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People Quiz #491

Famous People Quiz for 12 June 2018

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Q1. As what are Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell & Blind Lemon Jefferson best known?

A
Professional wrestlers
B
Blues musicians
C
NASCAR drivers
D
US Senators
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Q2. Who is a mythological lumberjack who appears in tall tales of American folklore, usually believed to be a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, who was first documented in the work of American journalist James MacGillivray?

A
Paul Bunyan
B
Paul Butterfield
C
Paul Simon
D
Paul Newman
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Q3. The early works of which American playwright (best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?") reflect an "Americanisation" of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco?

A
Neil Simon
B
Sam Shepard
C
Tony Kushner
D
Edward Albee
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Q4. Who, in 1949, became Premier and Foreign Minister of the first all-China Communist government?

A
Mao Tse-Tung
B
Zhou En-Lai
C
Chiang Kai-Shek
D
Kim Il Jong
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Q5. In both Greek and Roman mythology, who was the twin of Castor?

A
Goblets
B
Bollocks
C
Trollopes
D
Pollux
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Q6. Who were John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock?

A
The Sex Pistols
B
Joint winners of the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1985
C
Gold medal winners at the 1960 Olympics in equestrian events
D
Conspirators to assassinate John F Kennedy
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Q7. Which of these was a British Prime Minister?

A
Robert Chambermaid
B
Neville Chamberlain
C
Edward Chamberpot
D
Rupert Chamberlayne
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