Easy...

1) Whose autobiographies were 'The Moon's a Balloon' and 'Bring on the Empty Horses'?

Neil Armstrong

2) Which Charles Dickens novel was set during the French Revolution?

Eastenders

3) Which book went on trial for obscenity in 1960 but was acquitted?

The Beano Christmas Annual

4) Who wrote the Science Fiction novel 'Brave New World'?

Toyah Wilcox

5) Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Characters in which book?

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy

6) To 1 year e/w, when was the death penalty abolished in the UK?

1066

7) 'Hawley Harvey' were the Christian names of which criminal?

Mrs Thatcher

8) When Ronnie Biggs did a runner, which country did run to hide in?

Brazil

9) Who did Sirhan Sirhan assasinate on 6th June 1968?

Duran Duran

10) What was the nickname of George Smith, sentenced to death in London in 1915 for the murders of several women?

George.

Posted By: Larry Hagman on April 24th 2020 at 19:59:52

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