This week's quiz will test your knowledge of famous people.

1. Who was seduced by the god Zeus in shape of a swan?
2. Which Greek hero was vulnerable only at his heel?
3. Of which country was Chang Kai-Shek head of state?
4. Which romantic figure later became plain Aircraftsman Ross?
5. Who said: 'Die, my dear doctor, that is the last thing I shall do'?
6. Holmes had his Watson, but who was aided and abetted by Dr. Petrie?
7. Pheidippides was the famous originator of which race?
8. Which blind poet wrote Paradise Lost?
9. Who was the hero of The Catcher in the Rye?
10. Who united Germany by a policy of 'blood and iron'?
11. Which Georgian ran Stalin's secret police?
12. Which queen of the Iceni fought against the roman invaders of Britain?
13. Name the Roman god of the Sea?
14. Which Roman presided over the trial of Zeus?
15. Name the 19th-century French Artist who was famous for his small stature?
16. Who is famous for a painting portraying the destruction of Guernica?
17. In which story by J.D. Salinger did Seymour Glass kill himself?
18. Who was the youngest member in J.D. Salinger's fictional Glass family?
19. Who is the odd one out of the Ghandi family: Mohandas, Indira, Sanjay, and Rajiv.
20. Name the cyclops of the Greek legend.

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