A-Z of People (first name applies to the appropriate letter)

A What is the name of the BBC journalist at the centre of the “sexed up Iraqi weapons claim”?

B Who created the character of Sir Les Patterson?

C Who was the first Pope to abdicate?

D Which pop diva was arrested at Heathrow Airport in September 1999?

E Which faith healer was employed by Glenn Hoddle for England’s 1998 World Cup squad?

F Who was the first English cricketer to take 300 Test wickets?

G Who is the only person to win an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

H Who provides the voice of the computer Deep Thought in the 2005 film adaptation of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

I In 1996 who married the daughter of the founder of the Referendum Party?

J Who played Steve McGarrett in Hawaii 5-0?

K Who won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of blood groups?

L What is the name of the singing sister of Liza Minnelli?

M Who did Bill Wyman marry in 1989?

N In 1995 which 45 year old posed nude for Playboy?

O Who was the first woman to be officially ranked a billionaire in the USA?

P Who was the first actor to receive a posthumous Best Actor Oscar?

Q Who wrote the autobiography The Naked Civil Servant?

R In 1969, who famously bought a 69 carat Cartier diamond ring worth over £1million?

S Who when asked about his golf handicap replied, “I’m a coloured one-eyed Jew”?

T Who won an Oscar when she was only 10 years and 148 days old?

U In March 2001 Michael Jackson was the Best Man at whose wedding?

V Who wrote the novel Les Miserables?

W The Carly Simon hit You’re So Vain allegedly refers to which film star?

X Who penned the autobiography The Happy Hooker?

Y Who played Mildred in George and Mildred?

Z Who acquired the nickname of the Punk Princess of Fashion?

Answers to A-Z of People

Andrew Gilligan
Barry Humphries
Celestine V
Diana Ross
Eileen Drewery
Freddie Trueman
George Bernard Shaw, winning an Oscar for his screen adaptation of Pygmalion
Helen Mirren
Imran Khan
Jack Lord
Karl Landsteiner
Lorna Luft
Mandy Smith
Nancy Sinatra
Oprah Winfrey
Peter Finch
Quentin Crisp
Richard Burton
Sammy Davis Jnr
Tatum O’Neal
Uri Geller
Victor Hugo
Warren Beatty
Xavier Hollander
Yootha Joyce
Zandra Rhodes