People 114522

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1   Barack Obama has become the first US president in decades to visit Cuba. Which President preceded him?
A   Calvin Coolidge, who sailed to Havana in 1928

2   Which famous installation artist announced in 2016 that she married a rock in her garden?
A   Tracey Emin, she married a stone in her garden in France, which she calls ‘an anchor, something I can identify with’

3   With which foot did Neil Armstrong first step onto the moon’s surface?
A   Left. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. He stepped out of the Apollo 11 lunar module in the Sea of Tranquillity.

4   Who was the gillie who became close to Queen Victoria?
A   John Brown (Brown was a ghillie on the Balmoral estate when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leased it in 1848. )

5   What handy implement did Lewis Waterman invent in 1884?
A   The fountain pen

6   Who was elected as the first-ever President of the Soviet Union back in March 1990?
A   Mikhail Gorbachev.

7   To which international pop star did American nurse Debbie Rowe marry in 1996?
A   Michael Jackson (with whom she had two children)

8   Who was the tyrannical prime minister of Kampuchea from 1975–79?
A   Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr, 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998)

9   What was the nickname of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie?
A   The Butcher of Lyon.

10   Which teacher and vice president of the Vegetarian Society invented a much-used system of shorthand in 1837?
A   (Sir) Isaac Pitman (it was also called phonography)