Unhappy Birthday

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1. For whom does the bell toll? For the actress who portrayed Ilsa Lund it tolled on her 67th birthday. It was breast cancer, not murder on the Orient Express that took the life of which beloved actress on 29th August 1982? Grace Kelly Marilyn Monroe Ingrid Bergman Joan Crawford

2. Which American Poet Laureate known for his "Pencillings Along the Way" and his reputation as a dandy, died on his 61st birthday in 1867? N.P. Willis e. e. cummings Edgar Allen Poe Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3. This lady ended the battle of the roses and kept her head while several of her daughters-in-law lost theirs. Which daughter, wife and mother of a king, was born on 11th February 1466? Elizabeth of York Marie Antoinette Anne Boleyn Mary Queen of Scots

4. Which Swiss-born chemist, credited with co-inventing the plastic balloon, had a "Star Trek" character named after him? Jean Piccard Leonardo McCoy James Kirkwood Jr Kevin McFadden

5. This actress, known for her movie roles of Aunt March ("Little Women", 1933) and the Red Queen ("Alice in Wonderland", 1933) was often considered as British, when she was actually born in Massachusetts. Edna Mae Oliver Judy Holliday Julie Christie Marie Dressler

6. Which knighted scholar, who presented the world with the "Religio Medici" in the 17th century, was born on October 19, 1605, and died on his 77th birthday in 1682? Sir Thomas Browne Sir Samuel Pepys Lord Byron Sir Walter Scott

7. "Bunny" Austin, known as the first person to wear shorts on a tennis court, represented which country on the tennis circuit in the 1930s? Russia USA England Australia

8. This monarch (January 31 1512-1580), was the younger son of a King, and became a cardinal before assuming the throne in 1578. Which country did Henry the Chaste rule? Sweden England Portugal France

9. Name the Jewish actor, famous for playing an ignorant German soldier in a television series set in a WWII prison camp, who died on his 63rd birthday on January 28, 1973. John Banner Werner Klemperer Bob Crane Robert Clary

10. Poetically and dramatically, it is fitting that this bard be included, although there is some dispute over his actual birth date. Who, known as the greatest writer in the English language, was buried in 1616, on the anniversary of his Baptism? George Lillo Christopher Marlowe George Bernard Shaw William Shakespeare