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1 John Landy became the second man to run the sub-four-minute mile; who was the first?
A Roger Bannister, in 1954.
2 How many US Presidents have NOT lived in the White House?
A One. President George Washington selected the site and approved the design, he never actually lived in the White House.
3 What was the late Diana, Princess of Wales’ maiden name?
A Spencer
4 Which naturalist, geologist, and biologist sailed on the H.M.S. Beagle?
A Charles Darwin. His five-year voyage from 1831 to 1836 aboard the Beagle was pivotal in the development of his ground-breaking theories on evolution and natural selection, the core of his famous work On the Origin of Species.
5 Buster Crabbe, Johnny Weissmuller and Ron Ely have all played which character from fiction?
A Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the Congo Basin by the Mangani great apes.
6 Which musical instrument does former President Bill Clinton play?
A Saxophone, tenor saxophone. He was an active musician in high school, where he played in the school’s jazz trio, “The 3 Kings,” and won first chair in the state band’s saxophone section.
7 Who was the American voice actor that provided the voices for most of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon characters?
A Mel Blanc. His career spanned over 60 years.
8 Who was the Soviet leader that had a birthmark on his forehead?
A Mikhail Gorbachev .He was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
9 Who was the leader of Cambodia’s Communist movement, the Khmer Rouge, from 1963 to 1997?
A Pol Pot
10 Which tennis player was infamous for his “You cannot be serious” outburst?
A John McEnroe. The iconic phrase was shouted at a Wimbledon chair umpire in 1981 after a serve was called “out”.