Belgian
D
American
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Q4. What was the signature tune of 1950s popular pianist Winifred Attwell?

A
The Sting
B
Baby Elephant Walk
C
Black and White Rag
D
Blueberry Hill
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Q5. "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act" and "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" is ascribed to which novelist and critic?

Note: This question was updated in November 2020
A
George Orwell (1903-50)
B
John Steinbeck (1902-68)
C
Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
D
Joseph Heller (1923-99)
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Q6. For what inventions used during World War II did British aviation engineer Barnes Wallis, later knighted, become famous?

A
A dynamo-powered torch
B
Bombs, and adaptation of aircraft to take them
C
Jerrycan
D
Pressurised aircraft cabins
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Q7. Film actor Mel Gibson was born in which country?

A
Jamaica
B
Australia
C
South Africa
D
USA
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