Born on November 17th Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin Scorsese

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American film director. Scorsese directed 1976's "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull" in 1980, 1990's "Goodfellas", "Casino" (1995), "The Aviator" (2004), and many others. In 2007 Scorsese won the Academy Award for Best Director for "The Departed" (2006), which also won Best Picture.

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed 1960's "Spartacus", "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"(1964), "2001: A Space Odyssey"(1968), "A Clockwork Orange"(1971), "Full Metal Jacket"(1987) and others.

David Lean (March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991) was an English film director and producer. He directed epics such as "Lawrence of Arabia"(1962), "The Bridge on the River Kwai"(1957) and "Doctor Zhivago" (1965).

Francis Ford Coppolla (April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is most renowned for directing "The Godfather" trilogy, "The Conversation"(1974), and the Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now"(1979).

Answer: Mitch Williams

Mitchell Steven Williams (November 17, 1964), was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, he appeared on six teams from 1986 to 1997. Williams was a left hander with a high ninety mile per hour fastball and terrible control. Mitch is best known for a blown save in the sixth game of the 1993 World Series. He gave up a walk-off home run to Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays, giving Toronto their second consecutive World Championship. In 1993 he had a career high 43 games saved. Williams played with the Texas Rangers (1986-1988), Chicago Cubs (1989-1990), Philadelphia Phillies (1991-1993), Houston Astros (1994), California Angels (1995) and Kansas City Royals (1996). During his career he amassed 192 games saved, 45 wins 58 losses, with a 3.65 earned run average. He is nicknamed 'Wild Thing' and 'Mitchey Poo'. Williams is currently a TV and radio analyst for the Phillies.

The name 'Joe Carter', in Philly, is usually said..."Joe (expletive deleted) Carter!"

Leonard Kyle 'Lenny' Dykstra was born February 10, 1963. He played center field on the same World Series team as Mitch Williams.

Darren Arthur Daulton was born January 3, 1962. He was the catcher on the same World Series team as Mitch Williams.

John Martin Kruk was born February 9, 1961. He played first base on the same World Series team as Mitch Williams. He is currently a baseball analyst for ESPN.

Answer: Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985) was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. Hudson was a film and television actor. He made nearly seventy motion pictures and starred in several television shows during a career of over four decades. Hudson was also one of the first major Hollywood celebrities to die from an AIDS related illness.

Hudson's more memorable films included; "Winchester '73" (1950), "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"(1952), "Magnificent Obsession" (1954), Giant" (1956), "Written on the Wind" (1956), "A Farewell to Arms" (1957), "Pillow Talk", with Day (1959), "A Gathering of Eagles" (1963), "Man's Favorite Sport?" (1964), "Send Me No Flowers", with Day (1964), "Strange Bedfellows" (1965), "Darling Lili" (1970) and "Pretty Maids All in A Row" (1971)

Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960)

Archibald Alec Leach (January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986), was Cary Grant's birth name.

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955)

Answer: Frank Calder

While they all have trophies in the National Hockey League named after them...the only ex-President of the NHL was Frank Calder.

Frank Calder (November 17, 1877 - February 4, 1943) was the first NHL president (1917-1943). He was instrumental in the founding of the NHL. He presided over the league's expansion into the US from Canada. Calder was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. There are two trophies in professional hockey are named for him, the NHL Calder Memorial Trophy for NHL rookies, and the American Hockey League Calder Cup for the overall playoff championship.

Constantine Falkland Cary 'Con' Smythe (February 1, 1895 - November 18, 1980) was the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and built the Maple Leaf Gardens. The National Hockey League honored Smythe by introducing a Conn Smythe Trophy in 1965, it is presented to the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The league also named one of its four divisions, the Smythe Division, after him in 1974.

Georges Vezina (January 21, 1887 - March 27, 1926) was a professional hockey goaltender. Vezina played his entire career with the Montreal Canadians. In 1925 he took the ice to play in the Canadians home opener, had a fever and collapsed in his goal area. He was diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis. His condition deteriorated and he died on March 27, 1926. The owners of the Canadians dedicated a trophy in his name for the Best Goaltender in the league.

Frederick Arthur Stanley (January 15, 1841 - June 14, 1908) was Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. In 1892, Stanley gave Canada one of it's most treasured national icons, the Stanley Cup. It was originally donated as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur hockey club. That changed in 1909, when it became contested by professional teams only. Since 1926, only teams of the National Hockey League have competed for the trophy. The original size of the Stanley Cup was 7 inches and now is around 36 inches and weighs 35 pounds. The Cup is not remade every year, but added to when necessary.

