People Quiz #777
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Q1. Which early and influential Greek thinker proved that the Earth was spherical but, despite some current thinking, taught that Earth was at the centre of the universe?
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Q2. Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey are the only surviving members of which pop group who had its first hit record in England in 1965?
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Q3. Geoffrey Rush won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1996 for which of these films?
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Q4. She discovered that in a particular type of variable star known as a Cepheid fluctuation in brightness is highly regular and is determined by the actual luminosity of the star, which meant they could be used as a distance marker, making it possible to determine astronomical distances to objects; who was she?
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Q5. Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize?
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Q6. What former First Lady of the USA said that "no-one can make you feel inferior without your consent"?
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Q7. American James Kent (1763-1847) was influential as a what?
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