People Quiz #479
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Q1. Who called in 1987 on "Mr Gorbachev" to "tear down this wall"?
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Q2. Which astronomer, born in West Yorkshire, England in 1915 and dying in 2001 in Bournemouth, England, was a science fiction writer, whose output includes the novel "The Black Cloud", a TV series "A for Andromeda" and a play "Rockets in Ursa Major"?
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Q3. Who became president of the Mormons in 1847, organised settlement of the Mormons in Utah 1847 and founded Salt Lake City?
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Q4. Which American physician and associate professor of bacteriology conducted the first field trials of a safe and effective vaccine against polio in 1952?
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Q5. Who according to legend was the son of Zeus and Europa and became King of Crete?
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Q6. The Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work on the foundations of mathematics published in 1910, 1912 and 1913, with a second edition In 1927, was co-written by Bertrand Russell and who else?
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Q7. Which English composer wrote "The Planets", "Somerset Rhapsody" and the ballet "The Perfect Fool"?
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