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People Quiz #413

Famous People Quiz for 13 December 2016

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Q1. Which architect died after being hit by a tram in the streets of Barcelona?

A
Lluis Domènech i Montaner
B
Antoni Gaudi
C
Antonio Palacios
D
Secundino Zuazo
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Q2. Which English composer, whose work was influenced by folk song and the music of the 16th century, wrote "London Symphony", "Pilgrim's Progress" and "Sinfonia Antarctica"?

A
Benjamin Britten
B
Ralph Vaughan Williams
C
Edward Elgar
D
Gustav Holst
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Q3. Who wrote the songs for the film version of "The Wizard of Oz"?

A
Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg
B
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
C
Fred Ebb and John Kander
D
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
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Q4. Who was shot at with poisoned bullets by Fanny Kaplan in August 1918?

Note: This question was updated in March 2024
A
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
B
Charles de Gaulle
C
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
D
Woodrow Wilson
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Q5. Which Russian author wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"?

A
Boris Pasternak
B
Henrik Ibsen
C
Leo Tolstoy
D
Yuri Gagarin
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Q6. Why was the "Top Gear" television programme presenting team, for 27 years headed by Jeremy Clarkson, changed in 2015?

A
Viewing figures slumped
B
Clarkson punched the producer of the programme and was sacked
C
The presenting team died in a plane crash
D
Prospective guests on the programme all refused to deal with the presenters
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Q7. English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays Dame Agatha Christie wrote romances under what pen name?

A
Mary Westmacott
B
Georgette Heyer
C
Jilly Cooper
D
Charlotte Brontë
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