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People Quiz #752

Famous People Quiz for 13 June 2023

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Q1. Scottish singer, composer and music hall comedian Harry Lauder sang to troops in France during World War I and gave concerts for war charities> What happened in 1919?

A
He succumbed to the influenza pandemic which accompanied the end of the war
B
He was knighted
C
He started a career in opera
D
He became a conscientious objector
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Q2. Which British stage director won an Oscar for his feature-film directing debut, which starred Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch?

A
Sam Mendes
B
John Madden
C
Terrence Malick
D
Peter Weir
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Q3. She has figured in plays by John Lyly, Sir W.S. Gilbert, Lawrence Aronovitch, and George Bernard Shaw as well as in novels, opera, painting, and a video game as well as in place and ship names. Who is she?

A
Tosca
B
Marilyn Monroe
C
Galatea
D
Empress Wen
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Q4. Where was the prophet Muhammad born?

A
Cairo
B
Jerusalem
C
Tashkent
D
Mecca
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Q5. Which of these novels was not written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

A
The Brothers Karamazov
B
Crime and Punishment
C
The Idiot
D
Doctor Zhivago
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Q6. Who invented the saxophone in 1840?

A
Andrew Sachs
B
Gunther Sachs
C
Adolphe Sax
D
Goldman Sachs
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Q7. A 19th century French physicist, chemist, botanist and teacher is particularly well-known for his seminal work in establishing entomology. What was his name?

A
Jacques Curie
B
Jean-Henri Fabre
C
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
D
Louis Pasteur
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