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People: Semi-Final Time

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Introduction:
"It's semi-final time in Fiachra's pub quiz. Tonight's quiz is tricky, so you must be on your toes to make it through to the final. Quiet, please! The quiz is about to begin."


1. 'The last time they banned one of our records in the US it sold a million'. Which member of the Rolling Stones made this remark in 1968?
    Brian Jones
    Mick Jagger
    Keith Richards
    Charlie Watts


2. Which of the Beatles formed the group known as the Quarrymen?
    George Harrison
    Ringo Starr
    John Lennon
    Paul McCartney


3. Michelle Triola was involved in what came to be called a 'palimony' case with which of these Hollywood stars?
    Clark Gable
    Alan Ladd
    John Wayne
    Lee Marvin


4. What is Ellen Church's claim to fame?
    First female dentist
    First air hostess
    First female jockey
    First female poet laureate


5. Which famous nineteenth century scientist visited the Great Geyser (Iceland) in the 1840s?
    Faraday
    Dunlop
    Brunel
    Bunsen


6. Who created the fictional detective 'Brother Cadfael'?
    Ellis Peters
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    G. K. Chesterton
    Colin Dexter


7. Andrew Fitzgibbon was one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross. How old was he when he received this award?
    16
    15
    17
    18


8. Porsche cars are a status symbol in most countries. From what country did Ferdinand Porsche come?
    Austria
    Germany
    Netherlands
    Sweden


9. The poet George Gordon is better known by which of the following names?
    Lord Byron
    Lord Tennyson
    AE
    Lord Longford


10. Who, on hearing of a conspiracy of silence against him, said: 'Join it'?
    Wilde
    Kipling
    Thoreau
    Shaw


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