Lindas Free Quizzes April 2011

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Lindas Free Quizzes April 2011

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Lindas Free Quizzes April 2011

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George Quiz

1. Which eighties band comprised of George Michael and Andrew Ridgely?
Wham!
2. Which golfing accessory did George Grant patent in 1899?
The Tee
3. With which song did George Baker have a hit in 1975?
Una Paloma Blanca
4. Which English Princess became a pupil at St Georges school, Ascot in September 2000?
Princess Beatrice
5. Who was Ronald Reagan’s Vice President?
George Bush Snr
6. Which male pop star was in the top 10 'worsed dressed women' list in 1983?
Boy George
- Which singer was born George O Dowd?
Boy George
- Who said "Prince looks like a dwarf who fell into a vat of pubic hair"?
Boy George
7. For which movie was George Segal nominated for an Oscar?
Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf
8. Who directed the 1977 movie Star Wars?
George Lucas
9. Stingray was commanded by Troy Tempest, but who was his No. 2?
Phones - George Lee Sheridan
10. Which monarch broadcast the first Christmas speech to the nation from Sandringham in 1932?
George V
11. Who was nicknamed the “father of the railway”?
George Stephenson
12. Boxer George Foreman has made more money than he did in boxing by promoting what?
The George Foreman Grill (Lean Mean Grilling Machine)
13. Whose autobiography was entitled “The Good, The Bad & The Bubbly”?
George Best
14. What type of animal was George in the children’s TV series “Rainbow”?
Hippopotamus
15. What was George Clooney’s character name in “ER”?
Dr Doug Ross
16. Who played the title role in the film “George of the Jungle”?
Brendan Fraser
17. Who’s catchphrase was “Turned out nice again, hasn’t it”?
George Formby
18. What was the penname of writer Eric Arthur Blair?
George Orwell
- Which British novelist served as an assistant district superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma between 1922 and 1927?
George Orwell
19. George Cohen was with which club when he played for England?
Fulham
20. Who played the cockney spiv Flash Harry in the St Trinians films?
George Cole

21. Who crossed the Delaware river to engage British troops on boxing day 1776?
George Washington
22. Which English monarch was known as “Mad King George”?
George III
23. What pen name did novelist Mary Ann Evans use?
George Eliot
24. Who played Mildred in the sitcom George and Mildred?
Yootha Joyce
25. What piece of sporting equipment did George Nissen invent?
Trampoline
26. Former Prime Minister George Canning holds what record for a British Prime Minister?
Shortest Time as PM (4 months in 1827)
27. Under what stage name did Maxwell George Lister do his funny walk?
Max Wall
28. In 1844 George Williams founded an association still going today, in 1978 the title of his association was a number one hit record, name it?
Y.M.C.A.
29. By what name was the murderer John George Haigh more widely known?
Acid Bath Murderer
30. Tennis commentator Pam Shriver is married to which James Bond actor?
George Lazenby
31. Which Beatle had a solo No.1 with 'My Sweet Lord'?
George Harrison
32. What’s the highest award for heroic civilians in Britain?
George Cross
33. Which future Conservative Prime Minister married the widow Mrs Wyndham Lewis at St George's, Hanover Square in 1839?
Benjamin Disraeli (later 1st Earl of Beaconsfield)
34. What was gangsters George Nelsons' nickname?
Baby Face
35. Who invented the Kodak camera?
George Eastman
36. In ‘Dads Army’, who had the first name ‘George’?
Captain Mainwaring
37. Which record producer was known as the Fifth Beatle?
George Martin
38. Which literary figure had the real name George Gordon?
Lord Byron
39. On September 27, 1825, which locomotive, built by George Stephenson, carried 450 persons at 15 miles per hour from Darlington to Stockton on the world's first public passenger train?
Active (accept Locomotion, its later name)
- Which native of Wylam in Northumberland is credited with the invention of the locomotive?
George Stephenson
40. What name is used for a 'plane's autopilot?
George