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People Quiz #779

Famous People Quiz for 19 December 2023

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Q1. Lieutenant Colonel George Malcolm was the first producer of what event inspired by a 1949 show in a park called "Something About a Soldier"?

A
The Basel Tattoo
B
Hamina Tattoo
C
The Royal Tournament
D
Edinburgh Tattoo (now the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo)
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Q2. He was known for a stellar career as a dancer and choreographer, and an almost parallel career as an actor included the role of the spine-chilling Child Catcher in the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968); who was he?

A
Lionel Blair
B
Mikhail Baryshnikov
C
Danny John-Jules
D
Sir Robert Helpmann
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Q3. Which mass murderer was instrumental in 1996 in bringing world attention to Dunblane Primary School?

A
Thomas Hamilton
B
Michael Robert Ryan
C
Robert Sartin
D
Derrick Bird
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Q4. Who was the star of US TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man"?

A
James Drury
B
Tom Selleck
C
Larry Hagman
D
Lee Majors
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Q5. Ted Sorensen was an advisor, lawyer and writer, best known as special counsel and adviser, speechwriter and alter ego to which US president, whom he called his “intellectual blood bank”?

A
John F. Kennedy
B
Richard M Nixon
C
Bill Clinton
D
Lyndon B Johnson
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Q6. Who played James Herriot in the British TV series (1978 - 1990) "All Creatures Great and Small"?

A
Christopher Timothy
B
Christopher Marlowe
C
Christopher Plummer
D
Christopher Wren
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Q7. Who was the last of these to win their first Oscar?

A
Spencer Tracy
B
Anthony Hopkins
C
Marlon Brando
D
Jack Nicholson
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