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People Quiz #703

Famous People Quiz for 5 July 2022

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Q1. The pas de deux "Urlicht" was the first dance choreographed by which later internationally influential person in the performance world?

A
Martha Graham
B
George Balanchine
C
William Forsythe
D
Pina Bausch
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Q2. Who led "The CBS Orchestra", the house band for "The Late Show with David Letterman"?

A
Paul Shaffer
B
Desi Arnaz
C
Daniel Barenboim
D
Mae West
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Q3. Which English novelist wrote "Decline and Fall", "Brideshead Revisited" and "Officers and Gentlemen"?

A
Evelyn Waugh
B
W B Yeats
C
Graham Greene
D
E M Forster
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Q4. Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, who commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War, was the 7th Earl of what?

A
Sweater
B
Cardigan
C
Pullover
D
Jumper
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Q5. Who were, respectively, the first conductor and Artistic Director of the Glyndebourne Opera?

A
Sir W S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
B
Fritz Bosch & Carl Ebert
C
John Kandar and Fred Ebb
D
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine
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Q6. Larry Hagman, the star of the TV drama that first ran from 1978 to 1991, "Dallas", is the son of which actress and singer who originated many roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" and Maria in "The Sound of Music"?

A
Elaine Paige
B
Julie Andrews
C
Mitzi Gaynor
D
Mary Martin
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Q7. Which of these is a book by Jacqueline Susann?

A
The Female Eunuch
B
Valley of the Dolls
C
84 Charing Cross Road
D
Barbarella
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