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People Quiz #756

Famous People Quiz for 11 July 2023

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Q1. What was the title of Gracie Field's autobiography?

A
Old Man River
B
Sing as we go
C
The White Cliffs of Dover
D
What an Aspidistra!
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Q2. Who was the co-winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars, and nephew of the 1930 Nobel Prize winner in Physics?

A
William Alfred Fowler
B
Kenneth G. Richardson
C
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
D
Ernst Ruska
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Q3. Who had a hit in 2009 singing "Womanizer woman-womanizer you're a womanizer oh womanizer oh you're a womanizer baby you you you are you you you are womanizer womanizer womanizer"?

A
Rihanna
B
Shania Twain
C
Alanis Morrisette
D
Britney Spears
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Q4. Why did Lindy Chamberlain attract international media attention in 1988?

A
She was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
B
Her conviction for killing her baby Azaria in 1980 was finally quashed
C
She won an Oscar for best director
D
She took the office of chamberlain to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
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Q5. Which of these had roles in "The Mask", "My Best Friend's Wedding", "There's Something About Mary", "Charlie's Angels", and "Gangs of New York"?

A
Cameron Diaz
B
Cameron Mackintosh
C
Bartholomew Diaz
D
Rodrigo Díaz
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Q6. Which is a sports scientist and biomechanist known for working with Evander Holyfield, Dianne DeNecochea, Jose Luiz Barbosa, the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Raiders professional football teams, as well as Team USA Volleyball?

A
Toni Minichiello
B
Alberto Salazar
C
Dr Michael Yessis
D
George Skafidas
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Q7. Which soprano, born Margaret McEathron, has appeared with the NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, & the LSO, and whose voice can be heard coming from Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Deborah Kerr in "The King And I" and Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno in "West Side Story"?

A
Marni Nixon
B
Kiri Te Kanawa
C
Jessye Norman
D
Heather Begg
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