Fun Trivia : 15 Minutes of Fame

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15 Minutes of Fame

'The Graduate' was a blockbuster movie in its {day;} it did great things for Dustin Hoffman, Mike Nichols, Katharine Ross and Simon and Garfunkel. The author never really shared the spotlight. Who was he?

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Charles Webb. Instant disappearing act



Speaking of 'The Graduate', everyone knows that Anne Bancroft played Mrs. Robinson. Who played Mr. Robinson?

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Murray Hamilton. Daniels played Hoffman's father



With the possible exception of 'Hawaii Five-O', the best tv theme belongs to 'Mission Impossible'. Who is the composer?

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Lalo Schifrin. Great music



Joe Louis once remarked about a fellow boxer: 'He can run, but he can't hide'. Who was the boxer that he was describing?

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Billy Conn. All were opponents, but Conn was noted for his quickness.



Prior to Vega and Pinto, the Edsel was generally considered to be one of the worst cars of all time. Who was the car company that produced it?

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Ford. Instant bomb



One of the 'slogans' of the fifties was 'See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet'. Who popularized this on tv?

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Dinah Shore. She sang it right before she threw a kiss



Roy Clark did a great job singing 'Yesterday When I Was Young', but he wasn't the composer. Who was?

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Charles Aznavour. He was one of two who created this masterpiece.



'The Summer of 42' made a movie star of Jennifer O'Neill - but didn't have the same impact on which male lead?

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Garry Grimes. The other three were disc jockeys in New York City in the 50's and 60's



Before it disappeared, a popular candy of the 50's wasTurkish taffy. Who put out the product?

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Bonomo. Good stuff - but sticky and chewy



I made headlines in year 2000, when my adopted country tried to deport me back to Cuba. Who am I?

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Elian Gonzales.



I am a farmer. I owned the farm on which the first Woodstock Music Festival was held in 1969. Who am I?

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Max Yasgur. Yasgur made an appearance onstage at the festival and uttered the words 'I am a farmer.' To which he received thunderous applause.



I shocked the world in the 1980 Boston Marathon by being the first totally unknown woman to win the women's title, until it was found out that I cheated. Who am I?

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Rosie Ruiz. It is believed she possibly rode on public transportation for part of the race.



As a night watchman at the Watergate Building, I launched a national scandal by discovering a break-in in 1972. Who am I?

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Frank Wills. Wills never received the notoriety of most of the other figures involved in the scandal.



I 'wrecked' the reputation of Exxon as the captain of the supertanker Exxon Valdez that ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, creating an environmental disaster. Who am I?

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Joseph Hazelwood. Hazelwood was apparently not at the controls of the ship at the time, but was possibly in his room drinking.



At the Roslin Institute in Scotland, I became the world's first cloned sheep. Who am I?

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Dolly. Worldwide headlines were made announcing the scientific breakthrough.



I was the recipient of the world's first artificial heart. I lived with it for 112 days. Who am I?

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Barney Clark. The Jarvik-7 was implanted at the University of Utah.



We made headlines in 1961 when we convinced millions that we were abducted by a UFO during our interrupted journey. Who are we?

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Barney and Betty Hill. The mystifying full story was related in a book called 'Interrupted Journey'.



I was the first computer to defeat a World Chess Champion in a tournament. Who am I?

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Deep Blue. The IBM computer was a souped-up version of an earlier computer that had lost a tournament to world chess champion Garry Kasparov.



In 1982 I dived into an icy Potomac River in Washington D.C. to save survivors of crashed Air Florida flight 90. Who am I?

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Lenny Scutnik. Scutnik was honored on national TV by then president Ronald Reagan.



My 15 round fight with heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali in 1975 inspired the movie 'Rocky'. Who am I?

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Chuck Wepner. A young Sylvester Stallone watched the fight and was inspired to write the story, which became a hit series of movies.



I was killed, along with Nicole Simpson, apparently by her husband, O.J. Simpson, in Brentwood California in 1994. Who am I?

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Ron Goldman. O.J. Simpson still maintains his innocence.



During the JFK assassination I was the bodyguard for Vice President Johnson. I was hailed as a hero when I forced him to the floor of the car and shielded him with my own body. Who am I?

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Rufus Youngblood. Youngblood became a valuable witness for the investigation into the assassination.



As an aide to President Nixon, I had a moment of fame when I revealed to the world the existence of the White House Tapes. Who am I?

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Alexander Butterfield. Butterfield would not have gone public with this disclosure had he not been specifically asked about it by a grand jury.



We weren't as well known, but we were killed by the Charles Manson gang the night after the Sharon Tate murders. Who are we?

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Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. The evidence left at the LaBianca household was a key factor in the prosecution of the killers.



I bravely led the attack and fired the first shots that killed the Texas Tower Sniper at the University of Texas in Austin in 1966. Who am I?

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Ramiro Martinez. With little thought for his own safety, Martinez insisted on storming the heavily armed sniper Charles Whitman. Martinez was backed up by only one other policeman.



I was known as the Hollywood Madam. I ran a call girl operation for movie stars until I was caught in 1993. Who am I?

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Heidi Fleiss. Charlie Sheen was a frequent customer.



I turned the media 'upside down' when I appeared in Atlanta at game 2 of the 1992 World Series against Toronto. Who or what am I?

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The Canadian flag. The Marine honor guard unwittingly unfurled the Canadian flag upside down at the opening ceremony, which sparked a media incident.



I achieved fame as the shortest player to ever play in major league baseball. At 3 ft. 7 in. I had one at bat for the St. Louis Browns in 1951 and I walked. Who am I?

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Eddie Gaedel. Legendary manager Bill Veeck hired Gaedel as a publicity stunt to boost attendance for the failing Browns.



As a seven year old in 1960, I survived being swept over Niagara Falls wearing nothing but swimming trunks and running shoes. Who am I?

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Roger Woodward. His sister was saved from going over at the very brink of the falls, but his guardian was swept over the falls and perished.



Betty Oliver achieved or endured 15 minutes of fame in July 1945 in New York City in an incident involving an aircraft. What was Betty's occupation?

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An elevator operator. Betty Lou Oliver was an elevator operator in the Empire State Building. On July 28, 1945 a B-25 bomber crashed into the building during heavy fog killing fourteen people. Betty Lou became famous because this accident caused her elevator to fall 75 stories, but she survived the plunge.



Anna Hewlett (Hulitt) Hodges achieved her 15 minutes of fame at her home in Sylacuga, Alabama on November 30, 1954. What happened to her?

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She was struck by a meteorite. Mrs Hodges was sleeping on her sofa in 1954 when a 3.86 kg stony meteorite crashed through her roof, bounced off a piece of furniture and struck her. She survived the impact with only relatively minor bruising. No human is known for certain to have been killed by a meteorite in modern times. There are reports that a meteorite impact may have killed two men and injured five others in the Bundi district of Rajasthan State in India on February 8, 2007.