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marycroft | 21:06 Sat 04th Aug 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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27.Said to have been identified in 1962 by Maarten Schmidt,but thought to have b een discovered in the late 1950's what is the name usually applied to these vastly distant and greatly luminous quasi-stellar objects.
36. What was the surname of the US president who was born on the same date as the person who currently appears on the back of a Bank of England bank note.
64. What is the surname,which he shares with a composer,of the actor who will play the part of Hugo in the American TV equivalent of 'The Vicar of Dibley'
88. What was the first name and the surname of the artist who,when told that one of his portraits was 'ugly and distorted' replied,Are you certain,madam,that it was my picture you were looking at and not your mirror.
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36 abraham lincoln 64 horton
88. This question has appeared recently and attracted various answers - I put Matisse as a guess as he is said to have painted "ugly" pictures!
27. ?? Quasars
i am not sure if no 27 is quasars
and no 88 i don't think anybody is really sure it could be modigliani or freud hope these are of some help.
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many thanks bibster and Hazlinny,this has been a real teaser of a quiz,but enjoyable.Thanks again.
bibster i suggest you check your answer,
washington 22/2/1732
fry 21/5/1780
darwin 12/2/1809
elgar 2/6/1857
houblon 13/3/1632
64 is tchaikovsky
bibster i eat humble pie & apologise, do not know what made me think your answer was washington, i,ve had a very senior moment there, sorry. sniffa.
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Thank you sniffa,for your added information.
Re: 36 I have come up with Lincoln b 1809 same as Darwin on �10 and Taft b 1857 same as Elgar on still current �20 (not new one) unless I'm mistaken.
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Thank you furrypussycat,This question is causing quite a bit of confusion,we will get there in the end.

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