"g" people quiz

[poodledoo]

7)The first woman to sail across the Atlantic alone(6,8)
25)British actress of the 1600s for whom Dryden wrote many plays (4,6)
60) Began his TVcareer at the age of 15 in 1989 as one of famous "soap" twins (5,7)
All answers have surnames beginning with "g"despite the first answer that Google will come up with for question 7!

[auntflo]

60 simon gregson?

[Pentalpha8]

25 Nell Gwynne

[Infomaniac]

25. Nell Gwynn

[Infomaniac]

Sorry, misspelt Gwynne

[aeronut]

7 It wasn't Ann Davidson?
http://www.obcgs.com/firstwomen/firstwomen.htm l

[disney-lover]

7) Amelia Earheart

[disney-lover]

Sorry, didn't see the bit about names beginning with 'G' - I do believe the above is correct though!!

[poodledoo]

I have questioned the quiz setter about this one, telling her that Google says its Ann Davidson, but she is adamant there is another one whose surname begins with g, but we will have to look hard to find it.I think its unfair when everyone says its Ann, but she expects us to find the one she's found! I have looked in a biography dictionary, and it isn't in there either.She has now put me off her quizzes completely! There, I,ve said my bit, but still nobody has come up with an answer!

[aeronut]

Earhart flew, never sailed the Atlantic.

[ventpeg]

the question does NOT say SOLO !!

their is this Lady .... but not beginning with a 'g'

Rosie Swale

http://www.infoage.org/p-41Mariner.html

[ventpeg]

ooops yes it does 'Alone'!!

[ventpeg]

this book probably has the 'answer' in Appendix A or B !!

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wSGPcXHBJ8o C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=Anne+Davidson+sail+Atlan tic&source=bl&ots=ZHcCZyCo-Z&sig=JhKcG0gCMan_- 7CSX6vRk9*****&hl=en&ei=PhjmScuVIJXN-Qa2mOSSCQ &sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPP1,M 1

[ventpeg]

there is this Lady though ... 6, 8 letters with the 'g'

Judith Gradwohl
..... from the Smithsonian Institute who 'wrote/edited' a book about Ann Davison !!

[ventpeg]

and by the way ....

the Lady's name is mispelt across Google and the Internet ....

She was Ann DAVISON (no letter D)

[poodledoo]

thank you all for your answers, but most of all to ventpeg for your time and persistence in trying to solve this.Three ***s simply isn't enough, but I shall get slated if I don't give you any.
Are you actually doing this competition yourself? If so, Thank you for sharing it with us.

[Big Jenny]

Really sorry, poodledoo, that this one question has put you off my quizzes for the future. I had toyed with the idea of voiding this question because everyone is having so much trouble with it, but then received two returned entries, both with the correct answer. So it must be possible to find.

Will bear this in mind, though, when compiling future quizzes, and stick to better-known people if you like.

BJ

[Infomaniac]

Poodledoo - will you let us all know what the correct answer is?

[poodledoo]

thanks BJ, to my mind its only worth sending off a quiz if you are reasonably sure you've got everything right. I have to check the answers on Google , so have already spent a lot of time on the 80plus questions, and find one missing answer frustrating. Some people obviously have a lot more time to complete quizzes than I do, and they obviously prefer a challenge, so I don,t know whwere that leaves you. Theres more satisfaction in winning if you've solved the most difficult clue, but on the other hand you want to encourage people to enter in the first place, not to put them off.For my part, I hope Ventpeg is right!