The 'Oddball' Behavior of Famous People

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1. This Academy Award winning director-writer-actor has a phobia about antique furniture. Who is it? Matt Damon Robert Redford Billy Bob Thornton Kevin Costner

2. One of the great satirists of the 18th Century, novelist Jonathan Swift had an intense hatred for what? Flowers Bathtubs Perfume Birthdays

3. This great leader of Russian history suffered from gephyrophobia, the fear of crossing bridges: Catherine the Great Nicholas II Ivan the Terrible Peter the Great

4. Which of the following world leaders was NOT a cat hater? Napoleon Bonaparte Henry III of France Dwight Eisenhower Winston Churchill

5. This U.S. President's idea of humor was telling a radio station, 'We've passed legislation to outlaw Russia forever...we begin bombing in five minutes': Gerald Ford George Bush Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton

6. This powerful U.S. congressman was caught in 1974 drunk driving with a stripper who then jumped into the Tidal Basin. Claude Pepper Daniel Moynihan Strom Thurman Wilbur Mills

7. At his trial for the 1978 murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, defendent Dan White claimed as a mitigating circumstance in his defense that he did what? Smoked excessively Ate too much junk food Watched too much television Heard voices in his head

8. Despite the early successes of this self made billionaire, he is better known as a recluse who developed an intense fear of germs in his later years: Andrew Carnagie Howard Hughes Henry Ford William Randolph Hearst

9. Before he became a country music legend, he once drunkenly tried to burglarize a restaurant before discovering the business was still open: Hank Williams Sr. Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Merle Haggard

10. Which of the following did NOT directly lend their name to a sexually-related term? Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade Giovanni Giacomo Casanova John Montagu

11. This 'first lady' was discovered to have amassed over three thousand pairs of shoes in the Presidential mansion: Eva Peron Nancy Reagan Margaret Trudeau Imelda Marcos

12. This evangelist claimed in 1987 that unless he raised 4.5 million dollars in contributions, God would 'call him home': Jimmy Swaggart Pat Robertson Jim Bakker Oral Roberts

13. Known as the 'Witch of Wall Street', this multi-millionaire was so exceedingly miserly that her search for a free clinic resulted in the amputation of her son's leg: Hetty Green Natalie Barney Edith Wharton Elizabeth Miller

14. The following are noted for their refusal to harm even the smallest insects. One, however, was NOT a vegeterian. Who was it? Mahavira Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi St. Francis of Assisi Shrimad Rajachandra

15. This famous children's author had an intense fear of being buried alive - to the point of carrying notes on his person in the event he was found asleep or unconscious: Lewis Carroll J. M. Barrie Hans Christian Andersen Louisa May Allcott