PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 5 A TO Z

[magpie in the 80's]

first name applies to the appropriate letter of the alphabet

A What was the name of the BBC journalist at the centre of the “sexed up Iraqi
weapons claim”?
ANDREW GILLIGAN
B Who created the character of Sir Les Patterson?
BARRY HUMPHRIES
C Who was the first Pope to abdicate?
CELESTINE V
D Which pop diva was arrested at Heathrow Airport in September 1999?
DIANA ROSS
E Which faith healer was employed by Glenn Hoddle for England’s 1998 World Cup
squad?
EILEEN DREWERY
F Who was the first English cricketer to take 300 Test wickets?
FRED TRUEMAN
G Who is the only person to win an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
H Who provides the voice of the computer Deep Thought in the 2005 film
adaptation of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?
HELEN MIRREN
I In 1996 who married the daughter of the founder of the Referendum Party?
IMRAN KHAN
J Who played Steve McGarrett in Hawaii 5-0?
JACK LORD
K Who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of blood groups?
KARL LANSTEINER
L What is the name of the singing sister of Liza Minnelli?
LORNA LUFT
M Who did Bill Wyman marry in 1989?
MANDY SMITH
N In 1995 which 45 year old posed nude for Playboy?
NANCY SINATRA
O Who was the first woman to be officially ranked a billionaire in the USA?
OPRAH WINEFREY
P Who was the first actor to receive a posthumous Best Actor Oscar?
PETER FINCH
Q Who wrote the autobiography The Naked Civil Servant?
QUENTIN CRISP
R In 1969, who famously bought a 69 carat Cartier diamond ring worth over
£1million?
RICHARD BURTON
S Who when asked about his golf handicap replied, “I’m a coloured one-eyed Jew”?
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
T Who won an Oscar when she was only 10 years and 148 days old?
TATUM O'NEAL
U In March 2001 Michael Jackson was the Best Man at whose wedding?
URI GELLAR
V Who wrote the novel Les Miserables?
VICTOR HUGO
W The Carly Simon hit You’re So Vain allegedly refers to which film star?
WARREN BEATTY
X Who penned the autobiography The Happy Hooker?
XAVIER HOLLANDER
Y Who played Mildred in George and Mildred?
YOOTHA JOYCE
Z Who acquired the nickname of the Punk Princess of Fashion?
ZANDRA RHODES

[Interceptor]

B Barry Humphries
F Fred Trueman
M Mandy Smith

[JAS]

Morning Guru

D...Diana Ross
H...Helen Miren
O...Oprah Winfrey
Q...Quentin Crisp
R...Richard Burton
S...Sammy Davis Jr
T...Tatum O'Neil
V...Victor Hugo
X...Xavier Hollander
Y...Yootha Joyce

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

B Barry Humphries
F Fred Trueman
M Mandy Smith

CORRECT INTER

[magpie in the 80's]

Morning Guru

D...Diana Ross
H...Helen Miren
O...Oprah Winfrey
Q...Quentin Crisp
R...Richard Burton
S...Sammy Davis Jr
T...Tatum O'Neil
V...Victor Hugo
X...Xavier Hollander
Y...Yootha Joyce

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[Kahuna]

Constantine
Peter Finch
Warren Beatty

[magpie in the 80's]

Constantine......INCORRECT
Peter Finch
Warren Beatty

OTHER 2 CORRECT K

[bulldogproud]

3. Marcellinus in the fourth century I think

[bulldogproud]

G Al Gore

[bulldogproud]

C Although not the first to abdicate, Celestine did in the 13th Century. Being the question for C, would that be the right answer?

Cheers

[magpie in the 80's]

3. Marcellinus in the fourth century I think

INCORRECT BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

G Al Gore

INCORRECT BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

C Although not the first to abdicate, Celestine did in the 13th Century. Being the question for C, would that be the right answer?

Cheers

CORRECT BDP

[bulldogproud]

G. There have actually been two people who have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize: George Bernard Shaw and Al Gore.
Cheers

[magpie in the 80's]

G. There have actually been two people who have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize: George Bernard Shaw and Al Gore.
Cheers

CORRECT BDP

[magpie in the 80's]

ONLY 9 Q'S TO ANSWER HER

[JAS]

J...Jack Lord?...was in a 007 film too I think
U...Uri Geller (sp)...the spoon bending nutter
Z...Zandra Rhodes ?

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

J...Jack Lord?...was in a 007 film too I think
U...Uri Geller (sp)...the spoon bending nutter
Z...Zandra Rhodes ?

Regards
JAS

correct jas

[Hazbeen]

L - Lorna Luft

[magpie in the 80's]

L - Lorna Luft

CORRECT HB