Celebrities Flashcards

1
Q

Named after her third album, Rare Beauty is a cosmetics company owned by
which American singer and actress?

A

Selena Gomez

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Q

Named after one of her songs, r.e.m. beauty is a cosmetics company owned by
which American singer?

A

Ariana Grande

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3
Q

Which comedian, TV presenter and former doctor has written the books Flight
from Deathrow, The Further Adventures of the Queen Mum and Tim the Tiny
Horse?

A

Harry Hill

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4
Q

Which actor and writer, probably best known as the co-creator of a hit sitcom she
also starred in, has written the novels Never Greener, Us Three and Love
Untold?

A

Ruth Jones

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5
Q

What first name and surname are shared by a record producer best known for his
works with the Beatles and the fantasy author of the series A Song of Ice and
Fire?

A

George Martin

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Q

What first name and surname are shared by a basketball all-time great who won
6 NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls, and the actor known for playing Adonis
Creed in the Creed series of Rocky spin-off films?

A

Michael Jordan

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7
Q

After splitting up with his former fiancée Winona Ryder in 1993, which actor altered the tattoo on his upper right arm that had featured her name, to read “Wino Forever”?

A

Johnny Depp

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8
Q

After divorcing Billy Bob Thornton in 2003, which actress removed a tattoo on her left shoulder that bore his name, replacing it with a set of co-ordinates of the birthplaces of her children and her next husband Brad Pitt?

A

Angelina Jolie

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9
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Who was the co-founder and lead singer of the group My Chemical Romance, who is now also a successful comic book writer?

A

Gerard Way

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10
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First appearing on his 1975 album …Is It Something I Said?, which US standup comedian and film star created the character of Mudbone, an elderly African American wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi?

A

Richard Pryor

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Appearing on the first series of his eponymous Comedy Central sketch show in 2003, which American comedian created the character of Clayton Bigsby, a blind white supremacist who is unaware that he is black?

A

Dave Chappelle

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12
Q

Who has hosted Capital FM’s Breakfast Show since 2017, with earlier co-hosts
Vick Hope and Sonny Jay now replaced by Chris Stark and Siân Welby? This
presenter has also featured on Celebrity Gogglebox with his father, a 1980s pop
star.

A

Roman Kemp

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13
Q

Which presenter and former model was the host of Capital FM’s Breakfast Show
from 2012-17, at first alongside Lisa Snowdon and latterly with Lilah Parsons and
George Shelley? He currently hosts Absolute Radio’s Breakfast Show.

A

Dave Berry

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14
Q

Which former footballer infamously appeared at the scene of a 2010 stand-off
between police and a gunman, having brought a fishing rod, a football shirt, a
dressing gown, a can of lager and some chicken, all to give to the fugitive?

A

Paul Gascoigne

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