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Friday, March 19, 2004

The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - here is another of our popular brain-teasers where we ask you to identify people with a particular first name. From these brief descriptions, can you identify these women who are all called Anne (or Anna or Annie)? Answers here:

1. Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, the second wife of Henry VIII
2. German Jewish girl (1929-1945) who kept a diary which was published in English in 1952
3. The heroine of Tolstoy's 1876 novel of the same name
4. Scottish rock singer and songwriter, born 1954, who made her name in the Eurythmics
5. British journalist and television presenter, born 1944, presenter of the quiz game "The Weakest Link"
6. American actress, born 1931, starred in "The Graduate" and "The Elephant Man"
7. English woman (1556-1623) who married William Shakespeare
8. British writer (1820-1878), author of "Black Beauty"
9. American markswoman (1860-1926) who performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
10. Russian ballet dancer (1881-1931) who joined Diaghilev's company in Paris in 1909

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