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People Quiz #828

Famous People Quiz for 26 November 2024

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Q1. Who is the last in this series: Venus Smith, Dr. Cathy Gale, Mrs. Emma Peel, Tara King ...?

A
Marjorie
B
Purdey
C
Atalie
D
Barney
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Q2. Which American swing and jazz guitarist's single string technique combined with amplification, while with Benny Goodman's bands between 1939 and 1941, helped bring the guitar out of the rhythm section and into the forefront as a solo instrument?

A
Theloni0us Monk
B
Ward Kimball
C
Charlie Christian
D
Charlie Parker
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Q3. What is the first name of the poet Coleridge?

A
Bob
B
Samuel
C
René
D
Leroy
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Q4. Which Archbishop of Canterbury was captured by Viking raiders in 1011 and killed by them the following year after refusing to allow himself to be ransomed?

A
Ælfheah
B
Thomas Becket
C
Canute
D
Uther Pendragon
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Q5. Who had hit records with "Tragedy" and "You Win Again"?

A
UB40
B
Bananarama
C
The Bee Gees
D
Atomic Kitten
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Q6. What was the occupation of Otto Klemperer?

A
Rocket scientist
B
Conductor
C
Actor
D
Film director
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Q7. Omar Sharif played the title character in the 1965 film of what 1957 novel by the Russian writer Boris Pasternak?

A
Dr Zhivago
B
Goethe's Faust
C
Second Birth
D
Childhood
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