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91. In his younger years, Ramsay had aspirations in which sporting field, which were curtailed due to an anterior ligament injury?

From Quiz Gordon Ramsay

Answer: Football (soccer)

Although it has been claimed that Ramsay spent two or three games playing for the Glasgow Rangers, it most likely didn't actually happen according to the Rangers themselves. There is evidence that he was a trialist for the Rangers for a few months, however, before his injury. Regardless, he went on to focus more on his culinary career, gaining a hotel qualification at North Oxfordshire Technical College. The rest, as they say, is history... Fitness has remained an important part of Ramsay's life; he has competed in grueling ironman (triathlon) competitions and has recalled occasions where physically unfit chefs eventually succumbed to the stress of the job.

From Quiz Legends of Classic Hollywood: Rosalind Russell

Answer: A ship

Rosalind Russell was named after a ship called SS Rosalind, on which her parents had traveled. It was a passenger and cargo carrying ship that was run by the Red Cross Line between New York City and St. John's for twelve years, between 1902 and 1914. In 1914, however, SS Rosalind hit the Shag Rocks and sank, although the passengers and most of the cargo were saved.

From Quiz Happy Little Trees

Answer: Caring for injured animals

On the show, Bob often talked about his animals and they would sometimes appear on the show, especially his rescue squirrels, the most famous of which was Peapod the Pocket Squirrel. His hobby of taking in sick or injured animals began when he was a child. His parents would come home to find strange animals in their house, including an armadillo and an injured alligator.

From Quiz What's a Smodcast? The Life of Kevin Smith

Answer: Chasing Amy

"Chasing Amy" (1997), his third movie, was a critical darling, meaning he had to deal with a lot more press than he had on "Clerks" (1994) or "Mallrats" (1995). Jennifer was an entertainment reporter for "USA Today" at the time, and drew the assignment of covering many of the awards shows Kevin was attending. As Kevin tells the story, he eventually asked her to attend one of the ceremonies with him, the only one she wasn't covering for the paper. It was after he won an award there that they started to get serious.

From Quiz Tiger Shroff

Answer: Taekwondo

Tiger gained his 5th degree Black Belt in 2014 as the officials saw his stunning action sequences in "Heropanti" and because he has been trained in Taekwondo since childhood. He did have to take a test as well.

From Quiz Mary Steenburgen: Her Life And Career

Answer: As a child and during her school years

Mary Steenburgen moved with her family to North Little Rock, Arkansas, due to her father's job. After that she began training in dance and gave her first dance performance when she was four years old. This was the first time she performed as an artist. She was very fond of the arts, and much later, during her school years, she acted in plays, participated in community theater and also formed an improv comedy group with a few of her friends in order to develop her acting skills.

From Quiz All About Jeremy Renner

Answer: January 7, 1971

Jeremy Renner was born January 7th, 1971 in Modesto, California. He's the eldest child in his family.

From Quiz Insults by Don Rickles, Mr. Warmth

Answer: Johnny Carson

Beginning as a magician when still a teenager, Carson hosted several quiz shows before landing the "Tonight Show" slot. He created such memorable characters as Aunt Blabby, Carnac the Magnificent, and Art Fern. Most late night talk shows follow the formula set by him.

From Quiz Tom Skerritt - Actor Extraordinaire

Answer: War Hunt

Before starring in this moveie, Skerritt gained attention in a production of "Rainmaker" at UCLA. "War Hunt" was produced and directed by brothers Terry and Denis Sanders. Skerritt played the role of Seargent Stan Showalter. Skerritt also appeared in the 1970 film "M*A*S*H" as Capt. Augustus Bedford 'Duke' Forrest.

From Quiz Barbara Stanwyck - A Leading Lady of Cinema

Answer: Panama Canal Construction

This was very soon after her mother was killed by a drunk who pushed her off a Brooklyn streetcar. Ruby was raised by her elder sister Mildred.

From Quiz Forever Odd Job: A Tribute to Harold Sakata

Answer: weightlifting

Sakata took silver in the Light-heavyweight division (75-82.5 kilograms). The gold went to Stanley Stanczyk, a fellow American from New York.

From Quiz Chasing Kevin Smith

Answer: Vancouver

Kevin Smith attended the Vancouver Film School, in British Columbia, Canada. He chose to attend because he believed it was a more technical course dealing with the practicalities of film making and because each student would be making a film. After four months of "mostly teachers showing us films" he discovered that only four of the class would get the chance to make a short film. At this point, he dropped out. He took a partial refund in tuition to help to fund the production of his first film "Clerks" (1994).

From Quiz Telly Savalas

Answer: The Twilight Zone

In November 1963, Telly Savalas appeared on an episode of Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" series. Savalas played the role of Erich Streator, the stepfather of a little girl named Christie. In this episode, Christie owned a toy doll named Talky Tina. This doll hated Erich and threatened to kill him; only Erich Streator was able to hear this creepy doll's threats. "The Twilight Zone", introduced by host Rod Serling, aired on American television from 1959 to 1964. "The Outer Limits" (1963 to 1965) was a seies which appeared on American television; it was narrated by Vic Perrin. "Combat!" was a World War II American television series which aired from 1962 to 1967. "The Fugitive" aired from 1963 to 1967 on American television.

