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People Quiz #519

Famous People Quiz for 25 December 2018

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Q1. In 1943, Joan Barry, an actress in her early 20s, accused which 54 year old of fathering her child, resulting in a paternity suit in which he was ordered to pay child support although blood tests proved he was not the father?

A
Humphrey Bogart
B
Charlie Chaplin
C
Al Capone
D
Spencer Tracy
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Q2. "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" is a quotation attributed to which speaker at a court hearing on 23 March 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia?

A
Patrick Henry
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
George Washington
D
Benjamin Franklin
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Q3. Which singer-songwriter, who won 2 BRIT Awards and 2 Ivor Novello Awards and was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards in 2006, was an officer in a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo in 1999?

A
Paul McCartney
B
James Blunt
C
Shania Twain
D
Lily Allen
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Q4. Who apparently received papal forgiveness in a front page article of an April 2010 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano", the Vatican's official newspaper?

A
Adolf Hitler
B
Galileo
C
The Beatles
D
Eva Peron
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Q5. Simon Baker, the star of the TV series "The Mentalist", was born where?

A
Australia
B
Japan
C
England
D
Estonia
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Q6. Who was elected Governor of the US State of Texas in 1994?

A
George W Bush
B
George H Bush
C
George Banks
D
George Benson
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Q7. The Academy Award-winning song "Mona Lisa", written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the film "Captain Carey, U.S.A", was a 1950 hit for which artist?

A
Bobby Darin
B
Danny Kaye
C
Dean Martin
D
Nat King Cole
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