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Published: 19th November 2020

 

Our third round of quizzes about personalities who sadly passed away in 2020. 

 

Questions:

1) One half of a comedy duo who went on the play Lee Mack’s dad in ‘Not Going Out’

 

2) Appointed to the Supreme Court of the USA in 1993 and served until her death in September, she was a leading advocate for gender equality, civil rights and liberties.

 

3) Frank Windsor Higgins, but known as actor Frank Windsor sadly passed away in September. His best known acting role was as Detective Sgt John Watt in which 60’s police drama?

 

4) Welsh musician who along with his group had his best known hits in the 60’s with ‘Somebody Help Me’ and ‘Keep on Running’

 

5) Actor, Ben Cross, who died in August was perhaps best known for portraying olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in which film?

 

6) American soul singer,Roy Charles Hammond, known for the 1965 hit ‘Shotgun Wedding’ is better known as who?

 

7) Which politician born in Londonderry was one of the architects of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, he was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 along with David Trimble

 

8) Born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, but professionally known as Wayne Fontana had his major hit ‘The Game of Love’ in 1965, with which backing group?

 

9) Who is rightly regarded as the most prolific and greatest film composer ever, with his scores for ‘Once upon a time in the West’ and ‘The Hateful Eight’ amongst as many as 400 other film scores?

 

10) Who was the hard hitting West Indian batsman who along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott were known as ‘The Three W’s’ of the West Indies team in the 1950s?

 

 

 

Answers:

1) One half of a comedy duo who went on the play Lee Mack’s dad in ‘Not Going Out’

Bobby Ball

 

2) Appointed to the Supreme Court of the USA in 1993 and served until her death in September, she was a leading advocate for gender equality, civil rights and liberties.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 

3) Frank Windsor Higgins, but known as actor Frank Windsor sadly passed away in September. His best known acting role was as Detective Sgt John Watt in which 60’s police drama?

Z-Cars and later Softly Softly

 

4) Welsh musician who along with his group had his best known hits in the 60’s with ‘Somebody Help Me’ and ‘Keep on Running’

Spencer Davis

 

5) Actor, Ben Cross, who died in August was perhaps best known for portraying olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in which film?

Chariots of Fire

 

6) American soul singer,Roy Charles Hammond, known for the 1965 hit ‘Shotgun Wedding’ is better known as who?

Roy C

 

7) Which politician born in Londonderry was one of the architects of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, he was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 along with David Trimble

John Hume

 

8) Born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, but professionally known as Wayne Fontana had his major hit ‘The Game of Love’ in 1965, with which backing group?

The Mindbenders

 

9) Who is rightly regarded as the most prolific and greatest film composer ever, with his scores for ‘Once upon a time in the West’ and ‘The Hateful Eight’ amongst as many as 400 other film scores?

Ennio Morricone

 

10) Who was the hard hitting West Indian batsman who along with Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott were known as ‘The Three W’s’ of the West Indies team in the 1950s?

Sir Everton Weekes