David Who? Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Cameron

David Cameron was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 until 2016, He resigned his post when the people of Britain voted to leave the European Union. He studied first at Eton and then at Oxford University, and was a Conservative politician.

Answer: David Attenborough

David Attenborough was born in 1926 and was brought up on the campus of Leicester University with his brother Richard who became a distinguished movie director. David began making wildlife programmes for television in the 1950s and is the only person to have won BAFTAs for black and white, colour, HD and 3D programmes.

Answer: David Lean

Sir David Lean is a British movie director who directed many large scale epics including 'Lawrence of Arabia', 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai' and 'A Passage to India'. Ironically, as he was brought up as a Quaker he was not allowed to attend movies as a child.

Answer: David Blaine

David Blaine is an American illusionist who has been involved in several seemingly impossible stunts including being encased in ice and buried alive. In 2003 he was suspended in a Perspex box over the river Thames in London. The box was 3ft x 7ft x 7ft and there was only just room for him to stand up and lie down.

He was provided with water but no food. He stayed in the box for 44 days and lost 60lbs in weight.

Answer: David Tennant

David Tennant played the part for three series, and nine specials. He is a Scottish actor who is a well known face and voice on British Television. One of his most popular roles is that of DI Alec Hardy in ITV's 'Broadchurch' serial drama.

Answer: David Niven

David Niven lost his father at an early age and his book 'The Moon is a Balloon' starts his biography from that time. It tells of hard times at school and stories of army life, and continues until his success in the movies. David was one of the best loved British actors and played Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days', and Lord Lytton in 'The Pink Panther'.

He won an academy award in 1958 for his performance in the film version of the play 'Separate Tables' by Terence Rattigan.

Answer: David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer is a producer and director as well as an actor. The first movie he directed was 'Run Fat Boy Run' which was not well received by the critics but was popular with the public. He also directed a television programme called 'LOVE' which was a powerful and harrowing tale highlighting homelessness at Christmas.

Answer: David Livingstone

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary, medical doctor and explorer. He had an obsession with finding the source of the river Nile. He believed that if he managed this he would have enough influence to end the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade.

He met Henry Morton Stanley, a journalist who had been sent to find him in Ujiji but it is unclear when this meeting took place. Stanley is said to have greeted him with the words 'Doctor Livingstone I presume'.

Answer: David Bowie

David Bowie who was really called David Jones, was an influential British singer. He invented himself over and over again, but is best remembered for his work as the character Ziggy Stardust in the 1970s. Bowie recorded an album called 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'.

Answer: David Bailey

David Bailey was unusual because he was working class and at the time he was at his most successful (1960s) most people associated with the arts were middle or upper class. He worked a lot with the beautiful model Jean Shrimpton, who was nicknamed 'The Shrimp', and all the top stars of the time were photographed by him.