From Quiz David Spade

Answer: The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

David Spade voiced the character Sparx, Spyro's dragonfly friend. David turned down offers to continue the role of Sparx in its sequel, "The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night", so was replaced with Billy West.

From Quiz You'd Do it for Randolph Scott!

Answer: Orange County , Virginia

Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 to March 2, 1987) was born in Orange County, Virginia. Orange County is in the north-central Piedmont region of the state. He was born to a wealthy family and attended private schools. He was an exceptional athlete and swam as well as playing football and baseball. He was also an avid horseback rider.

From Quiz Vera Hruba Ralston

Answer: Sonia Henie

Henie, also an ice skater, was a blonde from Norway and came with an adoring international fame from her three Olympics Championships and her ten World Championships. Ralston finished 15th at the 1936 Olympics but never competed in the World Championships. Henie appeared in romantic musicals with Henie having ample opportunities to show her skating skills. Ralston was cast mostly in westerns and little advantage of the grace of figure skating are evident in her films.

From Quiz Hilary Swank

Answer: The Next Karate Kid

This was the fourth movie in "The Karate Kid" series. It was set in Boston and directed by Christopher Cain. The movie also featured Pat Morita in the famous Mr. Miyagi role.

From Quiz AnnaSophia Robb: Her Story

Answer: David and Janet

David Robb is an architect in Denver, Colorado. Janet was an interior designer, but took a break when AnnaSophia started acting, so that she could travel around with her daughter and keep an eye on her. AnnaSophia is an only child and told "Girl Magazine" in 2005 that "I did [feel lonely] when I was younger I was very sad that I was an only child. It was so boring. But when I got older I had a lot of friends. Sometimes it gets kind of boring because you go over your grandma and grandpa's and you're like, 'OK, the grown-ups are going to talk about taxes now, what can I do? I guess I'll just sit here.' A lot of the time I like it though because I'm spoiled."

From Quiz Hey, Hockey Puck - The Great Don Rickles

Answer: Navy

Rickles served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Cyrene as a S1/c. (Seaman first class). He was honorably discharged from the military in 1946.

From Quiz Aishwarya Rai

Answer: Iruvar

Aishwarya Rai made her film debut in a Tamil film "Iruvar" (1997), opposite Malayalam superstar Mammooty. This film was based on the life of MGR. Her first Hindi film was "Aur Pyar Ho Gaya" (1997), Bobby Deol was the hero of the film.

From Quiz The Life and Times of Jeremy Sumpter

Answer: They are his grandfather's names.

Robert and Myron are his grandfather's names. He was born on February 5, 1989 along with his twin sister, Jessica Sumpter.

From Quiz Alastair Sim

Answer: Assassin

The character of Hawkins was widely regarded as being one of Sim's finest roles. On the surface, Sim, as Hawkins, played a timid clockmaker. Hawkins however had another profession, as an International Assassination Expert. His target was pompous industrialist Sir Gregory Upshoot, whom Hawkins planned to kill at the Green Man Hotel. However, his plans suffered interruption by vacuum cleaner salesman William Blake (played by George Cole) who, with comic clumsiness, stumbled onto the plot. When he is believed by no one in authority, William traveled to the Green Man, the scene of some of the funniest and darkest highlights of the film, to save Sir Gregory. This film was a truly great dark British comedy.

From Quiz The Short Life of Gilda Radner

Answer: Linda Richmond

Gilda played Roseanne Roseannadanna on the "Weekend Update" segment of "Saturday Night Live" between 1977 and 1980. This character had the ability to gross out costar Jane Curtin with her discussion of other people's gross habits. Lisa Loopner was your basic loser type character, with horn rimmed glasses and frizzy hair. Lisa and her boyfriend Todd, played by Bill Murray were your typical teenagers giving each noogies. Emily Litella was a little old lady character who did not hear very well. She would lecture you on something she thought she heard. When she was corrected by Jane Curtin (on the news desk), her response was.. "Never mind". Classic! Linda Richmond was the host of "Coffee Talk" and was played by Mike Meyers.

From Quiz Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys

Answer: Trigger

Trigger was well known by all adults and children in the 1950s. He was truly a wonder horse and seemed almost human. He was known also as "The smartest horse in the movies." Carry Back was a famous racehorse that almost won the Triple Crown, but not quite. Champion was Gene Autry's horse. Traveller was Robert E. Lee's horse.

From Quiz Tammin Sursok

Answer: Whatever Will Be

"Whatever Will Be" was released on the 23rd of May 2005. It debuted at number 13 on the Aria charts and spent 11 weeks in the Aria Top 100 Album Charts.

From Quiz Jon Stewart and his Comedic Life

Answer: soccer

Jon played on the men's soccer team at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia where he studied psychology. Jon was also a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity but left after six months.

From Quiz Presenting Ms. Rosalind Russell

Answer: MGM

Like many new stars at the studio, Rosalind Russell had to play supporting roles while more established actors took the lead roles. Her first role was a "femme fatale" in the Myrna Loy and William Powell film, "Evelyn Prentice" (1934).

From Quiz All about Scott Speedman

Answer: Ben Covington

Speedman played Ben Covington, Felicity's high school crush. Ben wasn't strong academically but he was a great athlete and swimmer. His father was an alcoholic and often let Ben down. He hid emotions but could be sensitive at times. On a whim, Felicity decided to follow Ben to New York University. Speedman played this character from 1998-2002.

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