1. English playwright whose plays include Antony and Cleopatra and As You Like It.
Shaxberd. Sometimes spelled "Shogsper" or "Shakespeare".
2. US computer scientist and businessman who, in 1975, founded Microsoft Corporation with Paul Allen.
Gates.
3. The forty-second president of the United States, the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve two full terms in the White House.
Clinton.
4. British poet (1770-1850) who wrote "I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills".
Wordsworth.
5. What was the nickname given to William Cody, an American who managed the travelling Wild West Show?
Buffalo Bill.
6. English Quaker (1644-1718 ) and believer in religious toleration, who founded the American colony of Pennsylvania.
Penn.
7. American musician whose recordings of "Rock Around the Clock" and "Shake, Rattle & Roll" were among the earliest rock ’n’ roll hits.
Can't remember this one.
8. English reformer who was instrumental in abolishing slavery in the British Empire.
Wilberforce.
9. Pianist and band leader, nicknamed "Count", who formed his own jazz band in 1935.
Don't know this one either.
10. English printer who in 1474-75 printed the first book in English.
Caxton.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
This message last edited by Tim on 11/02/2012 at 10:06:50 AM
Williams
- 10/02/2012 01:38:53 PM
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I got the first eight. Then they started becoming extremely obscure. Evidently. 
*NM*
- 10/02/2012 06:22:45 PM
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*NM*
- 10/02/2012 06:22:45 PM
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I thought this was about the Formula 1 team. (8/10)
- 11/02/2012 09:57:23 AM
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