People Quiz #434
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Q1. Who established the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1958?
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Q2. In September 2009 the wife of which newly-elected Prime Minister made international news because of her claims to have been abducted to Venus by aliens?
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Q3. Who wrote the song "A Fine Romance"?
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Q4. Which skilled scat singer has also won 5 Emmy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, and has an honorary doctorate from the Juilliard School of Dance, Drama and Music, New York?
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Q5. Who wrote "The High Window", "The Lady in the Lake", "No Crime In The Mountains", "The Little Sister", "The Long Goodbye", "Playback", and a series of short detective novels most of which featured private detective Philip Marlowe?
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Q6. The saying "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it" appears in one form or another in many places, including being mistakenly attributed to which US author?
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Q7. Who, with Bob Geldof, founded the supergroup "Band Aid" in 1984 to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia and then organised the charity super-concert "Live Aid" in 1985 and the "Live 8" concerts in 2005?
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