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1. This American woman, whose real first name was probably Elizabeth, is thought to have murdered two close relatives with an axe. She lived in Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. By what diminutive is she best known?
2. Her real first names were Elizabeth Ruth, and she was an actress and favourite pin-up girl in the 1940s. Her legs were insured by her movie studio for a million dollars! By what diminutive is she best known?
3. Dick Turpin the highwayman of popular (if not too accurate) history had a mare whose name was a form of the name Elizabeth. This mare's name was Black ____ .
4. This 16th Century Elizabeth was the last of her line. She had an elder half sister and a younger half brother. One of her nicknames was "Gloriana" but she is also known be a three word epithet. The first two words are adjectives. The third is which form of her name?
5. This engaging character made her debut in 1930. She has black hair in spit curls, long, elegant legs and favours red shoes. She appears in movie cartoons, and on calendars, plates and figurines. Her first name is a form of Elizabeth and her surname begins with B. She is...?
6. This Elizabeth was the third of four famous sisters. The girls were book characters, but based on a real family. Their homely adventures in 19th Century Concord were almost instantly popular, and remain in print in the 2000s. The character in question was the "good" girl of the four, but she died young. Her surname begins with M. What is the diminutive by which she is known?
7. Actress Ruth Elizabeth Davis was known by a diminutive of her middle name. Another, younger, actress was named after her, but she was given the diminutive as her official first name. What was this name they shared, but which they pronounce in different ways?
8. This 16th Century lady's real name was Erzsebet. In some of the writings about her this is Anglicised to "Elizabeth" but she is generally known by another variation. Erzsebet was a noblewoman with a very nasty habit. The Countess of Transylvania, her name is often written as...
9. This lady is the heroine of a 1985 movie. Her character bears a variation of the name "Elizabeth" or "Isabel". Under a curse, she is a woman by night and a hawk by day, while her lover is a man by day and a wolf by night. What is her name?
10. This singer/actress was born to a famous mother (whose original name was Frances Gumm) and father. She has a half sister named Lorna and half brother named Joey. She bears a form of the name Elizabeth. What is her name?
11. This animal character appeared in books and a movie, and bore a form of the name "Elizabeth". Her biographer's name was Joy Adamson. What was the character's name?
12. This Elizabeth was a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth the First. She seriously displeased the queen by marrying Sir Walter Raleigh. By what diminutive was the lady known?
13. This character began life in a play in 1913. She is a Cockney flower seller, whom a professor decides to turn into "a lady". Her story was later made into a famous musical comedy. She bears a form of the name Elizabeth. What is her first name?
14. This actress played a part in one of the longest-running TV science fiction series ever. The character she played was named Sarah Jane Smith, but which form of the name Elizabeth does the actress use herself?
15. These Elizabeths are actually one woman; the actress and the CID character she played in a long-running British Police drama series. Their surnames were Davidson and Rawton, respectively, but what versions of Elizabeth did they use as their first names?
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