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People Quiz #511

Famous People Quiz for 30 October 2018

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Q1. How did Marvin Gaye, solo singer-songwriter from 1960s to the 1980s, die?

A
Electrocuted by a microphone
B
Hit by a car
C
Shot by his father
D
Killed in a plane crash
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Q2. What is Zhang Guolao known as?

A
A founding member and leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
B
An Asian record holder in high jumping
C
A film actor and director
D
One of the Eight Immortals in Taoism
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Q3. By what name was William Frederick Cody better known?

A
Billy The Kid
B
Buffalo Bill
C
Roy Rogers
D
W C Fields
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Q4. Who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)?

A
Lightnin' Hopkins
B
Gerard Manley Hopkins
C
Anthony Hopkins
D
Anthony Quinn
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Q5. Which 14th century scribe and seller of books (as well as builder of what is understood to be the oldest stone house in Paris still standing) is quoted as a character in a series of famous books in the 21st century?

A
Geoffrey Chaucer
B
Dante Alighieri
C
Filippo Brunelleschi
D
Nicolas Flamel
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Q6. Who recited "Mary Had A Little Lamb" to demonstrate his invention?

A
Guglielmo Marconi
B
Alexander Graham Bell
C
John Logie Baird
D
Thomas Edison
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Q7. Who was the lead singer of the band "Joy Division" who committed suicide in 1980 aged 23?

A
Ian Curtis
B
Jim Morrison
C
Bryan Ferry
D
Iggy Pop
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