Famous People from Lancashire

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1. Which future Prime Minister was born in Bury in 1788? Lord Palmerston Lord Liverpool Robert Peel William Gladstone

2. Which famous Lancashire footballer, known as the 'Preston Plumber', played for the same team all his professional life, from 1940 to 1960 (apart from three years during World War II)? Tom Finney Stanley Matthews Nat Lofthouse Matt Busby

3. Which singer was born with the surname 'Stansfield' in Rochdale in 1898? Marie Lloyd Lisa Stansfield Kathleen Ferrier Gracie Fields

4. Which Lancashire-born writer popularized the phrase 'Shangri-La' in one of his novels? George Orwell Graham Greene Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle James Hilton

5. Which actor, born at Huyton near Liverpool, had 6 wives, including Lilli Palmer and Kay Kendall? Robert Shaw Robert Powell Rex Harrison Richard Harris

6. Which athlete, more usually linked with Belfast, was born in Lancashire in 1939 and won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics? Sally Gunnell Lilian Board Anita Lonsborough Mary Peters

7. Which writer, born in Bury, created a comical schoolboy called William? Enid Blyton Beatrix Potter Richmal Crompton Frank Richards

8. Generally thought to have been born in Lancashire (probably in Chorley), this man was appointed as Military Captain of the 'Mayflower' by the Pilgrims for the journey to America in 1620. Who was he? William Brewster Miles Standish Edward Winslow William Brasford

9. Which Archbishop of Canterbury was born at Crosby (Merseyside) in 1921? Robert Runcie Donald Coggan Geoffrey Fisher Basil Hume

10. The actor Frank Finlay was born in Farnworth near Bolton in 1926. For which film (in which he starred with Lawrence Olivier in 1965) did he receive an Academy Award nomination? Othello The Three Musketeers Casanova A Christmas Carol