People Quiz #866
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Q1. Who commanded No. 11 Group RAF, responsible for the fighter defence of London and southeast England, which took the brunt of the German air attacks in the Battle of Britain?
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Q2. Who married Sir Winston Churchill?
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Q3. Why were George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell and David Herold hanged in Washington, D.C., on 7 July 1865?
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Q4. The Venice-wide wedding plans of businessman Jeff Bezos in 2025 led to substantial protest. Where is Bezos said to have proposed two years earlier?
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Q5. Igor Stravinsky is known as a prolific composer of opera, vocal, choral, chamber, piano and orchestral music. He was also a prolific creator of what?
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Q6. The 9th century astronomer Al Farghani (Alfraganus in the west), was one of the most influential scientists in his time and for centuries later. He is known for several major calculations, and for construction of what?
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Q7. Which dancer and choreographer (made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009), worked in and developed neo-expressionist dance now known as Tanztheater (dance theatre)?
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