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1 Julie Adams, who died in February aged 92, was a film actress whose most celebrated role involved her being pursued by whom?
(a) Godzilla
(b) King Kong
(c) The Creature from the Black Lagoon
2 Lucette Destouches, who died in November aged 107, was a ballerina and the widow of which controversial French author?
(a) Jean-Paul Sartre
(b) Louis-Ferdinand Céline (c) Georges Simenon
3 Peter Mayhew, who died in April aged 74, featured prominently in the Star Wars movies, but had no intelligible lines. What did he play?
(a) Jabba the Hutt
(b) Jar Jar Binks
(c) Chewbacca
4 Peter Tork, who died in February aged 77, achieved fame as a member of which pop band?
(a) The Monkees
(b) The Hollies
(c) The Troggs
5 Conrad Swan, who died in January aged 94, was a globetrotting… (a) Philatelist
(b) Genealogist
(c) Optometrist
6 Clem Tompsett, who died in April aged 84, was a successful East Anglian farmer known as...
(a) The Carrot King
(b) The Broccoli Baron (c) The Prince of Peas
7 Doris Day (below), the wholesome actress who died aged 97 in May, in her later years took to roaming the Californian countryside on a French bicycle in search of...
(a) Magic mushrooms
(b) Neglected domestic pets
(c) Vintage tractors
8 Toni Morrison, the novelist who died in August aged 88, used to enjoy quoting the unusual response of a particular celebrity fan to her work: “He found my novels funny. No one finds my novels funny.” Who was the fan in question? (a) Kirk Douglas
(b) Sidney Poitier
(c) Marlon Brando
9 Jessye Norman, who died in September aged 74, was a “once in a generation” opera singer who won every conceivable award and praise in the musical world. She was also a lifetime...
(a) Member of the Girl Scouts of America
(b) Member of the Magic Circle
(c) Member of the Heritage Quilters’ Guild
10 Hildegard Muntwyler, who died in September at the age of 83, was the formidable matriarch of her outstanding Swiss family organisation in the field of...
(a) Cheesemaking
(b) Alpenhorn manufacture
(c) Circus