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People Quiz #497

Famous People Quiz for 24 July 2018

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Q1. Who was the star of "High Noon", the American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann that tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of killers by himself?

A
Jilly Cooper
B
Henry Cooper
C
Alice Cooper
D
Gary Cooper
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Q2. Canadian-born actress and producer Gladys Smith co-founded which influential entertainment studio?

A
United Artists
B
Paramount Pictures
C
Columbia Pictures
D
DreamWorks
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Q3. Which of these was a pioneer in the Western world in the use of moveable type?

A
Pebbles Flintstone
B
Johannes Gutenberg
C
Garfield Gestetner
D
Heinrich Heidelberg
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Q4. What do the literary characters Cormoran Strike and Olympe Maxime have in common?

A
They both breed borzois
B
They are both Amazon Indians
C
They both typically wear a nun's habit although they are not nuns
D
They were both created by the same author
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Q5. Which of these was a nurse who was a heroine (from the British and Allied point of view) in World War I?

A
Edith Cavell
B
Mary Quant
C
Jean Harlow
D
Maria Callas
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Q6. What was the instrument of US jazzman Charles Mingus?

A
Double bass
B
Piano
C
Drums
D
Bass guitar
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Q7. Which American trumpeter and composer was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1997, the first time it had been awarded for a jazz recording?

A
Paul Whiteman
B
Wynton Marsalis
C
"Jelly Roll" Morton
D
Benny Goodman
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