Thematic People Trivia

1. Complete the lyric of this Elvis Presley hit song. "Wise men say only _____ rush in but I can't help falling in love with you".

From Quiz Wise Men Say...

Answer: Fools

"I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" was recorded by Presley in 1961. It was often used as Presley's finale at his concerts. The tune comes from a famous 16th century French love song.

From Quiz Stars And Bars

Answer: Sir Ian McKellan

Originally called The Bunch of Grapes, a pub has stood on this site since 1583 and this is the very pub, hardly disguised at all, which Charles Dickens mentions in "Our Mutual Friend" (1865). Sir Ian, who had long been a regular at the pub, bought it with friends film director Sean Mathias, and Evgeny Lebedev, publisher of the Evening Standard newspaper, in 2011 as he feared it may be bought by a national chain and lose its identity. The Monday night quiz at the Grapes has attracted patrons from far and wide, as Gandalf himself has acted as quizmaster when his schedule permits.

From Quiz Servants

Answer: Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves is a very intelligent man, far more clever than his master. Many of the stories which were written by P.G. Wodehouse, are centred around some scrape that Bertie Wooster has got into, and how Jeeves saves the day. A television series was made based on the books, with Jeeves played by Steven Fry and Bertie by Hugh Laurie.

From Quiz Are You Sitting Comfortably?

Answer: Cinderella

"Night Songs" (1986) was the debut album from Philadelphia band Cinderella and reached number three on the Billboard 200 chart in USA as well as producing the hit single, "Nobody's Fool" (1986). Their follow up album, "Long Cold Winter" (1988) didn't chart as high in USA but still went top ten, as well as bringing the band success in the album charts of many European countries. Hit singles released from this album included "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" and "Coming Home" (both 1988).

From Quiz Let's Paint The Town Red

Answer: Geri Halliwell

Geri Halliwell began her road to global recognition when she teamed up with Mel C (Sporty Spice), Victoria Adams (Posh Spice), Mel B (Scary Spice) and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) to form the phenomenon that was the Spice Girls. Halliwell was known for using the "girl power" phrase while with the band, and is remembered for her Union Jack dress which she wore at the 1997 Brit awards, where the girls performed their mega hit of the previous year, "Wannabe" (1996). In 1998, Halliwell became the first member of the band to leave and embarked on a solo career, which brought her eight UK top ten hits, including four number ones before the band reunited in 2007.

From Quiz ....And In Second Place

Answer: St Linus

St Linus is the man who succeeded St Peter as Pope. The three wrong answers are the men who followed St Linus.

From Quiz It's not Brenda Lee

Answer: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee was the son of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, in whose footsteps Brandon followed. Brandon was accidentally killed by a gunshot while filming the 1994 film, "The Crow." He posthumously won a Best Actor award for the film, as well as receiving another Best Actor nomination by another organization. He is buried beside his father in Seattle.

From Quiz It's Chuck Norris's World--We're Just Visiting

Answer: 225 million kilometers

While the distance between the Earth and Mars can vary from under 100 million kilometers to slightly over 400 million kilometers, the average distance is about 225 million kilometers, according to www.universetoday.com. It takes about 1.88 Earth years for Mars to orbit around the sun, which would reduce Chuck Norris's "age" by almost 50 percent. Gravity on Mars is only about 38 percent what it is on Earth. Would that impact Chuck Norris's signature roundhouse kick?

From Quiz Ye Be Yellow!

Answer: Francesco Schettino

Schettino was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Among the charges were abandoning the passengers, causing the shipwreck, and multiple manslaughter.

From Quiz 'Mister'...ry

Answer: Don Rickles

If you said John Ratzenberger, you are very smart but very wrong! While John (Cliff Clavin from "Cheers") was in "Toy Story", he was the voice of Hamm. Don Rickles is a stand-up comedian known for his insult humor, i.e., "you hockey puck!". He used to appear on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and has earned the nicknames 'The Merchant of Venom' and, in keeping with this quiz, 'Mr. Warmth'. Don has been around a long time, appearing in movies like "Run Silent, Run Deep" in 1958 where he made his film debut, "Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts" and his TV series "CPO Sharkey" (1976-1978).

From Quiz It's Not Chuck Norris

Answer: Egyptian

Horus was a major deity in Ancient Egypt, and was the subject of several forms and traditions. Also known as the Falcon God, he was often depicted as a man with a falcon's head. Usually identified as the son of Osiris and Isis, in another tradition, he was the son of Nut and Geb. Among his traditions he was seen as a god of the sun, of wisdom, and of war.

From Quiz Challenge Failed!

Answer: Adolf Hitler

SAVE-THE-WORLD CHALLENGE: FAILED Hitler was the target of four assassination attempts before he seized power in 1933. A further ten attempts were made on his life, the last led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and others on 20 July 1944. For his efforts at removing Hitler and the Nazi Party from power, von Stauffenberg was executed by firing squad the following day. Gaddafi was also targeted a number of times, surviving until his capture and execution by Misrata militia in 2011. Brezhnev survived three attempts on his life, while Olof Palme was killed by a lone gunman in 1986 - as far as I have been able to determine, the only attempt on his life.

From Quiz Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition!

Answer: martyr

Taken from the Greek language, a martyr was one who was asked to witness (i.e. give evidence) in defence of his faith or belief. In early Christian times, it gradually came to mean those that suffered in the defence of their faith, up to and including death.

