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People Quiz #477

Famous People Quiz for 6 March 2018

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Q1. Which conductor had tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 44 years?

A
Wilhelm Furtwängler
B
Norrie Paramor
C
Vladimir Ashkenazy
D
Eugene Ormandy
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Q2. Which German-American structural engineer and designer was Chief Engineer for the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco?

A
Joseph Strauss
B
Johann Strauss
C
Richard Strauss
D
Eduard Strauss
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Q3. Which member of the British royal family once worked for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Theatre Company?

A
Prince Philip
B
Prince Andrew
C
Princess Anne
D
Prince Edward
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Q4. Who was the American poet who worked for Mussolini to broadcast propaganda to the USA, was tried for treason in 1945 and was judged to be insane?

A
Lord Haw Haw
B
Tokyo Rose
C
Ezra Pound
D
Julius Rosenberg
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Q5. Who wrote the music for the musical “Cats”?

A
Andrew Lloyd Webber
B
Irving Berlin
C
John Kander
D
Elton John
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Q6. Who was the sister of film actress Joan Fontaine?

A
Elizabeth Taylor
B
Ava Gardner
C
Olivia De Havilland
D
Joan Collins
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Q7. Who received a replacement gold medal at the 1996 Olympics for the one he allegedly threw away in 1960 after being refused service in a whites-only restaurant in his home town?

A
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay at the time of winning the medal)
B
Kent Green
C
Joe Frazier
D
Anthony Madigan
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