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People Quiz #810

Famous People Quiz for 23 July 2024

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Q1. Which film actress was born in Germany in 1904, went to America after appearing in the film "Blue Angel", and became an American citizen in 1937?

A
Bette Davis
B
Greta Garbo
C
Mary Pickford
D
Marlene Dietrich
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Q2. Which of these bands did not contain siblings in the original lineup?

A
The Isley Brothers
B
The Allman Brothers
C
The Everly Brothers
D
The Doobie Brothers
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Q3. John F Kennedy is widely rumoured to have had an affair with which of these?

A
Jayne Mansfield
B
Kim Novak
C
Marilyn Monroe
D
Brigitte Bardot
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Q4. Harold I of England was nicknamed "Harold … " what?

A
Crowfoot
B
Oxfoot
C
Harefoot
D
Dogfoot
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Q5. "The Year of Three Popes", involving Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II, is the name given to which year?

A
1605
B
1590
C
1978
D
766
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Q6. The autobiography of which "Bond girl" was called "Golden Girl"?

A
Maud Adams
B
Britt Eklund
C
Shirley Eaton
D
Maryam D'Abo
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Q7. Which American jazz musician, clarinettist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman", in the mid-1930s led one of the most popular musical groups in America, which was also one of the first racially-integrated musical groups?

A
Sun Ra
B
Count Basie
C
Earl Hines
D
Benny Goodman
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