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Quiz - Who Is The Famous Person/People?

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  1. pete

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    I dont think I'll get No5, I mean, the last book I read was the 1965 Beano annual.:smile:
     
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      give me time and I will tell another fib, a better one..:thumbsup:.
       
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        We used to live just next to the attractive small fishing town number 6 is from. When she came to visit on her yacht the whole town was down at the port to greet her, she was treated like a saint or a queen. :wub2:
         
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          @Selleri , I've got the clue, thanks.
          Its that very well known Actress Mariana Trench.;)
           
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            @HarryS has now got 3 & 6 correct as well. :thumbsup:
             
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            You just want an excuse to click my location Pete. Go ahead, you can click my location as many times as you want. ;) (And I rather like Google map's take on it, especially the satellite version :cool:)
             
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              pete has No.6 correct as well :blue thumb:
               
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                Answers so far:-

                No.1. Bonnie and Clyde

                No.2. Mother Teresa
                (a lot of people thought it might have been Helen Shapiro. I can see the resemblance and I shall tell Helen about it when I see her next :blue thumb: - haven't seen her since this time last year but up until Covid happened she was still performing.)

                No.3. Winston Churchill

                No.4. John Wayne

                No.5. Ernest Hemingway

                No.6. Sophia Loren
                 
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                  No.7.

                  Answers by PM please.

                  Another easy one

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                  No.8.

                  More difficult. A clue later tomorrow if needed.

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                  @wiseowl has No.7. correct. :dbgrtmb:

                  You have to get up early to beat him to the answers :heehee:
                   
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                    @pete has also got No.7. correct. :blue thumb:

                    I'm expecting the answers to come in fairly quickly for this one. :)
                     
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                    @wiseowl has now got No.8. :love30:. He must have done a lot of research to get it. :)
                     
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