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1. Name the famous English playwright born in Stratford-upon-Avon. William ... ?
2. Name the 25th American President who died after being shot by an anarchist whilst opening an exhibition in Buffalo, New York in 1901. William ... ?
3. The 9th American President who addressed the assembly in a cold drizzle, without a hat or coat, contracted pneumonia and died a month later. He was called William ... ?
4. This Scottish patriot demanded independence for his country but was hung, drawn and quartered at Smithfield in London. His character was portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart. Sir William ... ?
5. Name the English Romantic poet who set up home with his sister Dorothy. William ... ?
6. Which English newsagent and bookseller built up the biggest chain of newsagents in Britain before going into politics. William Henry ... ?
7. He formed the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company to make a breakfast cereal he had co-invented with his brother, John, a keen vegetarian. What was this William's family name?
8. English explorer who attempted to locate the Northwest Passage and named the largest island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago after himself. William ... ?
9. He played the first Doctor Who in the first episode of the BBC television serial in November 1963. William ... ?
10. He discovered the planet Uranus, originally named Georgius Sidus after King George III. Sir William ... ?
11. This American actor whose real name is William Franklin Beedle won an Oscar for 'Stalag 17'. William ... ?
12. Name the court physician to James I and Charles I who published his theory of the circulation of blood in 1628. William ... ?
13. This English captain of the Bounty sailed to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree. He experienced the infamous mutiny and became Governor of New South Wales in 1805. William ... ?
14. Name the Anglican clergyman who was the originator of 'spoonerisms', a result of nervousness, transposing for example 'A half-formed wish' into 'A half-warmed fish'. Reverend William Archibald ... ?
15. He was the American film director of Ben Hur in 1959. William ... ?
16. This American-born British traitor collaborated with the Nazis by broadcasting propaganda to Britain from Germany during World War Two in a curious English accent earning him the nickname of Lord Haw-Haw. William ... ?
17. Name the English politician and proprietor of the Observer newspaper whose son's American wife, Nancy, became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons in 1929. William Waldorf ... ?
18. Name the English explorer who became a buccaneer after exploring part of the Australian coastline. William ... ?
19. British statesman who was Liberal Prime Minister on four separate occasions. William Ewart ... ?
20. Name the American actor who played Hopalong Cassidy in a series of Hollywood westerns. William ... ?
21. American founder with Henry Wells and Daniel Dunning of a company that carried freight swiftly west beyond Buffalo. William George ... ?
22. Scottish financier and founder of The Bank of England. William ... ?
23. Which engraver, poet and artist was buried in an unmarked grave in a public cemetery and wrote a poem now entitled 'Jerusalem'. William ... ?
24. Until the early 1930s, the Chrysler Building was the tallest in the world at 850 feet tall. Who designed this building. William Van ... ?
25. In 1783 he became the youngest prime minister of Britain at the age of 24. He introduced income tax into the British political and economic system and died aged 46. William ... ?
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