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?
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Q2.
In 2004, Barbie dumped Ken for an Australian. What was his name?
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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?
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Q4.
Who created the character of James Bond?
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Q5.
Who is acknowledged as the founder of Singapore as a trading post and European settlement in 1819?
B
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
C
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Q6.
Mike Judge is the creator of which of these TV series?
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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?
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