People Posers

1 Who did Antonio Banderas portray in the film Evita?

2 What is the home town of chat show king Michael Parkinson?

3 Which celebrity chef was once a Wimbledon ball boy?

4 In 2002, who became the youngest ever female recipient of the Mercury Music Award?

5 Which actress had a Croydon theatre named after her in 1962?

6 Which comedy duo are the only non- baseball players to be inducted into the USA Baseball Hall of Fame?

7 Which Greek hero was played by Orlando Bloom in the movie epic Troy?

8 Who is the only member of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy to have met JRR Tolkien in person?

9 What connects Burt Reynolds, Johnny Depp, Johnny Cash, James Garner, Sally Field, Kim Basinger and Val Kilmer?

10 Which duo have a statue erected in their memory at Heathrow Airport?

11 Which member of the British Royal Family appeared in The Archers in 1984?

12 Who founded the Organisation of Afro American Unity?

13 Who became the head designer of Chloe Fashion House in 1997?

14 In 2005, which politician died of a heart attack whilst hiking in the Scottish mountains?

15 Which singer won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival?

16 Which pianist, a sister of a famous actor, accompanied Muffin the Mule?

17 In 1867, who founded the East End Mission for Destitute Children?

18 By what name is the terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez better known?

19 In 1722, Jenny Horn became the last person to be executed in Britain for which crime?

20 What did Helen Paparizou win in 2005?

21 Whose last words before being executed by a firing squad were, “Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone”?

22 Who relinquished the title of Viscount Stansgate?

23 In 1877, who founded the first ever record company?

24 What name has been shared by three Scottish kings, eight popes and three Russian tsars?

25 Who resigned from the Royal Marines on January 27, 1987?

26 Which William was the fifth largest island in the world named after?

27 Who illustrated the Winnie the Pooh tales?

28 Who was charged but never stood trial for the murder of Nancy Spungeon?

29 Who did Natalie Wood marry twice?

30 Who created Brer Rabbit?

31 What did Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671?

32 Who founded his own production company called Ginger Productions?

33 In 1982, Ronald O’Brien became the first person in the USA to be executed using what method?

34 Who was named Man of the 20th Century by Time magazine?

35 Who was born in 1934, died in 1968 and was buried with honours alongside the Kremlin wall?

36 Who was the first of the Beatles to become a grandfather?

37 In May 200, which star of Black Adder was elected to the Labour National Executive?

38 By what name is the children’s author Theodore Geisel better known?

39 What is the nationality of the scientist who gave his name to the Celsius temperature scale?

40 To whom did Abraham Lincoln say, “Is this the little woman whose book made such a war”?

Answers to People Posers

1 Che Guevara
2 Barnsley
3 Ainsley Harriot
4 Ms Dynamite
5 Peggy Ashcroft
6 Abbott and Costello
7 Paris
8 Christopher Lee
9 All part Cherokee
10 Alcock and Brown
11 Princess Margaret
12 Malcolm X
13 Stella McCartney
14 Robin Cook
15 Bjork
16 Annette Mills
17 Dr Thomas Barnardo
18 Carlos the Jackal
19 Witchcraft
20 The Eurovision Song Contest
21 Nurse Edith Cavell
22 Tony Benn
23 Thomas Alva Edison
24 Alexander
25 Prince Edward
26 William Baffin
27 Ernest Shepherd
28 Sid Vicious
29 Robert Wagner
30 Joel Chandler Harris
31 The crown jewels
32 Chris Evans
33 Lethal injection
34 Albert Einstein
35 Yuri Gagarin
36 Ringo Starr
37 Tony Robinson
38 Dr Seuss
39 Swedish
40 Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer of Uncle Tom’s Cabin