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People Quiz #874

Famous People Quiz for 14 October 2025

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Q1. Andy White and Jimmie Nicol were both what?

A
Drummers for The Beatles
B
Goalkeepers for Manchester United
C
Olympic gold medallists representing the USA
D
Europeans held at Guantanamo Bay prison in 2008
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Q2. Who wrote the book which was the basis for a 1999 psychological thriller film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman?

A
Lee Child
B
Stephen King
C
Patricia Highsmith
D
Lisa Jewell
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Q3. Which politician and newspaper publisher endowed Columbia University with funding to establish its School of Journalism and, later, to establish and administer an annual prize for achievements in the US in "journalism, arts and letters"?

A
Richard Rosenthal
B
William Randolph Hearst
C
Joseph Pulitzer
D
Charles Ives
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Q4. Who is an Australian convicted murderer, currently serving 35 life sentences for murdering 35 people and injuring many others in the Port Arthur massacre, a shooting spree in Tasmania in 1996?

A
John Clarke
B
John Howard
C
Rolf Harris
D
Martin John Bryant
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Q5. Which Scottish ballerina made her international debut in 1941, married Ludovic Kennedy in 1950, appeared in films from 1948 to 1960, and died in 2006?

A
Moira Shearer
B
Margot Fonteyn
C
Alicia Markova
D
Rowena Jackson
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Q6. John Simpson, CBE, is a distinguished veteran in what field?

A
TV production
B
Journalism
C
Research in governmental systems
D
War photography
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Q7. Sunday Rose are the names of the daughter of Nicole Kidman and whom?

A
Keith Urban
B
Richard Gere
C
Heath Ledger
D
Robbie Williams
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