ANSWERS  

1. Crystal (15) China (20) Pearl (30)

2. Johnathan Swift (b 1667) Mary Shelley (b 1797) Charles Dickens (b 1812)

3. William Wordsworth (b 1770) TS Elliott (b 1888) Ted Hughes (b 1930)

4. Gene Hackman (b1931) Al Pacino (b 1940) Tom Hanks (1957)

5. Glenda Jackson (b1936) Liza Minnelli (1946) Michelle Pfeiffer (1957)

6. Hinduism (1500 BC) Buddhism (500 BC) Islam (7th Century AD)

7. Lloyd-George (1916) Stanley Baldwin (1923) Neville Chamberlain (1937)

8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901) Woodrow Wilson (1913) Harry Truman (1945)

9. Peter the Great (1682 - 1725) Catherine the Great (1762 - 1796) Nicholas II (1894 - 1917)

10. Cardiff (155 miles) Manchester (199 miles) Plymouth (215 miles)