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People Quiz #543

Famous People Quiz for 11 June 2019

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Q1. Donna Summer was popular in what genre of music?

A
Country and western
B
Disco
C
Jazz
D
Hip hop
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Q2. Who wrote and performed the song "Rehab" that won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song, and Grammy Awards in 2008 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance?

A
Ivy Doghouse
B
Amy Winehouse
C
Ira Porterhouse
D
Ian Waterhouse
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Q3. The author of the 16th century treatise, "Spiritual Exercises", simple meditations, prayers, and other mental exercises, was which career Spanish Basque soldier, courtier and later university student?

A
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
B
Miguel de Cervantes
C
Francisco de Aguirre
D
Saint Ignatius de Loyola
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Q4. Which early 19th century English writer, while collaborating in several works, also wrote under the pseudonym of Sempronia?

A
Mary Wollstonecraft
B
Mary Cowden Clarke
C
Mary Lamb
D
Mary Brunton
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Q5. Colin Kaepernick, who became particularly well-known in 2016, is an American sportsman in what field?

A
American football (NFL)
B
Baseball
C
Soccer
D
Basketball
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Q6. Who was a member of the band Buffalo Springfield, and formed his own backing band called Crazy Horse?

A
Bob Marley
B
Robbie Williams
C
Frank Sinatra
D
Neil Young
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Q7. Who wrote the music which inspired the theme tune for a slightly surreal British crime-solving and performance magic series, first released 1997?

A
Camile Saint-Saëns
B
Modest Mussorgsky
C
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
D
Francis Poulenc
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