People Trivia

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Which author wrote Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove and the TV special, Dead Man's Walk ?

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Ted Turner, founder of CNN, TNT and TBS, had a starring role in an international sporting event in 1977. Specifically what was it?

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In 1995, Connie Chung was fired from her role as anchorperson on which news show?

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He defected from Russia in 1961, joined the Royal Ballet of England in 1962, and starred in the 1977 film, Valentino. Who was he?

1

The Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and 1984 were won by two black males. Who were they?

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Which well-known magician died on Halloween, Oct. 31, 1926?

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True or false: Bill Clinton's father died in an automobile accident when Bill was seven years old.

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Which pop music star was born Henry John Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico in 1943, and died in the late 1990's near Monterey, California?

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What is the name and birth country of Mia Farrow's adopted daughter, who married Woody Allen in 1997?

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These three people are siblings. Mary is a photographer, Stella is a fashion designer, and James, the youngest, is a musician like his father. Who are the parents?

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This Steubenville, Ohio high school dropout became a boxer, stole hubcaps, bootlegged whiskey and worked in a steel mill. He went on to become a world famous actor and singer, and died in 1995. Who was he?

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In 1961, he was the first man launched into space. He was killed in 1968 while flying a routine aircraft training mission. Today he is buried within the Kremlin walls. Who is he?

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Famous assassins and victims: a. What was the name of the Swedish Prime Minister assassinated while taking a stroll in Stockholm in 1986? b. In 1968, Martin Luther King was killed by whom? c. Which person, in 1901, assassinated President Wm. McKinley?

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Which person successfully led Nationalist armies against Loyalists in the 1930s Spanish Civil War, then ruled Spain until his death in 1975?

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Born in 1847 in Hungary, he grew to become an American journalist and publisher who eventually purchased the New York World and the St. Louis Dispatch newspapers. Who was he?

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