30th January Quiz

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The following quiz questions were submitted by Perry Bartlett. Perry runs a quiz night at Floyd's Bar, Cerro Branco, Albufeira in Portugal every Saturday & Wednesday night at 10pm. Many thanks Perry.

1. Which king of England was executed on this day in 1649?

2. The film ?Scandal? was based around events in the life of which disgraced cabinet minister, who was born today in 1915?

3. 34 today (2008), what was Jemima Khan?s maiden name?

4. Opened today in 1826, the Menai Suspension Bridge links mainland Wales to which Island?

5. Born today in 1947, the late Steve Marriot found fame with which 60s band?

6. Which naturalist, who passed away today in 1995, wrote ?My Family and Other Animals?, among many other books?

7. Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1948, who played him in the epic 1982 film?

8. 26 today (2008), how tall is footballer Peter Crouch?

9. The Beatles played their final live performance on top of Apple records offices today in 1969 during the recording of which album?

10. How old is Gene Hackman today (2008)?

ANSWERS 

1. Charles I

2. John Profumo

3. Goldsmith

4. Anglesey

5. Small Faces

6. Gerald Durrell

7. Ben Kingsley

8. 6?7?? (2.01m)

9. Let it Be

10. 78

 

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