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People Quiz #124

Famous People Quiz for 31 May 2011

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Q1. Eleanor was the name of the First Lady of which of these US presidents?

A
George H Bush
B
Lyndon B. Johnson
C
Gerald Ford
D
Jimmy Carter
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Q2. Marie Curie, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911), was born where?

A
Warsaw, Poland
B
Paris, France
C
Geneva, Switzerland
D
Sydney, Australia
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Q3. Which of these was an Austrian composer who, though he died at the age of 31, wrote around 600 Lieder, nine symphonies, liturgical music, operas and a large body of chamber and solo piano music?

A
Frank Zappa
B
Franz Liszt
C
Franz Ferdinand
D
Franz Schubert
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Q4. Which of these was a rocket physicist and astronautics engineer who was involved in the development of rocket technology in Germany during World War II?

Note: This question was updated in January 2021
A
Bertolt Brecht
B
J. Robert Oppenheimer
C
Albert Speer
D
Wernher von Braun
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Q5. Which of these people was a co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine?

A
Benny Andersson
B
Mick Jagger
C
Jean Michel Jarre
D
Jann Wenner
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Q6. Which of these was a mathematician and author on the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois from 1955-1990, and of Eastern Michigan University from 1990-1999, most famous for writing "The Elements of Real Analysis" and "The Elements of Integration"?

A
Robert G. Bartle
B
Christopher Bartle
C
Andrew Bartle
D
Shane Bartle
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Q7. George H Bush became widely known for not liking what food item?

A
Cheese
B
Carrots
C
Potatoes
D
Broccoli
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