From Quiz Aye-Aye Captain!

Answer: Edward Teach

Blackbeard and his crew of pirates terrorized sailors on the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea from 1716 through 1718. Blackbeard started his career as a pirate under the legendary Benjamin Hornigold.

From Quiz The Buddy System

Answer: Buddy Ebsen

Buddy was cast to play the Scarecrow, but switched roles with Ray Bolger. He suffered a severe reaction to the silver makeup required for the Tin Man role and was replaced by Jack Haley. He is now best known for his role as Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies".

From Quiz Ageism

Answer: The Teenagers

Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers had a hit single in 1956 with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". Sadly, Lymon died in 1968 aged only 25. Surprisingly, the group fared better in the UK charts where this song was their only number one.

From Quiz Just Good Friends

Answer: You've Got a Friend

Carole King included this song in her 1971 album Tapestry. The song never became a hit for King as she never recorded the song as a single, meanwhile it became a Billboard Hot 100 number one for James Taylor by July 1971.

From Quiz Same Mistake

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was famous not only for her acting, but also for her several failed marriages. Richard Burton was her fifth husband, and before ten years of marriage, they divorced. However, they remarried in 1975, making Burton her sixth husband as well. They divorced in 1976. She had two more husbands after Burton. It seems that she made the "same mistake" many times. Elizabeth Taylor passed away on March 23, 2011.

From Quiz Warriors

Answer: Warrior ant

In Latin, "formica" means "ant" while "sanguine" means "blood". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) defines warrior ant as "a reddish ant native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants". Also known as slavemarker ants, they can be found in America, Europe, China, Japan, Korea and Russia.

From Quiz Those Are Only for Big People

Answer: Denmark

Motion picture classifications vary from country to country with higher age restrictions on movies with more adult themes or explicit violence. Denmark has four broad classifications for films, the highest of which is 15. Children aged seven and over can still view a 15 rated movie provided they are accompanied by an adult. England and Italy both have an adult rating of 18, but Poland has an additional age rating of 21.

From Quiz Circle of Friends

Answer: Carole King

James Taylor was also a songwriter, and had self-written hits such as 'Fire and Rain'. His biggest hit was with 'You've Got a Friend', which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles chart. He was managed by Peter Asher, who also produced many of Taylor's albums. Asher himself had chart success with 'Peter and Gordon', and had close associations with The Beatles. His sister, Jane, was Paul McCartney's girlfriend in the 1960s.

From Quiz Yard of Blonde Girls

Answer: Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon starred in the 2001 comedy "Legally Blonde" and the 2003 sequel "Legally Blonde 2" as a somewhat scatty college girl who wanted to prove to an ex-boyfriend that she had substance as well as style. Although socially a bit of a misfit, she set out to earn a law degree.

From Quiz What in the World Has Become of You?

Answer: Youth-and-old-age

>Youth-and-old-age is a kind of zinnia, with big yellow to purple flowers and magnificent red rays. >Yourself is a reflexive pronoun which frequently serves to emphasize as in "Can you yourself even believe that?" >Youhoo Fibert was the President of the Congo from 1959-1963. >Youths is one of many collective nouns which refers to a grouping of young people.

From Quiz These Foolish Things

Answer: Ship

This work was a poem, written in German, and described 110 foolish actions, each undertaken by a different fool. The theme is of a ship carrying the group to the Island of Fools, Narragonia. The first edition was illustrated by a series of woodcuts, which are believed to be early work carried out by Albrecht Dürer.

From Quiz Babe Magnet Meltdown

Answer: Boston Red Sox

Babe Ruth first played for the Boston Red Sox until he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1919, an act which supposedly resulted in 86 years without a World Series victory (known as the "Curse of the Bambino) until the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. He spent the majority of his career as a New York Yankee, but briefly played with the Boston Braves in 1935 before retiring.

From Quiz It's Different for Girls

Answer: Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels and Barbie are both made by the Mattel company. Barbie was created by Ruth Handler, the wife of a co-founder of Mattel. Barbie was first revealed to the world at the American International Toy Fair in 1959. Hot Wheels are toy cars, modeled after many different real-life cars, that were first manufactured in 1968. In addition to being McDonald's toys, Barbie and Hot Wheels have been paired together (one as a 'girl' toy, one as a 'boy' toy) in other ways. For example, when Mattel began marketing functional computers for children, they made a Barbie computer, and a Hot Wheels computer. Happy Meals have been served at McDonald's since 1979. When I was a kid, the Barbie/Hot Wheel toys were frequently available, as were toys based on whatever kids' movie was currently popular.

From Quiz What a Jerk!

Answer: To lash with a whip

Jerk has its origins in an Anglo-Saxon word "gyrd" meaning rod. From this it came to mean to scourge with a rod, then with a whip, and finally to pull suddenly - as you might yank on something with a whip.

From Quiz Influential People Who Never Lived

Answer: Hamlet

Shakespeare's "Hamlet" inspired a few very popular and well used phrases. Even though his story ended in death, his name and soliloquy live on forever. The ranking of answers from "The 101 Influential People Who Never Lived": Othello #72 Shylock #27 Romeo #09

From Quiz Women of Arms: Mythical and Historical

Answer: Athena

She was the patron of Athens. One of the accounts of her birth explains that she appeared from the forehead of Zeus armed with weapons given by her mother, Metis. Some accounts say that Zeus swallowed Metis. Athena's Roman name is Minerva.

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