People Quiz #500
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Q1. Which of these was a famous film star 1947 until her death in 1962?
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Q2. Who wrote "Futility" (1898) about an enormous "unsinkable" British passenger liner called the Titan, which hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic with the loss of nearly all on board?
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Q3. Who discovered the moons of Saturn called Rhea, Iapetus, Dione and Tethys, between 1671 and 1684?
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Q4. Who secured the contract from the British government in 1838 to carry mail between Liverpool Halifax and Boston and formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company with 4 ships?
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Q5. Which of these was a Scottish explorer of the African continent and is credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River?
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Q6. Which is one matter for which Anne, Duchess of Brittany, (1477-1514), is remembered?
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Q7. Which Beatle invested heavily in Handmade Films, the production company that made "Life Of Brian", "Monty Python In Search Of The Holy Grail" and "A Fish Called Wanda"?
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