People Quiz #686
Famous People Quiz for 8 March 2022
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Q1.
Judith Keppel was the first winner of the top prize on which UK programme?
A
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
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2
Q2.
Who owned "The News" newspaper in Adelaide, diversified into the US, UK and Asian markets, and started Sky TV in Britain in 1989?
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3
Q3.
Who was the head of Nazi propaganda during World War II who committed suicide with his family in 1945?
A
Walter Richard Rudolph Hess
B
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
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Q4.
According to a story originating in the 13th century, and disputed by the Catholic Church and many academics, who was the first (and only) female Pope?
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Q5.
Which Italian nobel prize winner (1934) wrote novels such as "Mal Gioconda" and switched to writing plays in 1910?
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Q6.
American soldier and inventor Benjamin Tilghman was noted for inventing what process in the late 19th century?
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Q7.
Who was the first female, the first Californian and the first Italian-American to hold the post of Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
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