Trivia Questions and Answers About Famous Names
Who said," I became one of the stately homos of England?"
A: Quentin Crisp.
Who said "An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as
much as you do?"
A: Dylan Tomas.
Who created the Mars bar?
A: Forrest Mars.
What was Cher's birth name?
A: Cheryl Sarkisian.
Who twice lost presidential
elections to
Dwight Eisenhower in the
50s?
A: Adlai Stevenson.
What would Diane Keaton's last name have been if she had used her
father's name instead of her mother's?
A: Hall
Who was flying the plane in which the first US airplane fatality
occurred?
A: Orville Wright.
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in
1964?
A: Martin Luther King.
Who was dubbed the Brazilian Bombshell?
A: Carmin Miranda.
Who was the first Briton to win the
US Open tennis title?
A: Fred Perry.
Who is the wife of Brian Blosil and mom of seven children?
A: Marie Osmond
What part of his body did Keith Richards insure of a million
pounds?
A: Third finger, left hand.
In 1998 who did Vanity Fair describe as "simply the world's
biggest heart throb?"
A: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Who first gave Buster Keaton the nickname Buster?
A: Houdini.
Arnold Bax said one should try everything once except incest and
what?
A: Folk dancing.
What was Jean Harlow's first film?
A: Hell's Angels.
Where did Bob Dylan first play in public?
A: Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village.
Who did Joe Louis beat when he first became world champion.
A: James J. Braddock.
How old was little Mo when she first won Wimbledon?
A: 17.
Which American said, "Boy George is all England needs; another
Queen who can't dress?"
A: Joan Rivers.
How did poet and critic John Berryman meet his death?
A: Drowned himself.
Which singer wrote the novel Amy The Dancing
Bear?
A: Carly Simon.
What do k.d. Lang's initials stand for?
A: Kathryn Dawn.
Which Soviet was swapped for Gary Powers who was shot down over
the USSR?
A: Rudolph Abel.
