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People Quiz #590

Famous People Quiz for 5 May 2020

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Q1. Jerry Yang and David Filo founded what computer application?

A
Google
B
Yahoo!
C
Facebook
D
Twitter
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Q2. In what area did Herman Mohl form his company, in early 18th century Britain, which was still operating when bought in 1922 by a company which markets razors and other personal care products?

A
Making dress canes
B
Making hair brushes, clothes brushes and shaving brushes
C
Making snuff whisks and containers
D
Making hollow-ground swords
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Q3. Which English entrepreneur and philanthropist co-founded the record label, Virgin Records?

A
Sir Richard Branson
B
Sir Paul McCartney
C
Simon Cowell
D
Alan Sugar, Baron Sugar
Select from the options above.
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Q4. Whose wife, on arriving at his death bed, reportedly shouted "Is the bloody man dead yet?"?

A
Horatio Lord Nelson
B
Dylan Thomas
C
Lord Byron
D
Elvis Presley
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Q5. Gregor Johann Mendel, a 19th Century Augustinian priest and scientist, gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of which new science for his study of pea plants?

A
Aeronautics
B
Astrophysics
C
Biochemistry
D
Genetics
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Q6. Who first employed his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest in 1906 while a lawyer in South Africa during the Indian community's struggle for civil rights to protest against registration laws in the new state of Transvaal?

A
Martin Luther King, Jr.
B
Mohandas Gandhi
C
Malcolm X
D
Charles Manson
Select from the options above.
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Q7. Whose first album was called "Voice of an Angel"?

A
Charlotte Church
B
Rod Stewart
C
Elvis Presley
D
Celine Dion
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