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Celebrity School Daze

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Introduction:
"Here is a quiz on celebrities and where they went to school, or in some cases, where they didn’t!"


1. Part of the stereotypical US school experience is the presence of cheerleaders during football games to root for one’s team. Although the majority of cheerleaders are women, there are also male cheerleaders. Which of the following celebrities was NOT a cheerleader in high school or college?
    George W. Bush
    Meryl Streep
    Steve Martin
    Will Farrell


2. Oxford University is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world. Many famous people were ‘Oxonians’, but can you guess which one of these celebrities did NOT attend Oxford, but went to its legendary rival Cambridge?
    Indira Gandhi
    John Cleese
    Margaret Thatcher
    Hugh Grant


3. Former US president Bill Clinton went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, which is a high honor only discerned to a few each year. Another US celebrity was a Rhodes Scholar. Who do you think it was?

    Kris Kristofferson
    Art Garfunkel
    Bob Dylan
    Woody Allen


4. Rowan Atkinson, whose range of comic characters includes Mr. Bean, Prince Edmund the Blackadder, Johnny English, and Inspector Raymond Fowler, has often qualified himself as "not such a funny guy in person". Atkinson studied first at Newcastle University, and then Oxford University. What was his subject area at both institutions?
    History
    Art History
    Electrical engineering
    Archaeology


5. There are some celebrities who have earned the right to be called 'Doctor' by earning either a PhD or Doctor of Medicine degree (although some receive honorary degrees for their work in a given field). Which of these celebrities is/was NOT actually a doc?
    Dr. Bill Cosby
    Dr. Condoleeza Rice
    Dr. Graham Chapman
    Dr. Seuss


6. Many celebrities gain titles in school in life such as 'most likely to...' For some, the name 'class clown' comes to mind more often than not. Which of these was NOT known for being a class clown?
    George Carlin
    David Hyde Pierce
    Jennifer Aniston
    Jack Nicholson


7. Which of these action heroes studied classical ballet for several years?

    Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Chuck Norris
    Stephen Seagal


8. As the old classic song says, 'Don't know much about philosophy', but, some of these celebrities actually studied it at the university level, as philosophy majors. Which of these is the odd man or woman out?
    Shirley Maclaine
    Steve Martin
    Bruce Lee
    Katherine Hepburn


9. Chess grand master Bobby Fischer and singer and songwriter Neil Diamond were in a Brooklyn high school simultaneously with another star. Who was it?

    Art Garfunkel
    Barbra Streisand
    Dustin Hoffman
    Robert De Niro


10. One of our celebrities attended a prestigious New York school named the Dwight Academy, also attended by former mayor Fiorello La Guardia, artist Roy Lichtenstein, Vanessa Trump, and author Truman Capote at various times. Who is it?

    Paris Hilton
    Jodie Foster
    Macauley Culkin
    Drew Barrymore


11. This star of the silver screen did not go on in formal studies and had no engineering training, but was co-holder of a patent for a device that prevented radio signals from being jammed. Who is this mystery star of hidden talents, whose invention was the forerunner of the technology for cellular phones?
    Greta Garbo
    Rudolph Valentino
    Charlie Chaplin
    Hedy Lamarr


12. Some of our celebrities ended up keeping their day jobs for a time, and that job was teaching. Which of these people was NOT employed as a teacher?

    Robin Williams
    Sting
    Gene Simmons
    Stephen King


13. Although the saying goes, 'he isn't exactly a choirboy', some of our celebrities actually WERE choirboys! Can you tell which one is the odd man out?
    Keith Richards
    Eric Clapton
    Rowan Atkinson
    Tony Blair


14. Some of our famous people were up to lots of mischief in their schooldays and suffered the consequences! Which of these celebrities was in trouble for leading livestock into high school and college?
    Jerry Lewis
    Chevy Chase
    Jim Carrey
    Cary Grant


15. Here are a few famous people who went to art school. Which one of these did NOT attend art school?
    Robert Redford
    Keith Richards
    Mick Jagger
    David Bowie


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