People 114213

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1   Who was shot and killed outside the Libyan Embassy on 17th April 1984?
A   WPC Yvonne Fletcher

2   Which member of the Royal Family was referred to as Keith by the satirical magazine Private Eye?
A   Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh

3   Which female fashion designer founded The Fashion and Textile Museum in London that opened in May 2003?
A   Zandra Rhodes

4   Who was the man who developed the most widely used system of shorthand writing?
A   (Sir Isaac) Pitman

5   Who was the French President immediately after Jacques Chirac?
A   Nikolas Sarkozy

6   Which presenter and comedian did Elliot Spencer marry in January 2015?
A   Stephen Fry

7   Which political leader was once called ‘Tricky Dickey’ by the press?
A   President Richard Nixon

8   Christopher Craig shot a British Policeman in 1952 during a bungled burglary, but who hanged for the murder?
A   Derek Bentley (he was given a posthumous pardon in 1998, so that’s alright then, isn’t it?!?)

9   With what, did Dr Andrew Wakefield’s 1988 research paper fraudulently associate with the risk of autism?
A   MMR vaccine (former physician, and discredited academic who was struck off the medical register for his involvement in The Lancet MMR autism fraud)

10   How old was former child star Shirley Temple when she died?
A   85 (10th February 2014)