People Quiz #502
Famous People Quiz for 28 August 2018
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Q1.
What was the real name of El Cid, a Spanish national hero?
D
Emiliano Zapata Salazar
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2
Q2.
Which of these actors became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse?
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3
Q3.
Who wrote the tale "The Princess and the Pea"?
B
Hans Christian Andersen
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4
Q4.
Who was the first British monarch to make a nationwide Christmas broadcast?
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Q5.
Which 18th century German composer wrote over 40 operas including "Orfeo ed Eurydice" and "Alceste", comic operas and instrumental music?
Note: This question was updated in July 2019
A
Christoph Willibald Gluck
C
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Q6.
Which of these people is a Persian astronomer, poet and mathematician who died in 1123?
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Q7.
Which 19th century English writer wrote "Swallows and Amazons", "Peter Duck" and "Secret Water"?
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