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People Quiz #780

Famous People Quiz for 26 December 2023

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Q1. The estate of which American writer and poet who died of a heart attack in 1967 was bequeathed to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation?

A
William Faulkner
B
F. Scott Fitzgerald
C
Dorothy Parker
D
Ernest Hemingway
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Q2. Who directed and produced the award-winning Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", a campaign to educate people about global warming?

A
Lucy Walker
B
Davis Guggenheim
C
Deborah Scranton
D
Stanley Nelson
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Q3. Who wrote the play "Oedipus Rex", "Antigone" and "Electra"?

A
John Osborne
B
Sophocles
C
Arthur Miller
D
Peter Shaffer
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Q4. Which of these, an actor and a vaudeville, jazz and blues singer, was the first African-American artist to make a commercial vocal blues recording?

A
Mamie Smith
B
Bessie Smith
C
Robert Johnson
D
Howlin' Wolf
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Q5. Which English author and model, the grand-daughter of author Roald Dahl, actress Patricia Neal and actor Stanley Holloway, married singer and pianist Jamie Cullum in 2010?

A
J K Rowling
B
Jane Seymour
C
Minnie Driver
D
Sophie Dahl
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Q6. Which name is associated with the IT developments which grew into Microsoft?

A
Gates
B
Doors
C
Pergolas
D
Fences
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Q7. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is known for his work as a what?

A
Poet
B
Civil engineer
C
Politician
D
Book illustrator
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