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People Quiz #447

Famous People Quiz for 8 August 2017

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Q1. Mrs Alice Keppel was the mistress of which of these?

A
The Duke of Orléans, cousin to King Louis XVI of France
B
King Charles II, son of King Charles I of England
C
Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria of England
D
William III of England, co-monarch with Queen Mary II
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Q2. 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?

Note: This question was updated in October 2025
A
Engelbert Humperdinck
B
George Handel
C
Gustav Holst
D
Franz Joseph Haydn
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Q3. What field did American surgeon and medical researcher Dr Henry Heimlich work in?

A
Thoracic surgery
B
Cosmetic surgery
C
Paediatrics
D
Animal surgery
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Q4. Who originated the "Paddington Bear" series of books?

A
Roger Hargreaves
B
Michael Bond
C
Elisabeth Beresford
D
Enid Blyton
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Q5. Who is a unit of length (one hundred millionth of a centimetre), used to measure wavelengths of light, named after?

A
Anders Angström
B
Isaac Newton
C
Henri Pascal
D
William Kelvin
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Q6. Who originated the "Wombles" characters?

A
Elisabeth Beresford
B
Michael Bond
C
Mike Batt
D
Jan e Austen
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Q7. A number of medical treatments and terminologies have been named after which German surgeon, son of a philosopher and philologist, father and grandfather of also well-known pharmacologists, and from 1895 surgeon-in-chief at the University of Leipzig?

A
Friedrich Lange (1849 - 1927)
B
Albert Fraenkel (1848-1916)
C
Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844-1924)
D
Paul Dahlke (1865- 1928)
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