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People Quiz #659

Famous People Quiz for 31 August 2021

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Q1. Which Biblical temptress has inspired plays by Oscar Wilde and Nick Cave, operas by Richard Strauss and Antoine Mariotte, a ballet by Florent Schmitt, films, a sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider and numerous paintings, including those by Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Caracciolo, Gustave Doré, James Tissot, Aubrey Beardsley and Robert Henri?

A
Mary of Teck
B
Jael
C
Salome
D
Delilah
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Q2. In 2004, Barbie dumped Ken for an Australian. What was his name?

A
Blaine
B
Bruce
C
Bazza
D
Brian
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Q3. Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the official mistress of Louis XV of France from 1745 to 1750, lent her titled name to what hairstyle?

A
Beehive
B
Pompadour
C
Quiff
D
Bangs
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Q4. Who created the character of James Bond?

A
Len Deighton
B
Ian Fleming
C
Germaine Greer
D
Georges Simenon
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Q5. Who is acknowledged as the founder of Singapore as a trading post and European settlement in 1819?

A
General James Wolfe
B
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
C
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
D
Dr. David Livingstone
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Q6. Mike Judge is the creator of which of these TV series?

A
Beavis and Butthead
B
The Simpsons
C
South Park
D
Family Guy
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Q7. Who was the first person to win "The Big Four" Grammy Awards (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year & Best New Artist) in one year?

A
Christopher Cross
B
John Mayer
C
John Lennon
D
Sheena Easton
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