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People Quiz #869

Famous People Quiz for 9 September 2025

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Q1. Who was Hugh Grant's female co-star in the film "Music and Lyrics"?

A
Courteney Cox
B
Jodie Foster
C
Samantha Eggar
D
Drew Barrymore
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Q2. Which French composer wrote a large number of works including over 90 songs and the opera "Pénélope"?

A
Elie Fauré
B
Gabriel Fauré
C
François Fauré
D
Georges Bizet
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Q3. Which 19th century French novelist wrote books about "The Three Musketeers"?

A
Marquis de Sade
B
Alexandre Dumas
C
René Goscinny
D
Albert Camus
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Q4. Which Corsican, as Emperor of the French, used their armies to dominate continental Europe until his Grande Armée was so badly damaged in the invasion of Russia in 1812 that in 1814 he was forced to abdicate, and was exiled to the island of Elba?

A
Ivan the Terrible
B
Benito Mussolini
C
Adolf Hitler
D
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Q5. Where in the UK is the Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, a statue of James Cook as a boy by Nicholas Dimbleby, and a granite obelisk that marks the original site of the Cook family home?

A
Redruth, Cornwall
B
Great Ayton, North Yorkshire
C
Dumbarton, Scotland
D
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
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Q6. With what is Christopher H. Lloyd (1921-2006) most associated?

A
Gardening
B
Science fiction
C
Theological research
D
Deep-sea diving
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Q7. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1789?

A
Guy Fawkes
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Joan of Arc
D
George Washington
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