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People Quiz #529

Famous People Quiz for 5 March 2019

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Q1. Which of these is an English novelist?

A
Jennifer Butcher Leeds
B
Mary Milliner Manchester
C
Rosemary Draper Sheffield
D
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Q2. Which Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great, wrote on many subjects including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology, and died in Euboea of natural causes in 322 BC?

A
Aristotle
B
Hephaestion
C
Socrates
D
Plato
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Q3. Which English King assented to the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, England, in 1215?

Note: This question was updated in February 2024
A
King Elton
B
King John
C
King Paul
D
King Ringo
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Q4. In 1964, who became the first male to appear on the cover of "Playboy" magazine?

A
George Burns
B
Henry Fonda
C
Mick Jagger
D
Peter Sellers
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Q5. Which Irish born British admiral and hydrographer created a standard scale in 1805 by which naval officers could report wind speed?

A
Sir Francis Beaufort
B
Lord Nelson
C
Sir Walter Raleigh
D
Sir Francis Drake
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Q6. Which German-born chemist split the uranium atom in 1939 and won the Nobel prize in 1944?

A
Otto Hahn
B
Ernest Rutherford
C
Pierre Curie
D
Frederick Nietzsche
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Q7. Who was the first woman to make a solo flight from England to Australia in 1930?

A
Amelia Earhart
B
Jean Batten
C
Amy Johnson
D
Kim Ponders
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