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1. This Margaret, whose name forms the title of a traditional song, was a thief, and possibly a lady of the night. For her efforts she was sent to "Van Diemen's cruel shore". Who was she?
2. This Margaret was a famous British Shakespearean actor, who died in 1991. She starred in "The Thirty-Nine Steps". She was:
3. This Margaret is one of the sisters in "The Daisy Chain", an invalid who dies at 25. What is her name?
4. This Margaret was one of four children. She and her three brothers spent some years on Corfu with their mother. Their adventures there are chronicled in a series of books written by the youngest brother. His name was Gerald (Gerry), and the other brothers were called Lawrence (Larry) and Leslie. She is:
5. This Margaret was a famous ballet dancer, Prima Ballerina with the Sadler's Wells Company in the 1940s. As a child she was named Margaret "Peggy" Hookham, but is much better known by another form of the name "Margaret". By what three word title/name do we remember her?
6. This Margaret is the eldest of four sisters living in America in the 19th Century. She marries a man named John and produces twins. Her sisters are popularly categorised as tomboy, saintly invalid and spoiled youngest, and one of them dies in the second book in the series. Before her marriage she is known as:
7. This Margaret is a type of flower, which is usually white or pale yellow. It is a:
8. This Margaret is the eldest of a family of seven children, one of whom is a half brother to the rest. She loses her sister Helen (who is known by a different name in the family) in tragic circumstances and later marries a man named Alan Courtney. She appears in one of the most famous Australian children's books and in its sequels. She is:
9. These Margarets lived seven centuries apart. One was Queen Regent of one country as well as reigning queen of another country, the other became Queen Regnant of her country. Who are they?
10. This Margaret is the younger sister of a strong-minded girl named Ruth, who chooses to be known by another name because "pirates are ruthless". Always second in command, our subject suffers being called a "galoot" and other epithets with unfailing good humour. She is:
11. This Margaret bore a very rare variation of the name. She was a granddaughter of a famous writer and was, like her sister Mariel, an actress. She was:
12. This Margaret was the eldest child and only daughter of two scientists. She had twin brothers named Sandy and Dennys and a younger brother named Charles Wallace. Travelling to a distant planet to save her father was only the first of her adventures. She married Calvin O'Keefe, but her original name was:
13. This Margaret wrote the book sometimes named "the best-selling novel of all time". It was made into a film starring Vivien Leigh. The author was:
14. This Margaret bore one of the less obvious forms of the name. She was a very well known Swedish actress, whose statement that she wanted "to be left alone" is misquoted as often Bogart's "Play it, Sam". She was best known as:
15. This Margaret bears one of the less obvious (but accepted) forms of the name. She was born in Puerto Rico in 1931. She was the first actress to be awarded Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She is:
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