Guess Who ??

Famous People
Instructions: In advance ask the students if they can name at least five important people . Then, give them the
biographies summary and invite them to choose their favourite one and why?

The game is played in pairs. Each player takes their board game. Mix the cards, each player must pick up one card
and keep with it. They can’t show to the others. The game’s aim is to guess the famous person that the colleague has
picked up through asking questions.

Ex: Is it a man? Has it got blonde hair? Has it won a Nobel prize? Is it alive? They will find out the answer Through the
process of elimination, players will eventually be able to “guess” the name of the opponents character.

Queen Elizabeth II Nelson Mandela Malala Yousafzai Mahatma Gandhi

England South Africa -Politician- Peace Pakistan - Activist - Peace Nobel India- lawyer
She is the longest reigning monarch Nobel Prize Prize He was the leader of India’s
in British history He was a South African anti- The Pakistani schoolgirl who non-violent independence
1926 - apartheid revolutionary, political stood up to the Taliban and movement against British rule.
leader, and philanthropist. He defended her right to an 1869 - 1948
Mandela served 27 years in education.
prison. 1918- 2013 1997-

Martin Luther King Jr Gisele Bundchen Albert Einstein Coco Channel

The USA – Priest Brazil – top model Germany – Physicist France – Fashion Designer
He was a social activist and Baptist He developed the special and
She has appeared in Vogue She was credited in the post-
minister who played a key role in the general theories ofrelativity
and in ads for Victoria's Secret. World War I era with liberating
American civil rights movement from and won the Nobel Prize for
She dated actor Leonardo women from the constraints of
the mid-1950s Physics in 1921 for his
DiCaprio and is married to NFL the "corseted silhouette" and
1929 - 1968 explanation of the
player Tom Brady. popularizing a Sporty (pants),
1980 - photoelectric effect. casual chic as the feminine
1879- 1955 standard of style.
1883- 1971

Marie Curie Usain Bolt Mother Teresa Steve Jobs

Poland – Scientist Jamaica – Athlete Macedonia-Nun and The USA Apple Co-
She became the first woman to win a the fastest man in the world, missionary founder
Nobel Prize and the first person. winning three gold medals at known in the Catholic church
Inventor- designer and
She and her husband Pierre Curie, the 2008 Olympic Games in as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,
Beijing, China, and becoming devoted her life to caring for entrepreneur
led to the discovery of polonium and
the first man in Olympic history the sick and poor. Under Jobs' guidance, the
radium and, after Pierre's death, the
to win both the 100-meter and Peace Nobel Prize company pioneered a series of
further development of X-rays.
200-meter races in record revolutionary technologies,
1867-1934 1910- 1997
times. including the iPhone and iPad.
1986- 1955- 2011
 Pelé Isabel Allende José Mujica Oprah Winfrey
Brazil – soccer player Chile – writer Uruguay – politician The USA – TV producer
He was born Edson Arantes Chilean author is renowned for Uruguayan politician who Billionaire media giant and
do Nascimento . A member of three writing international bestsellers served philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is
Brazilian World Cup-champion including 'The House of Spirits,' as president of Uruguay (2010 best known for hosting her own
teams, Pelé is considered by many 'City of the Beasts,' 'Inés of My –15) after being long internationally popular talk show
to be the greatest soccer player of Soul' and 'Paula,' a memoir imprisoned for his guerrilla from 1986 to 2011. From there,
all time. about the life and death of her activities with she launched her own television
1940- daughter. 1942- the Tupamaro revolutionary network, OWN.
organization. 1954-
1935-

Anne Frank William Shakespeare Michael Schummacher Pablo Picasso

Germany – Holocaust victim England- playwright /poet Germany – Formula 1 racer Spain- artist/painter
She was a Jewish teenager He was an English playwright He is a professional car racer He was a Spanish painter,
who went into hiding during the and poet who is widely who has won the ‘Formula sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist
Holocaust, journaling her considered to be the greatest One’ championship on seven and stage designer considered
experiences in the renowned dramatist of all time. Also occasions. one of the greatest and most
work 'The Diary of Anne Frank.' known as the "Bard of Avon," 1969- influential artists of the 20th
Shakespeare's plays and century and the co-creator, along
1929-1945 poems are known throughout with Georges Braque,
the world.one of his famous of Cubism.
play was “Romeo and Juliet”. 1881-1973
1564-1616

