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People Quiz #726

Famous People Quiz for 13 December 2022

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Q1. He established inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, and is thought to have died from pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on preserving meat. Who was he?

A
Charles Lamb
B
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561 - 1626)
C
John Deere
D
Bob Veal
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Q2. Dancer and actress Josie Marcus was the third wife of whom?

A
Billy the Kid
B
Wyatt Earp
C
Buffalo Bill
D
Wild Bill Hickcok
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Q3. Which of these is a composer who produced most of his work between 1916 and 1958?

A
Cole Porter
B
Rock Carrier
C
Charcoal Pusher
D
Clay Shifter
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Q4. Who was expelled from the Surrealist movement due to his views on the Spanish Civil War?

A
Gertrude Stein
B
Pablo Picasso
C
Frida Kahlo
D
Salvador Dali
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Q5. In 1983, Mandy Smith, when aged 13, began dating which 47 year old?

A
Bill Wyman, then bassist for the Rolling Stones
B
Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles
C
Henry Fonda, US actor
D
Harold Pinter, playwright and Nobel prize winner
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Q6. Which 19th century Austrian composer is famous for his waltzes such as "The Blue Danube" and "Tales of the Vienna Woods", and the operetta "Die Fledermaus"?

A
Ludwig van Beethoven
B
Franz Liszt
C
Carl Orff
D
Johann Strauss
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Q7. Which of these was an English actor who featured in several Ealing Comedies, including "The Lavender Hill Mob", "The Ladykillers", "The Man in the White Suit" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (in which he played 8 characters)?

A
Terence Rigby
B
Alec Guinness
C
Peter Sellers
D
Ralph Richardson
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