People Quiz #584
Famous People Quiz for 24 March 2020
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Q1.
Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), art critic, patron and ballet impresario, founded what famous ballet company in 1909?
A
Soviet State School of Ballet
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Q2.
Bernard Gui (1261-1331) was primarily well-known as a what?
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Q3.
Who was married to Anne More, the father of 12 children, subsequently a reluctant cleric, an MP and a greatly admired poet?
A
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)
C
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 -1834)
D
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s - 1400)
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Q4.
Which of these is an English actress known for her work in the films "My Summer of Love", "The Devil Wears Prada", and the BBC TV film "Gideon's Daughter"?
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Q5.
Who left the satiric poem "Don Juan" unfinished after his death in 1824?
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Q6.
Actor John Wayne is mostly associated with what type of film?
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Q7.
Which Irish philanthropist founded houses for destitute children in Stepney in 1870?
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