People Quiz #533
Famous People Quiz for 2 April 2019
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Q1.
Who has played the role of Indiana Jones most often in films?
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Q2.
Who perfected a process in 1880 for making sensitive gelatine dry plates for photography, and patented photographic roll film in 1884?
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Q3.
Which Greek philosopher, from the 6th century BCE, is best known for a mathematical theorem which bears his name and for leading a group who discovered square numbers and proposed that the earth was round, planets have an axis, and they travel around the sun?
Note: This question was updated in June 2020
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Q4.
Which scientist married his cousin from the Wedgewood family, famous for their pottery manufacturing business, following his father's example, who had originally married into the Wedgewood family?
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Q5.
Which Scotsman was given a ship by Americans to harass English shipping near Great Britain, and later became an admiral in the Russian Navy of Catherine The Great?
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Q6.
Which scholar and lawyer who became Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the Exchequer was beheaded for treason in 1534 after disagreeing with Henry VIII being head of the church?
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Q7.
Which Norwegian playwright wrote "Hedda Gabler", "The Master Builder" and "Peer Gynt"?
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