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People Quiz #645

Famous People Quiz for 25 May 2021

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Q1. When one well-known English author wrote about Britain's "alien and uninspiring court", which monarch replied "I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien."?

A
Edward VII
B
George V
C
George VI
D
Victoria
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Q2. In which of his plays did William Shakespeare use a trickster and itinerant rogue named Autolycus?

A
Measure For Measure
B
Much Ado About Nothing
C
The Winter's Tale
D
Cymbeline
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Q3. When writer Franz Kafka described someone as true to their lineage in "strength, health, appetite, loudness of voice, eloquence, self-satisfaction, worldly dominance, endurance, presence of mind, [and] knowledge of human nature", of whom was he speaking?

A
His sister
B
His father
C
A character in his work "Metamorphosis"
D
Kaiser Wilhelm
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Q4. Robert Allen Zimmerman, American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist, is better known as what?

A
Bob Dylan
B
Bob Marley
C
Robert Fripp
D
Bob Geldof
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Q5. On 20 January 2021, 22 year old Amanda Gorman caught international attention when she did what?

A
Led the commemorations for Azerbaijan Martyrs' Day
B
Recited her poem at the inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden as President of the U.S.
C
Sang the anthem for Mali Army Day
D
Led a call for peace at Guinea Bissau National Heroes' Day
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Q6. In his digital graphic novel "The Wormworld Saga", German author and artist Daniel Lieske centres on the adventures of a small boy. What is the boy's name?

A
Raya
B
Till Eulen
C
John Keen
D
Jonas Berg
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Q7. What makes Douglas Fairbanks the odd one out from these other stars of the early American film scene: Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Errol Flynn?

A
He was the only one never to win an Oscar
B
He was the only one born, and to have started his performing career, in the USA
C
He was the only one to marry
D
He did not move to the USA until he was nearly 26
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