People Quiz #478
Famous People Quiz for 13 March 2018
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Q1.
Who wrote the symphonic suite "Scheherazade"?
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Q2.
Who was president of the USA at the outbreak of World War I?
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Q3.
Pat Boone had particular success as a singer during which period?
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Q4.
Which of these is not one of The Rhinemaidens, three water-nymphs who appear in Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring Des Nibelungen"?
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Q5.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979?
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Q6.
Who is credited with the invention of the rotary internal combustion engine, introduced by NSU in their "Ro 80" in 1967 and used by Mazda in their "RX"models, the first of which, the RX-2, was introduced in 1970?
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Q7.
Which English lawyer wrote "Dulcamara", "Pygmalion and Galatea", and "The Wicked World" before he became a librettist and lyricist for comic operas?
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