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People Quiz #682

Famous People Quiz for 8 February 2022

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Q1. Who performed in the first concert link into space, which was sent from Anaheim California to the space shuttle Discovery in 2005?

A
David Bowie
B
Elton John
C
Paul McCartney
D
Mick Jagger
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Q2. Of whom or what was Oscar Wilde reputedly speaking in one of his last reported remarks, "One of us will have to go"?

A
His publisher
B
His priest
C
His hotel wallpaper
D
His barber
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Q3. Which writer is said to have thought "The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it"?

A
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
B
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
C
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
D
Thomas Wolfe (1900-38)
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Q4. Charles Perrault, an influential 17th century government servant in the reign of Louis XIV and leading member of the Académie Française, has most long-lasting renown as the author of what?

A
"The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones"
B
"Children's and Household Tales"
C
"Tales of Fairies"
D
"Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals - Tales of Mother Goose"
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Q5. What is one of the notable aspects of the character Rumpelstiltskin?

A
He is short
B
He is giant
C
Wings
D
He rides a fish
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Q6. Which publisher(s) founded an imprint in 1908, now owned by Harlequin UK, which by the 1930s began to cater for escapist fiction and continues to do so exclusively?

A
James and John Harper
B
Gerald Rusgrove Mills and Charles Boon
C
Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster
D
Alfred A. Knopf
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Q7. Initially family pressure sent Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), later seen as among the most important and influential composers of the 20th century, to study what?

A
Piano-tuning
B
Business administration
C
Psychology
D
Law
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