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1. One of these fellows was stuck in orbit around the moon in Apollo 11, the other became director of intelligence for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1919. They share which first AND last name?
2. While the discovery of penicillin was a happy accident experienced by Alexander, James Bond was a perfectly planned creation of Ian. What is their shared last name?
3. She was the winner of 20 Wimbledon titles while he is celebrated on the third Monday of every January in the United States. What last name do these two have in common?
4. In the 16th century this fellow translated Plutarch's lives into English. Another man with the same last name was Prime Minister of England when the American Revolutionary War broke out. If you want to find their common last name, in which direction should you look?
5. Another two gentlemen who shared both the same first and last name, one was a British novelist who created a mythical county called 'Wessex', the other was flag captain on Nelson's ship the 'Victory' during the battle of Trafalgar. Both were christened with what name?
6. One was a mathematician who won a Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1994 for his contribution to game theory, another was an English architect and designer of Regent's Park in London, while this last guy was an British painter and illustrator who excelled in flower drawings. All three of them shared the same full name...but which one?
7. A 16th century Scottish poet, he translated Virgil's Aeneid into Scots in 1515. His last name is shared with another poet, English this time, who may be most famous for his homosexual relationship with Oscar Wilde. The last name they shared was...?
8. This name is shared by a young man whose name became famous after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in his favor in 1966, and by a Portuguese dancer and singer who lived in Brazil but made her way to Hollywood in 1939 after having starred in several musicals on Broadway. What is their shared last name?
9. The grandson of a famous English painter and author of 'The Good Soldier', he shared a last name with a U.S. President who was christened Lesley King Jr. at birth. Which last name did they share?
10. What is the only last name that was shared by both a 20th century U.S. President and a 20th century British Prime Minister?
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