School Ties

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1. As a student at Brown University John Kennedy, Jr. was a roomate of which future television newsperson? Anderson Cooper Brian Williams Nancy Grace Christiane Amanpour

2. As a convent school girl in Ireland, the future Scarlett O'Hara (Vivian Leigh) was a classmate of which actress who later portrayed Jane in the "Tarzan" movie series? (Hint: she was also the real-life mother of actress Mia Farrow) Maureen O'Sullivan Myrna Loy Maureen O'Hara Helen Hayes

3. Who was the comedian who is said to have later helped pay medical expenses for his Juilliard School friend Christopher Reeve? Robin Williams Dan Aykroyd Penn Jillette Jim Carrey

4. The Lakeside School in Seattle was where the world's richest person, Bill Gates, met his future Microsoft co-founder. Which fellow billionaire is he? Paul Allen Warren Buffet Larry Dell Steve Jobs

5. Southerner Harper Lee, author of the literary classic "To Kill A Mockingbird", was a grade school friend and neighbor in Monroeville, Alabama of which other famous writer? Eudora Welty William Faulkner Truman Capote Ayn Rand

6. "Saturday Night Live" alums Jane Curtin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ana Gasteyer and Seth Meyers all attended which prestigious mid-western American college noted for its theater arts program? (Hint: this school is located in the same town as the comedy theater "The Second City" which launched the careers of Gilda Radner and Bill Murray) University of Kansas Carnegie Mellon University University of Michigan Northwestern University

7. Anthony Edwards, Forrest Whitaker, Phoebe Cates and Eric Stolz were all students at which fictional school? Rydell High School Ridgemont High School Beverly Hills High School High School of the Performing Arts

8. North Sydney Girls High School boasts Nicole Kidman and which of her real-life friends as members of its alumnae? (Hint: they both were in the 1991 Aussie film "Flirting" with Thandie Newton) Cate Blanchett Kylie Minogue Naomi Watts Rachel Hunter

9. The United States Military Academy (West Point) class of 1915 was known as "The Class the Stars Fell On" because of the high percentage of its graduates who became generals. One member of the class of '15 was 5-Star General Omar Bradley. Who was his classmate? Douglas MacArthur Dwight Eisenhower John "Black Jack" Pershing Audie Murphy

10. Which future rock and roll pair met on the playground of Wentworth Primary School in Dartford, Kent? (Hint: they later were flatmates with a musician named Brian Jones) Annie Lennox and Gordon Sumner (Sting) Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend Elton John and Bernie Taupin Keith Richards and Mick Jagger