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Who Died in 2021?


Questions - January to April, 2021

A quiz about celebrity deaths in 2021 and their amazing lives.

  1. Sadly, Tanya Roberts passed away in early 2021, the former James Bond actress joined which American crime drama TV series in 1980?
  2. Which British filmmaker died on January 7? He was famous for directing "Coal Miner's Daughter", "Gorky Park", and "Gorillas in the Mist".
  3. Which legendary music producer was known for his groundbreaking "Wall of Sound" technique?
  4. Which veteran American journalist and radio host died in January?
  5. Dustin Diamond died on the first day of February, aged just 44, he was famous for playing which character in the early 90s TV series "Saved by the Bell"?
  6. Name the 100-year-old WWII veteran who raised millions for NHS charities by walking more than 100 laps in his garden?




  7. What nationality was actor Christopher Plummer who died after a fall at his home in Connecticut on February the 5th?
  8. Which founding member of The Supremes sadly passed away in early 2021?
  9. Actor Johnny Briggs was known for his role as which character in the soap Coronation Street?
  10. Which boxing great died on March 13, aged just 66?
  11. Who created the advertsiing slogans: "Trill makes budgies bounce with health" and "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water."?
  12. Can you name the actor who was nominated in 1966 for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf??
  13. Actor Paul Ritter died aged just 54, he was best known for his work on which recent British sitcom?
  14. In 1921 Prince Philip was born on the dining room table in Mon Repos, a villa on which Greek island?
  15. Queen Elizabeth II's husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, was the longest serving consort of any British monarch - how many guests were allowed to attend his funeral?
  16. Actress Helen McCrory sadly passed away, who did she portrayed in both The Queen in 2006 and The Special Relationship in 2010?

Answers:

  1. Charlie's Angels
  2. Michael Apted
  3. Phil Spector
  4. Larry King
  5. Screech - Samuel "Screech" Powers
  6. Captain Sir Thomas Moore
  7. Canadian
  8. Mary Wilson
  9. Mike Baldwin
  10. Marvin Hagler (Marvelous Marvin Hagler)
  11. Murray Walker (motorsport commentator and former advertising agency director)





  12. George Segal
  13. Friday Night Dinner
  14. Corfu
  15. 30
  16. Cherie Blair