FAMOUS PEOPLE
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:05 pm1 David Ben Gurion became prime minister of which country in 1948?
ISREAL
2 Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, 'If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her'?
FEDERICO FELLINI
3 By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
MUHAMMAD ALI
4 In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?
JOSEPH MCCARTNEY
5 Which US pop artist created '100 Campbells Soup Cans'?
ANDY WARHOL
6 Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
7 In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUPOLF NUREYEV
8 Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?
ORSON WELLES
9 For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
TAX EVASION
10 Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
11 Which former Reuters' employee went on to create one of the world's most famous secret agents?
IAN FLEMING
12 Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'?
BABE RUTH
13 Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
14 Which Russian revolutionary died of head wounds on 21 August 1940?
LEON TROTSKY
15 Whose compositions included 'The Firebird' and 'Petrushka'?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
16 What was the name of the Scottish king killed by Macbeth?
DUNCAN
17 Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia?
AMY JOHNSON
18 Whose compositions include the Messiah and the Water Music?
GEORGE HANDEL
19 In 1498, which Portuguese navigator sailed to India round the Cape of Good Hope?
VASCO DE GAMA
20 Who wrote Paradise Lost?
JOHN MILTON
21 Which fashion designer introduced the 'New Look' in 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR
22 Who pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery?
JOSEPH LISTER
23 Which Scottish poet was also employed as an excise officer?
ROBERT BURNS
24 Who invented the revolver?
SAMUAL COLT
25 With the origins of what sport is William Webb Ellis associated?
RUGBY
26 Who was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Woolstencraft?
MARY SHELLEY
27 Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?
ANTON CHEKHOV
28 Who founded the Christian Science Church?
MARY BAKER EDDY
29 Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
P.G. WODEHOUSE
30 Who was the second president of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
ISREAL
2 Which film director once said of Brigitte Bardot, 'If she didn't exist, we'd have to invent her'?
FEDERICO FELLINI
3 By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
MUHAMMAD ALI
4 In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?
JOSEPH MCCARTNEY
5 Which US pop artist created '100 Campbells Soup Cans'?
ANDY WARHOL
6 Who killed John Lennon?
MARK CHAPMAN
7 In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
RUPOLF NUREYEV
8 Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?
ORSON WELLES
9 For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
TAX EVASION
10 Who founded the state of Taiwan in 1949?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
11 Which former Reuters' employee went on to create one of the world's most famous secret agents?
IAN FLEMING
12 Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'?
BABE RUTH
13 Who wrote The Common Sense Book of Child Care?
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
14 Which Russian revolutionary died of head wounds on 21 August 1940?
LEON TROTSKY
15 Whose compositions included 'The Firebird' and 'Petrushka'?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
16 What was the name of the Scottish king killed by Macbeth?
DUNCAN
17 Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia?
AMY JOHNSON
18 Whose compositions include the Messiah and the Water Music?
GEORGE HANDEL
19 In 1498, which Portuguese navigator sailed to India round the Cape of Good Hope?
VASCO DE GAMA
20 Who wrote Paradise Lost?
JOHN MILTON
21 Which fashion designer introduced the 'New Look' in 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR
22 Who pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery?
JOSEPH LISTER
23 Which Scottish poet was also employed as an excise officer?
ROBERT BURNS
24 Who invented the revolver?
SAMUAL COLT
25 With the origins of what sport is William Webb Ellis associated?
RUGBY
26 Who was the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Woolstencraft?
MARY SHELLEY
27 Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?
ANTON CHEKHOV
28 Who founded the Christian Science Church?
MARY BAKER EDDY
29 Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
P.G. WODEHOUSE
30 Who was the second president of the USA?
JOHN ADAMS
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