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People Quiz #593

Famous People Quiz for 26 May 2020

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Q1. What publication did Americans DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace, later wealthy philanthropists, start in 1922 shortly after their marriage?

A
Time
B
National Geographic
C
Reader's Digest
D
The New Yorker
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Q2. Which of these is the name of someone who has been the Archbishop of Cape Town?

A
Richmond Crinoline
B
Raymond Skirt
C
Elton Culotte
D
Desmond Tutu
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Q3. Which of these is a French film actress, who has had roles in "Amélie" (2001), "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) and "Priceless" (2006)?

A
Audrey Tautou
B
Audrey Hepburn
C
Audrey Roberts
D
Audrey Meadows
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Q4. Eric Clapton was never a member of which band?

A
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
B
The Roosters
C
The Yardbirds
D
Led Zeppelin
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Q5. Who was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei, one of his many mistresses?

A
Madame du Barry
B
Madame de Pompadour
C
Lucrezia Borgia
D
Catherine Grand
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Q6. Which of these was an English actor who featured in several Ealing Comedies, including "The Lavender Hill Mob", "The Ladykillers", "The Man in the White Suit" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (in which he played 8 characters)?

A
Terence Rigby
B
Alec Guinness
C
Peter Sellers
D
Ralph Richardson
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Q7. Which of these was a mathematician and author on the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois from 1955-1990, and of Eastern Michigan University from 1990-1999, most famous for writing "The Elements of Real Analysis" and "The Elements of Integration"?

A
Robert G. Bartle
B
Christopher Bartle
C
Andrew Bartle
D
Shane Bartle
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