PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 28
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:55 pm1 Whose last words before being executed by a firing squad were, “Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone”?
NURSE EDITH CAVELL
2 Who relinquished the title of Viscount Stansgate?
TONY BENN
3 In 1877, who founded the first ever record company?
THOMAS EDISON
4 What name has been shared by three Scottish kings, eight popes and three Russian tsars?
ALEXANDER
5 Who resigned from the Royal Marines on January 27, 1987?
PRINCE EDWARD
6 Which William was the fifth largest island in the world named after?
WILLIAM BAFFIN
7 Who illustrated the Winnie the Pooh tales?
ERNEST SHEPARD
8 Who was charged but never stood trial for the murder of Nancy Spungeon?
SID VICIOUS
9 Who did Natalie Wood marry twice?
ROBERT WAGNER
10 Who created Brer Rabbit?
JOEL HARRIS
11 What did Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671?
THE CROWN JEWELS
12 Who founded his own production company called Ginger Productions?
CHRIS EVANS
13 In 1982, Ronald O’Brien became the first person in the USA to be executed using what method?
LETHAL INJECTION
14 Who was named Man of the 20th Century by Time magazine?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
15 Who was born in 1934, died in 1968 and was buried with honours alongside the Kremlin wall?
YURI GAGARIN
16 Who was the first of the Beatles to become a grandfather?
RINGO STARR
17 In May 200, which star of Black Adder was elected to the Labour National Executive?
TONY ROBINSON
18 By what name is the children’s author Theodore Geisel better known?
DR. SEUSS
19 What is the nationality of the scientist who gave his name to the Celsius temperature scale?
SWEDISH
20 To whom did Abraham Lincoln say, “Is this the little woman whose book made such a war”?
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
NURSE EDITH CAVELL
2 Who relinquished the title of Viscount Stansgate?
TONY BENN
3 In 1877, who founded the first ever record company?
THOMAS EDISON
4 What name has been shared by three Scottish kings, eight popes and three Russian tsars?
ALEXANDER
5 Who resigned from the Royal Marines on January 27, 1987?
PRINCE EDWARD
6 Which William was the fifth largest island in the world named after?
WILLIAM BAFFIN
7 Who illustrated the Winnie the Pooh tales?
ERNEST SHEPARD
8 Who was charged but never stood trial for the murder of Nancy Spungeon?
SID VICIOUS
9 Who did Natalie Wood marry twice?
ROBERT WAGNER
10 Who created Brer Rabbit?
JOEL HARRIS
11 What did Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671?
THE CROWN JEWELS
12 Who founded his own production company called Ginger Productions?
CHRIS EVANS
13 In 1982, Ronald O’Brien became the first person in the USA to be executed using what method?
LETHAL INJECTION
14 Who was named Man of the 20th Century by Time magazine?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
15 Who was born in 1934, died in 1968 and was buried with honours alongside the Kremlin wall?
YURI GAGARIN
16 Who was the first of the Beatles to become a grandfather?
RINGO STARR
17 In May 200, which star of Black Adder was elected to the Labour National Executive?
TONY ROBINSON
18 By what name is the children’s author Theodore Geisel better known?
DR. SEUSS
19 What is the nationality of the scientist who gave his name to the Celsius temperature scale?
SWEDISH
20 To whom did Abraham Lincoln say, “Is this the little woman whose book made such a war”?
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
