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People Quiz #704

Famous People Quiz for 12 July 2022

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Q1. Which was the earliest to be an influential figure in the development of ballet as a performance art?

A
George Balanchine
B
Sergei Diaghilev
C
King Louis XIV of France
D
Marius Petipa
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Q2. Who became the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, as the result of a by-election in 1919?

A
Amelia Bloomer
B
Nancy Astor
C
Emmeline Pankhurst
D
Emily Davison
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Q3. Who led his troops to victory against Guthrum the Dane's Great Heathen Army at the Battle of Edington?

Note: This question was updated in January 2023
A
Canute
B
Alfred the Great
C
Ethelred I
D
King Arthur
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Q4. Who owned the flat at No.12, 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market, Mayfair where both Cass Elliot (Mama Cass) died in 1974 and Keith Moon died in 1978?

A
Andy Warhol
B
Mick Jagger
C
Robert Stigwood
D
Harry Nilsson
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Q5. Who created the character of the detective priest known as Father Brown?

A
Barbara Vine
B
Somerset Maugham
C
Georges Simenon
D
G K Chesterton
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Q6. What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information responsible for allied propaganda in allied and neutral countries in 1918 and, during World War II, was Minister of Aircraft Production and Minister of Supply?

A
Sir Thomas Beecham
B
Dr Richard Beeching
C
Lord Beaverbrook
D
Daniel Barenboim
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Q7. Which of these was a co-owner of the Miss Universe franchise?

A
Donald Trump
B
Richard Branson
C
Michael Jackson
D
Paul McCartney
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