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People Quiz #512

Famous People Quiz for 6 November 2018

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Q1. "A Whiter Shade of Pale", released 12 May 1967, was the debut song by which band?

A
Procul Harum
B
Pink Floyd
C
The Tremeloes
D
The Beatles
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Q2. Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was the daughter of which other English monarch?

A
Henry VIII
B
Henry VII
C
Edward VI
D
Mary I
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Q3. Which father and son, 17th and 18th century composers, between them lived in Rome, Naples, Florence and Madrid and composed over 120 operas, 600 chamber cantatas, and 500 harpsichord sonatas?

A
Schumann
B
Scarlatti
C
Schubert
D
Bach
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Q4. John Fogarty was the singer for which of these bands?

A
Aerosmith
B
CCR
C
Chicago
D
Blood Sweat and Tears
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Q5. Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin'"?

A
Stanley Holloway
B
Charlie Chaplin
C
Stan Laurel
D
Harry Lauder
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Q6. Who wrote "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"?

A
Florence Nightingale
B
Agnes Baden-Powell
C
Mary Baker Eddy
D
Phoebe Buffay
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Q7. Who printed his own translations of a French romance "The Recwyell of the Historyes of Troy" and "The Game and Plays of the Chesse" in Bruges in 1474?

A
Thomas Malory
B
Richard Burton
C
Charles Dickens
D
William Caxton
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