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People Quiz #853

Famous People Quiz for 20 May 2025

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Q1. Stylist Frederic Aspiras has whom among his customers?

A
Justin Bieber
B
Lady Gaga
C
Cher
D
Elton John
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Q2. What instrument was musician Zakir Hussain internationally known for playing?

A
Tabla
B
Sitar
C
Flute
D
Sarod
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Q3. Who, in the 16th century, published "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium", the theory that underlies our current understanding of the relationship of the earth to the sun and the planets?

A
Isaac Newton
B
Galileo Galilei
C
Ptolemy of Alexandria
D
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Q4. The Academy Award-winning song "Mona Lisa", written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the film "Captain Carey, U.S.A", was a 1950 hit for which artist?

A
Bobby Darin
B
Danny Kaye
C
Dean Martin
D
Nat King Cole
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Q5. Which of these songs is not by Hoagy Carmichael?

A
Skylark
B
Stardust
C
A Foggy Day (in London Town)
D
Georgia on my Mind
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Q6. Which actress began her professional film career aged six in "Bright Eyes" in 1934?

A
Mary Pickford
B
Shirley Temple
C
Norma Shearer
D
Bette Davis
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Q7. Stories in the form of verse by the prolific English writer of prose and satirical verse, William Combe, and by satirical cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson, which were published from 1809 to 1821, are centred round which fictional character?

A
Michael Doonesbury
B
Cerebus the Aardvark
C
Mr. Natural
D
Dr. Syntax
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