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- Q: Which actress had the nickname Hanoi Jane because of her enemy propaganda broadcasts from Vietnam?
A: Jane Fonda. During a two-week visit to Hanoi in July 1972, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts on Radio Hanoi, urging USA pilots to stop bombing. During a two-week visit to Hanoi in July 1972, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts on Radio Hanoi, urging USA pilots to stop bombing. - Q: Who did Time magazine announce as 1938 “Man of the Year”?
A: Adolf Hitler. Time observes that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957), and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events. - Q: Who was the first person buried at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey?
A: Geoffrey Chaucer. His burial established the area as a resting place for literary figures, with Edmund Spenser later requesting burial near him in 1598, officially launching the tradition. - Q: St George is believed to have been born in which century?
A: 3rd century AD. While exact historical records are scarce, traditions generally place his birth in Cappadocia (modern-day Turkey) around the late 3rd century, with some estimates suggesting a date between 275 and 281 AD. He later served as a Roman soldier before being martyred in 303 AD - Q: Who’s the only US President not to live in the White House?
A: George Washington. It wasn’t finished being built until 1800. - Q: Who is the elder, Dawn French or Jennifer Saunders?
A: Dawn French. born on 11 October 1957. Jennifer Saunders was born on 6 July 1958. - Q: Who led the Dambusters attack on German dams with “bouncing bombs” in 1943?
A: Guy Gibson. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his leadership, and later died in action. - Q: What nationality by birth was Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie?
A: Polish. Born Maria Skłodowska in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1867, she moved to Paris in 1891 for her studies, where she met her husband, Pierre Curie. - Q: Where in Gloucester did Fred and Rosemary West live?
A: 25 Cromwell Street. The house was located near the city center and was demolished in 1996. - Q: Which prominent 19th-century French novelist and playwright, wrote the massive collection of interlinked novels and stories known as “La Comédie humaine” (The Human Comedy)?
A: Honoré de Balzac. The monumental work, comprising over 90 pieces, aims to comprehensively map French society post-Napoléon.