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People Quiz #587

Famous People Quiz for 14 April 2020

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Q1. Which illustrator, born in what is now Haiti, raised in France, and an immigrant to America at 18, turned early observations and a hobby into creating work which included a book which was published in Britain and which is now considered a classic?

Note: This question was updated in April 2021
A
Elizabeth Blackwell (1700 - 1758)
B
Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750)
C
John James Audubon (1785-1851`)
D
Mark Catesby (1682-1749)
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Q2. Myles na gCopaleen and George Knowall are pseudonyms of what Irish novelist, playwright and satirist?

A
Flann O'Brien
B
Brian O'Nolan
C
Brother Barnabas
D
Seamus Heaney
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Q3. Who was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)?

A
A poet
B
A playwright
C
An economist
D
An engineer
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Q4. Which US presidential nominee in 1948 advocated closer cooperation with the Soviet Union, United Nations administration of foreign aid, and arms reduction?

A
John Kennedy
B
Harry S Truman
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Henry A. Wallace
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Q5. Who was an 8 year old English girl murdered on 24 August 1867 by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire: the body was found in a hop field, her head and legs severed, her eyes put out, her torso emptied and her organs scattered?

A
Fanny Adams
B
Amanda Dowler
C
Danielle Jones
D
Hannah Williams
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Q6. Which Texas congressman who ran a campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence in the 1980s, died in February 2010?

A
Ronald Reagan
B
Teddy Kennedy
C
Bobby Seals
D
Charlie Wilson
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Q7. Who invented the revolver?

A
James Revolver
B
Cole Porter
C
Portland James
D
Samuel Colt
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