magpie in the 80's wrote:1. Which Anglo Saxon rebel was nicknamed The Wake?
HEREWARD
2. Who introduced printing to Europe in the 15th Century?
JOHANN GUTENBERG
3. By what name was Agnes Bejaxhu better known?
MOTHER THERESA
4. Which scientist was noted for his study of conditioned reflexes in dogs?
IVAN PAVLOV
5. Who was President of North Vietnam from 1954 – 1969?
HO CHIH MINH
6. Who invented vulcanised rubber?
CHARLES GOODYEAR
7. Which car manufacturer founded the motor works at Cowley in Oxford?
WILLIAM MORRIS
8. Who founded a settlement at Singapore, as a station for the East India?
SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES
9. How did the Englishman Nicholas Breakspear achieve fame in 1154?
HE BECAME POPE ADRIAN IV
10. Who was the leader of the Labour Party, immediately before Tony Blair?
JOHN SMITH
11. Who is Richard Starkey?
RINGO STARR
12. Who was John Henry Deutschendorf Jr. better known as?
JOHN DENVER
13. Who directed Psycho?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
14. Who was the first President of the USA?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
15. Who was Ehrich Weiss?
HARRY HOUDINI
16. Who was swallowed by a whale?
JONAH
17. Who lost the battle of the Little Bighorn?
GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER
18. Who seduced Samson?
DELILAH
19. Who wrote & originally recorded "Blinded by the Light"?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
20. Who killed Goliath?
DAVID
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.
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