People…
 

1 Who became the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005?

2 Who married Dr Neil Murray in 2001?

3 Which member of a Eurovision winning act went on to co-host Record Breakers?

4 Bram Stoker was born in a coastal suburb of which city?

5 Between 1944 and 1966 who survived 31 assassination attempts?

6 Which former prostitute at the centre of a scandal involving Jeffrey Archer was killed in a road accident in 2001?

7 Who once said, “I am not anorexic I eat five packets of crisps almost every day”?

8 Who was born Alfred Arnold Cocozza?

9 Who was the wife of Peter III of Russia?

10 Whose play The History Boys won three Olivier Awards?
 

… and Places

1 Which four African countries lie along the Limpopo River?

2 What is the official first language of Lichtenstein?

3 Which mountain range has a name that means snowy range?

4 What is the highest city in South America?

5 On which island was Britain’s first Women’s Institute established?

6 The Mayor of which city holds the title of the Admiral of the Dee?

7 In 1994 which European country asked Prince Edward to assume their throne?

8 For a time during World War II, which African city was the provincial capital of France?

9 Which Italian city is home to the Pirelli Skyscraper?

10 The state of Georgia is sometimes referred to as the state of three P’s, as it is the USA’s largest producer of which three things all beginning with P?
 

Answers
 

1 Angela Merkel

2 JK Rowling

3Cheryl Baker

4 Dublin

5 Charles De Gaulle

6 Monica Coughlan

7 Victoria Beckham

8 Mario Lanza

9 Catherine the Great

10 Alan Bennett

1 South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique

2 German

3 Sierra Nevada

4 La Paz

5 Anglesey

6 Chester

7 Estonia

8 Algiers

9 Milan

10 Peaches, peanuts, pecans