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People Quiz #548

Famous People Quiz for 16 July 2019

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Q1. Which of these was a playwright who is believed to have co-written a number of plays credited to Shakespeare alone?

A
Thomas Kyd
B
William Wycherley
C
John Day
D
John Fletcher
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Q2. Which Scotsman took out a patent in 1876 that was the nucleus of the telephone?

A
Alexander Fleming
B
Thomas Edison
C
George Stephenson
D
Alexander Bell
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Q3. Who was the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and heir to the throne, who renounced his children's right to succession in order to make a morganatic marriage with Countess Sophie Chotek and was assassinated with her in Bosnia in 1914?

A
Otto Ferdinand
B
Franz Karl
C
Otto Joseph
D
Franz Ferdinand
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Q4. Who were Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty?

A
Smurfs
B
71.43% of "the seven dwarfs"
C
The Spice Girls
D
Muppets
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Q5. Between 1960 and 1987, Maurice Yaméogo, Lt. Col. Sangoulé Lamizana, Col. Saye Zerbo, Maj. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, Capt. Thomas Sankara and Capt. Blaise Compaoré were involved in the politics of which country?

A
Fiji
B
The Republic of Kiribati
C
The People's Republic of Benin
D
Burkina Faso
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Q6. What was the name of Julius Caesar's last wife?

A
Calpurnia
B
Sheba
C
Desdemona
D
Desiderata
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Q7. In which decade was Paul McCartney born?

A
1920s
B
1940s
C
1930s
D
1950s
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