Luciano Pavarotti Marilyn Monroe David Bowie Stephen Hawking

Italy- tenor singer The USA – actress England – singer England – physicist
She was an American His first hit was the song He was a British physicist
A tenor known for his larger- actress, model and singer. "Space Oddity" in 1969. and cosmologist
than-life showmanship, Luciano Hollywood movie star, is The original pop internationally recognized for
Pavarotti helped expand the one of the greatest sex chameleon, Bowiebecame his contribution to science,
popularity of opera worldwide. symbols of the twentieth a fantastical sci-fi character one of the most renowned
1935- 2007 century, immortalized by for his breakout Ziggy scientists of the century.
blond hair and its Stardust album. 1942- 2018
voluptuous forms.
1947-2016
1926-1962
 Frida Kahlo Walt Disney Princess Diana Mark Zuckerberg
Mexico – artist THE USA – cartoonist England – Royal Family THE USA - co founder
She was considered one of Mexico's He was an American motion- Princess Diana was Princess Facebook
greatest artists who began painting picture and television producer of Wales while married to
He is an American programmer
mostly self-portraits after she was and showman, famous as a Prince Charles. One of the
and entrepreneur, who became
severely injured in a bus accident. pioneer of cartoons and most adored members of the
known internationally for being
She was married to Diego Rivera animated films. Disney was British royal family, she died in
one of the founders of Facebook,
and is still admired as a feminist also the creator of Walt Disney a 1997 car crash. She is
the most accessed social
icon. Animation Studios, Disneyland remembered as the "People's
network in the world.
1907- 1954 and Walt Disney World. Princess" because of her
1984-
1901- 1966 widespread popularity and
global humanitarian
efforts. 1961- 1997

Sigmund Freud Margaret Thacher Steven Spilberg Agatha Christie

Austria – Psychiatrist England – politician THE USA – film director England – writer
A neurologist who developed She was a British stateswoman He is an award-winning popularly known as Agatha
psychoanalysis, a method through who served as Prime Minister filmmaker, film producer, Christie, was a British writer who
which an analyst unpacks of the United Kingdom from screenwriter and entrepreneur. acted as novelist, storyteller,
unconscious conflicts based on the 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Spielberg is the director who playwright and poet. He was
free associations, dreams and Conservative Party from 1975 has more films in the list of the distinguished in the subgenre
fantasies of the patient. His theories to 1990. 100 Best Films of All Time, novel police, having gained
on child sexuality, libido and the The Iron lady. made by the American Film popularly, in life, the nickname of
ego, among other topics, were some 1925-2013 Institute. "Queen / Lady of Crime".
of the most influential academic 1942- 1890- 1976
concepts of the 20th century. 1856–
1939

Alfred Nobel Barak Obama Meryl Streep Charles Chaplin

Sweden – THE USA- politician THE USA – actress England – comedian
Swedish chemist, engineer, and He, was an actor, director,
industrialist who invented dynamite producer, comedian,
He was elected the 44° She is an American actress.
and other more powerful explosives entrepreneur, writer, comedian,
President of the United States, Described by the media as the
and who also founded becoming the first African- "best actress of her dancer, creenwriter and British
the Nobel Prizes. American commander-in-chief. generation," Streep is known musician. Chaplin was one of the
1833-1896 1961- primarily for her versatility in actors of the silent film era,
her roles and her adaptation in notable for the use of mime and
accents. 1949- comedy slapstick. 1889-1977
 Guess Who ?? Famous People

Meryl Streep Pelé Agatha Christie Barak Obama David Bowie Pablo Picasso

Alfred Nobel Queen Elilzabeth Mark Zuckerberg Margaret Thacher Sigmund freud Princess Diana
II

Charles Chaplin Frida Kahlo Steven Spilberg Marilyn Monroe Michael Oprah Winfrey
Schummacher

Malala Yousafzai Walt Disney Isabel Allende Mahatma Gandhi Anne Frank Usain Bolt

Nelson Mandela Coco Channel Luciano Pavarotti Jose Mujica William Mother Teresa
Shakespeare

Steve Jobs Albert Einstein Marie Curie Martin Luther Madonna Bob Marley
King Jr
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Meryl Streep Pelé Agatha Christie Barak Obama David Bowie Pablo Picasso

Alfred Nobel Queen Elilzabeth Mark Zuckerberg Margaret Thacher Sigmund freud Princess Diana
II

Charles Chaplin Frida Kahlo Steven Spilberg Marilyn Monroe Michael Oprah Winfrey
Schummacher

Malala Yousafzai Walt Disney Isabel Allende Mahatma Gandhi Anne Frank Usain Bolt

Nelson Mandela Coco Channel Luciano Pavarotti Jose Mujica William Mother Teresa
Shakespeare

Steve Jobs Albert Einstein Marie Curie Martin Luther Madonna Bob Marley
King Jr