People Quiz #691
Famous People Quiz for 12 April 2022
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Q1.
Which of these was a British actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter between 1940 and 2004?
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Q2.
Who was the governor of California from 1967 to 1975?
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Q3.
Anthony Hopkins is a supporter and fundraiser for which British national park?
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Q4.
What was the stage name of Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr., a singer and songwriter from 1957 until his accidental death in 1959, who is best known for his recording of "Chantilly Lace"?
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Q5.
The first Academy Award winner to refuse to accept their Oscar was Dudley Nichols in 1935. Why did he refuse?
A
In protest at the film industry's discrimination and mistreatment of Native Americans
B
He thought that "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade. I don't want any part of it."
C
Because of conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild
D
He thought that "writing should not be competition"
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Q6.
Who wrote the books "Stark", "Gridlock", "This Other Eden", "Popcorn", "Blast from the Past", "Inconceivable", "Dead Famous", "High Society", "Past Mortem" and "The First Casualty"?
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Q7.
Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes developed what online computer application?
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