PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 34
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:49 pm1 Who born Pauline Matthews became the first white British singer to sign for the Motown record label?
KIKI DEE
2 Who was voted The Most Glamorous Woman Ever by the women’s magazine Journal?
GRACE KELLY
3 Who at school was nicknamed Snobby Roberts?
MARGARET THATCHER
4 Who was the first woman to own her own film studio?
LUCILLE BALL
5 He’s the ace, he’s amazing, he’s the strongest, he’s the quickest, he’s the best. Who is he?
DANGERMOUSE
6 Who was the high school sweetheart of Clarke Kent in Smallville?
LANA LANG
7 Who in a popular sitcom live at 19 Riverbank Road?
VICTOR - MARGARET MELDREW
8 Penned by Timothy White, who is the subject of the biography Catch A Fire?
BOB MARLEY
9 Who stood down as Leader of the Liberal Party in 1999?
PADDY ASHDOWN
10 Who wore a Chelsea shirt in an infamous bedroom romp with Antonio de Sancha?
DAVID MELLOR
11 Who born in Venice in 1725 has been played on film by Tony Curtis, Vincent Price and Donald Sutherland?
CASANOVA
12 Who eloped with James de Barge in 1984 and divorced him seven months later?
JANET JACKSON
13 Who flew in a plane called Jason?
AMY JOHNSON
14 Who sailed from Genoa in 1860 with 1000 followers known as the Red Shirts?
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
15 Who was billed as The Lazy Comic early in his entertainment career?
MAX BYGRAVES
16 Who was described as a bold and merry slut in the diaries of Samuel Pepys?
NELL GWYNNE
17 Who penned the autobiography Under No Illusion?
PAUL DANIELS
18 Which famed astronomer was asteroid 2602 named after?
PATRICK MOORE
19 Who was nicknamed Hollywood’s Dark Prince?
WALT DISNEY
20 Who played DCI Wise in Cracker?
RICKY TOMLINSON
21 Who launched a television career after serving as Mayor of Cincinnati?
JERRY SPRINGER
22 Who provided lead vocals for the band Them and went on to even greater success in his solo career?
VAN MORRISON
23 Who famously escaped from Wandsworth jail in 1965?
RONALD BIGGS
24 Who in the Bible lived to the age of 969?
METHUSELAH
25 Who was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005?
HAROLD PINTER
26 Who, a former First Lady of the Philippines went on trial for bribery and embezzlement in 1990?
IMELDA MARCOS
27 Who published his Theory of Relativity in 1916?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
28 Who was the first Jamaican singer to top the UK singles charts?
DESMOND DEKKER
29 Who has a tombstone inscription that reads, The Best is Yet to Come?
FRANK SINATRA
30 Who wrote The Saint series of books?
LESLIE CHARTERIS
31 Who emphasised a speech at the United Nations conference in 1960 by banging his shoe on the podium?
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
32 Who created the Polo fashion label?
RALPH LAUREN
33 Who was the bride at the first British royal wedding screened on live TV in colour?
PRINCESS ANNE
34 Who stood trial for the murder of Ronald Goldman?
OJ SIMPSON
35 Which entertainer penned the autobiography Laughter In The Rain?
NEIL SEDAKA
36 Who tipped a bucket of water over John Prescott at the 1998 Brit Awards?
DANBERT NOBACON
37 Who is the subject of a statue located in front of the British Embassy in Washington DC?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
38 Who with the vital statistics of 40-21-35 was born Vera Jayne Palmer?
JAYNE MANSFIELD
39 Who played Uncle Fester in the 1991 film version of the Addams Family?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
40 Who did Dan Aykroyd play in the film Chaplin?
MACK SENNETT
KIKI DEE
2 Who was voted The Most Glamorous Woman Ever by the women’s magazine Journal?
GRACE KELLY
3 Who at school was nicknamed Snobby Roberts?
MARGARET THATCHER
4 Who was the first woman to own her own film studio?
LUCILLE BALL
5 He’s the ace, he’s amazing, he’s the strongest, he’s the quickest, he’s the best. Who is he?
DANGERMOUSE
6 Who was the high school sweetheart of Clarke Kent in Smallville?
LANA LANG
7 Who in a popular sitcom live at 19 Riverbank Road?
VICTOR - MARGARET MELDREW
8 Penned by Timothy White, who is the subject of the biography Catch A Fire?
BOB MARLEY
9 Who stood down as Leader of the Liberal Party in 1999?
PADDY ASHDOWN
10 Who wore a Chelsea shirt in an infamous bedroom romp with Antonio de Sancha?
DAVID MELLOR
11 Who born in Venice in 1725 has been played on film by Tony Curtis, Vincent Price and Donald Sutherland?
CASANOVA
12 Who eloped with James de Barge in 1984 and divorced him seven months later?
JANET JACKSON
13 Who flew in a plane called Jason?
AMY JOHNSON
14 Who sailed from Genoa in 1860 with 1000 followers known as the Red Shirts?
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
15 Who was billed as The Lazy Comic early in his entertainment career?
MAX BYGRAVES
16 Who was described as a bold and merry slut in the diaries of Samuel Pepys?
NELL GWYNNE
17 Who penned the autobiography Under No Illusion?
PAUL DANIELS
18 Which famed astronomer was asteroid 2602 named after?
PATRICK MOORE
19 Who was nicknamed Hollywood’s Dark Prince?
WALT DISNEY
20 Who played DCI Wise in Cracker?
RICKY TOMLINSON
21 Who launched a television career after serving as Mayor of Cincinnati?
JERRY SPRINGER
22 Who provided lead vocals for the band Them and went on to even greater success in his solo career?
VAN MORRISON
23 Who famously escaped from Wandsworth jail in 1965?
RONALD BIGGS
24 Who in the Bible lived to the age of 969?
METHUSELAH
25 Who was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005?
HAROLD PINTER
26 Who, a former First Lady of the Philippines went on trial for bribery and embezzlement in 1990?
IMELDA MARCOS
27 Who published his Theory of Relativity in 1916?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
28 Who was the first Jamaican singer to top the UK singles charts?
DESMOND DEKKER
29 Who has a tombstone inscription that reads, The Best is Yet to Come?
FRANK SINATRA
30 Who wrote The Saint series of books?
LESLIE CHARTERIS
31 Who emphasised a speech at the United Nations conference in 1960 by banging his shoe on the podium?
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
32 Who created the Polo fashion label?
RALPH LAUREN
33 Who was the bride at the first British royal wedding screened on live TV in colour?
PRINCESS ANNE
34 Who stood trial for the murder of Ronald Goldman?
OJ SIMPSON
35 Which entertainer penned the autobiography Laughter In The Rain?
NEIL SEDAKA
36 Who tipped a bucket of water over John Prescott at the 1998 Brit Awards?
DANBERT NOBACON
37 Who is the subject of a statue located in front of the British Embassy in Washington DC?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
38 Who with the vital statistics of 40-21-35 was born Vera Jayne Palmer?
JAYNE MANSFIELD
39 Who played Uncle Fester in the 1991 film version of the Addams Family?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
40 Who did Dan Aykroyd play in the film Chaplin?
MACK SENNETT
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