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People Quiz #761

Famous People Quiz for 15 August 2023

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Q1. What was the most famous work of writer L. Frank Baum, who wrote from 1897 to 1912?

A
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
B
Hogfather
C
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
D
Tarzan of the Apes
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Q2. What relationship was Icarus to Daedalus?

A
Cousin
B
Father
C
Brother
D
Son
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Q3. Which of these is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorised "poison pen" biographies of celebrities and politicians, including Jacqueline Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family and "the Bush Dynasty"?

A
Andrew Morton
B
Oprah Winfrey
C
Kitty Kelley
D
Christopher Hampton
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Q4. Which of these people was not assassinated in 1963?

A
Lord Louis Mountbatten, British admiral and former Governor-General of India
B
Sylvanus Olympio, first president of independent Togo
C
Medgar Evers, U.S. civil rights activist
D
John F. Kennedy, President of the USA
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Q5. Which of these novelists is not American?

A
Herman Melville
B
Ernest Hemingway
C
H G Wells
D
Mark Twain
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Q6. Who was found guilty by the High Court of Admiralty, London, on five counts of piracy and for the murder of William Moore, and was hanged on May 23, 1701, at 'Execution Dock', Wapping, London?

A
Edward Jordan
B
William Kidd
C
Magister Wigbold
D
William Fly
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Q7. Who is the natural father of Fifi Trixibelle (born in 1983), Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa (1989), Little Pixie (1990) and the adoptive father of Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (1996)?

A
Frank Zappa
B
Bob Geldof
C
David Bowie
D
Ringo Starr
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