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People Quiz #196

Famous People Quiz for 16 October 2012

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Q1. Where was Ingrid Bergman born?

A
Sweden
B
Denmark
C
Norway
D
Finland
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Q2. Which of these was a journalist whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, the subject of a 2003 film starring Cate Blanchett?

A
Veronica Guerin
B
Vera Drake
C
Erin Brockovich
D
Rosebud
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Q3. Which English King died of dysentery while campaigning in France?

Note: This question was updated in January 2021
A
Edward I
B
Richard III
C
Henry V
D
Charles II
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Q4. Which of these was a leading figure in heart surgery?

A
Gottlieb Daimler
B
Charles Babbage
C
Alexander Fleming
D
Dr Christiaan Barnard
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Q5. Who wrote the poem "Daffodils"?

A
John Keats
B
William Wordsworth
C
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D
Lord Byron
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Q6. Alfred Brendel is mostly associated with what instrument?

A
Piano
B
Cello
C
Guitar
D
Violin
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Q7. Who was the only person, until Bob Dylan in 2016, to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for Literature?

Note: This question was updated in August 2022
A
Harold Pinter
B
George Bernard Shaw
C
John Steinbeck
D
John Lennon
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