Answer: True

Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (November 17, 1954) is an Australian ex-convict.

Read began his criminal career by robbing drug dealers. He later graduated to kidnapping and torturing members of opposing gangs, he sometimes removed the toes of his victims before killing them (obtaining his nickname). Read admits to being involved in the killing of 19 people. He was convicted of armed robbery, firearm offenses, assault and kidnapping, He was in prison for most of his life from age 20 to 38. He became a successful author of crime novels. In 2001 a film "Chopper", was based on stories from Read's books.

Answer: Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda (November 17, 1906 - August 5, 1991) was the founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd..

Kiichiro Toyoda(June 11, 1894 - March 27, 1952) was the founder of what eventually became Toyota Motor Corporation.

Chikuhei Nakajima (January 1, 1884 - October 10, 1949) was the founder of Nakajima Aircraft Company. After World War II, the company became Fuji Heavy Industries, which made Subarus.

Konosuke Matsushita (November 27, 1894 - April 27, 1989) was the founder of Matsushita Electric, parent firm of Panasonic.

Answer: Jim Boeheim

James Arthur 'Jim' Boeheim (bay-heim)(November 17, 1944) is the head men's basketball coach for Syracuse University. Boeheim was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2005. Boeheim has been the head coach at Syracuse since 1976, taking them to three NCAA championship game appearances. They won the national title (vs Kansas in 2003) after losing to Indiana in 1987 and Kentucky in 1996. He had been an assistant coach at Syracuse from 1969.

Roland V. "Rollie" Massimino (November 13, 1934) was the coach who led the Villanova Wildcats to an NCAA championship in 1985.

John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910) is a retired basketball coach. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1961) and coach (1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories. He led UCLA to ten NCAA National Championships in twelve years, a feat unmatched by any other college basketball coach.

Michael William Krzyzewski (Sha-chef-skee) was born February 13, 1947. He is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. He also coached the United States men's national basketball team at the 2006 world championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three NCAA Championships and ten Final Fours. He is currently the winningest active men's basketball coach in the United States.

Answer: Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver (November 17, 1944) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. His career won-loss record is 311-205 with 3,640 strikeouts and an earned run average of 2.86. Seaver played for the New York Mets (1967-1977 and 1983), Cincinnati Reds (1977-1982), Chicago White Sox (1984-1986) and Boston Red Sox (1986). Seaver won the Cy Young Award three times (1969, 1973, 1975), representing the best pitcher in his league.

He was a twelve time All-Star selection and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.

Answer: False

Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr. (November 17, 1944) played 'Louie De Palma' on "Taxi" from (1978-1983). He stands 4 feet 10 inches.

DeVito played 'Martini' in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)before "Taxi". After the show he continued his movie career, appearing in; "Romancing the Stone"(1984), "The Jewel of the Nile"(1985), "Throw Momma from the Train" (1987) which he directed. He was also in; "Twins"(1988), "Batman Returns"(1992), "The Rainmaker"(1997), "L.A. Confidential"(1997), "Death to Smoochy"(2002) and many more.

'Latka Gravas' was played by Andy Kaufman (January 17, 1949 - May 16, 1984).

Answer: Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels (November 17, 1944) is the originator and producer of TVs "Saturday Night Live". He also produced the various films that spun off from it. Michaels was born Lorne David Lipowitz in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In 1975, Michaels co-created "NBC's Saturday Night" with Dick Ebersol and Herb Schlosser. The show changed its name to "Saturday Night Live," in 1977. It is performed live, in front of a studio audience. Some of the most successful comedians began on the show, including Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Lily Tomlin, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dennis Miller, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell.

The movies Michaels produces usually star the members of show's cast. They include, "Three Amigos!" (1986), "Wayne's World" (1992), "Coneheads" (1993), "Tommy Boy" (1995), "Black Sheep" (1996), "A Night at the Roxbury" (1998) and "Mean Girls" (2004).

The others were extremely influential in early Television, but none were born on November seventeenth.

Fulton John Sheen (May 8, 1895 - December 9, 1979) was an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was television's first religious broadcaster of note, his broadcasts were seen from 1951 to 1968.

Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 - October 13, 1974) was the host the popular TV variety show, "The Ed Sullivan Show" which ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971. The show was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. Sullivan, a former newspaper writer, brought the US every type of entertainment, jugglers, rock stars, puppeteers, comedians, ballet dancers. The Beatles made their US debut on his show.

Mendel "Milton Berle" Berlinger (July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002) was the host of NBC's "Texaco Star Theater" from 1948-1955. Berle was the first major star of television. He became known as 'Uncle Miltie' or 'Mr. Television' to millions.

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