1. In World War I, X joined the British Army as a soldier, refusing a commission. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially still too sick or injured to fight. He was sheltering in a shell crater near Beaumont-Hamel, France in November 1916 when he was killed by a German sniper. His last words, according to several sources, were "Put that bloody cigarette out!" After his death, his sister destroyed most of his papers and wrote her own account of their childhood.
Who’s X?
2. On 4 May 1951, X then the managing director of the ___ Brewery, went on a shooting party. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe out of the koshin golden plover and the grouse. That evening at Castlebridge House he realized that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird.
What came out as a result?
3. Some say the character of Gail Wynand in The Fountainhead is based on this newspaper magnate. One of the greatest movies of all time has been inspired from this person’s life.
Who is this person? What is the movie?
