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1. Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. In due course she became Queen Elizabeth II and her husband has loyally supported her for all the years of her long reign. Which wedding anniversary did this happy couple celebrate on 20 November 2017?
2. Tom Hanks and his second wife have been together since 1985 and they have two sons. The second Mrs Hanks shares her given name with a red-headed Hollywood actress who was an excellent dancer and married a prince. Who was this glamorous star?
3. David Bowie and the supermodel Iman (birth name Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid) were a devoted couple until death did them part in 2016. They were married for 24 years. Iman was born in Somalia but grew up in which country?
4. Michael J Fox has been married since 1988 to Tracy Pollan, whom he met while they were co-stars in which production?
5. Bob Hope lived to be a hundred years old, and for the last 70 of those years he was married to his first and only wife. Mrs Hope was of Italian and Irish descent, but judging by her given name, you might have thought she was Spanish. What was her name?
6. Queen Victoria outlived her husband Prince Albert by 40 years. After he died she wore black for the rest of her life. They were interred together in a granite sarcophagus at The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore. What marble sculpture is on top of their tomb?
7. Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were a devoted couple. At the time of his death they had been married for 52 years. What was Nancy's profession before she married Ronald Reagan?
8. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward had been happily married for 50 years at the time of his death in 2008. They were both outstanding actors. He was nominated seven times for a Best Actor Academy Award, but only won one: for "The Color of Money" in 1986. Joanne won the Best Actress Oscar in 1958, for her role in the drama "The Three Faces of Eve". What was the storyline of the film?
9. John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, in 1969. At the time of his death they had been married for eleven years. They were a devoted couple and after they became parents, John took on the role of "house-husband" as he had promised Yoko he would do when she made that a condition of having children. Name the child or children of John and Yoko's marriage.
10. King Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, was so devoted to twice-divorced Mrs Wallis Simpson that he gave up his crown to marry her - but he also gave up his home and lived out his life in exile with his Duchess in France. However, in July 1940 the Duke was appointed to the Governorship of which British island territory, where he and the Duchess lived for the duration of World War Two?
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