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1. This Canadian actor seemed to have had an obsession with John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. Who was this actor, who had two children who were also actors and British?
2. This is another Canadian actor with a child born in England, who is also an actor. Who is this star of "The Dirty Dozen", "The Eagle Has Landed" and "JFK".
3. This actor played a man who won the Iron Cross while spying for England in "Triple Cross" (1966), an R.A.F. squadron leader in the "Battle of Britain" (1969) and a Nazi officer giving a priest a hard time in "The Scarlet and the Black" (1983). Who is he?
4. Which member of the "SG-1" team in the TV series "Stargate SG-1" was born in Canada?
5. This actor was the son of a tribal chief, who was the most decorated Native Canadian in WW1, Major George Smith. The actor is best known for a US TV series that ran from 1949 to 1957. What was his name?
6. This actress was hailed as an up-and-coming star in 1946 when exhibitors voted her the ninth most promising Star of Tomorrow. She was probably best known for playing two wives, the wife of Moses in "The Ten Commandments" (1956) and the wife of a monster in a US TV series from 1964 to 1966. Who was she?
7. This Canadian actor was probably best known in the U.K. where he was very popular on radio, TV and in movies in the '40s, '50s and '60s. One of his best roles was that of Lt. William Bush in the 1951 movie "Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N." starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo. Who was he?
8. Who is the actress who played one of the wives of Henry VIII, in a movie with Richard Burton, and was first choice to play a star-ship captain in the "Star Trek" franchise?
9. This Canadian born actor was the father of an American born actor/director, the grandfather of an American born actress and an Italian born actor. He is also the great-grandfather of an English born actor. Who was this actor who, although famous at the time, had a walk-on part in a 1941 movie directed by his son?
10. This Canadian born actress was a very important figure in the development of the motion picture industry. She was co-founder of the movie studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Who was this actress, who retired in 1933?
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