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People Quiz #44

Famous People Quiz for 17 November 2009

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Q1. Which Scottish sailor was rescued four years after being put ashore by William Dampier at Juan Fernandez in 1703, for insubordination?

A
Alexander Selkirk
B
Fletcher Christian
C
Horatio Hornblower
D
Horatio Nelson
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Q2. Who succeeded Lenin as the leader of the Soviet Union when he died in 1924?

A
Karl Marx
B
Leon Trotsky
C
Joseph Stalin
D
Friedrich Engels
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Q3. Which Austrian composer, whose list of more than 750 works includes symphonies, string quartets and trios, piano sonatas, marches, dances, overtures, masses and operas, received a DMus degree at Oxford University, England?

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A
Engelbert Humperdinck
B
George Handel
C
Gustav Holst
D
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Q4. Who is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones?

A
Mick Fleetwood
B
Mick Taylor
C
Mick Jagger
D
Mick Jones
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Q5. The English version of "The Magic Roundabout", a children's television programme created in France was broadcast from 18 October 1965 to January 1977. It was narrated by the father of which actress?

A
Maggie Smith
B
Diana Rigg
C
Minnie Driver
D
Emma Thompson
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Q6. Which First lady, after the death of her husband, became US Representative to the UN General Assembly?

A
Bess Truman
B
Shirley Temple Black
C
Jacqueline Kennedy
D
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Q7. Which of these is a British geologist who greatly influenced the modern study of geology with his book "The Principles Of Geology"?

A
Sir Charles Lyell
B
John Lyly
C
Robert Lynd
D
Lord John Lyndhurst
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