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People Quiz #754

Famous People Quiz for 27 June 2023

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Q1. Who led English barons in an attempt to influence Henry III, called a parliament in 1265 and was defeated at the Battle of Evesham?

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Sir Thomas More
B
Wat Tyler
C
Simon de Montfort
D
Toby Belch
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Q2. Who began her career at 3 in TV commercials, at 8 made her film debut in Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks" (part of the anthology "New York Stories"), at 9 played Tom Hanks's daughter in "Bonfire of the Vanities", at 12 was in "Dark Page" (an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation") and had her career breakthrough in "Interview with the Vampire", playing a child vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt?

A
Tippi Hedren
B
Anna Paquin
C
Keisha Castle-Hughes
D
Kirsten Dunst
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Q3. Which of these bands was the last to have a number 1 single in the UK?

A
Monkees
B
Mud
C
Madness
D
Manic Street Preachers
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Q4. Haile Selassie was ruler of which of these countries?

A
Tunisia
B
Ethiopia
C
Ghana
D
Uganda
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Q5. Journalist, author, broadcaster and academic Dr Gary Younge was Editor-at-Large and long-standing columnist for which media outlet, where he served for 26 years until appointed professor of sociology at the University of Manchester in 2019?

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BBC
B
The Washington Post
C
The Guardian
D
New York Times
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Q6. Which of these was a Norwegian composer and pianist who is best known for his "Piano Concerto in A minor" and his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", which includes "In the Hall of the Mountain King"?

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Gabriel Fauré
B
Edvard Grieg
C
Georges Bizet
D
Henrik Ibsen
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Q7. Which of these people is known for dance?

A
Aretha Franklin
B
Martha Stewart
C
Martha Graham
D
Adele Adkins
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