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1 trivia quiz  I Was No One ... Until I Died! coolicon
Some people are born famous. Others...die famous. Can you identify these people whose deaths made them known to us?
Tough 10Q
1938 plays
Apr 11 06
Czolgolz
2 trivia quiz  15 Minutes of Fame icon
How well do you know these nearly famous or momentarily famous people who achieved or endured 15 minutes of fame?
Very Difficult 10Q
594 plays
Feb 15 08
rockdoktor
3 trivia quiz  Rebels with a Cause icon
For every well-known authority figure in American history there is probably an equally well-known individual of the counter-culture. These subversives, though often vilified in their day, have helped keep the establishment in check...read on!
Tough 10Q
837 plays
Jun 10 03
thejazzkickazz gold
4 trivia quiz  Sidekicks icon
I'll give you a name, you select the person or thing to which it is most closely related. Good luck!
Difficult 25Q
2976 plays
Apr 19 01
justawful
5 trivia quiz  15 Minutes of Fame
Some people and things that have achieved a brief moment of fame and then been largely forgotten. Let's see how many of these you remember. Good luck and have fun.
Tough 20Q
7002 plays
Mar 20 02
justawful
6 trivia quiz  Almost Famous People icon
These are some people who aren't 'first-level' famous
Difficult 10Q
939 plays
Feb 12 01
robert362
7 trivia quiz  Famous or Infamous
Try your hand at these!
Difficult 10Q
960 plays
Sep 17 00
thejazzkickazz gold
8 trivia quiz  Fifteen Minutes of Fame icon
'15 minutes of fame' may be overstating it a bit (in some cases). Most of these, however, felt the spotlight's glare only briefly.
Difficult 10Q
897 plays
Dec 21 00
robert362
9 trivia quiz  Close Calls icon
These are some of the people who came close - but didn't quite make it.
Tough 10Q
657 plays
Nov 07 01
robert362
10 trivia quiz  Not so Famous People icon
Some people are very well known...others are not. Take the quiz and learn about very important people who were not very famous.
Tough 10Q
735 plays
Mar 08 01
qtmelba
11 trivia quiz  Second Bananas- sidekicks and henchmen
Dedicated to all the Igors out there. The hero gets all the credit but we all know who does all the work, the trusty second banana.
Tough 15Q
675 plays
Jan 21 02
quogequox gold
12 trivia quiz  On the Sideline - Almost forgotten figures icon
There are famous people that everyone knows....and then there are people that everyone has forgotten because they stood in the shadow of one of those famous people. This quiz is about those forgotten people in history, sport and culture.
Very Difficult 10Q
531 plays
Aug 09 02
Case2
13 trivia quiz  Footnotes to Fame icon
Some people are known to us only as 'footnotes' to other larger people and events. Here are a few of them. See if you know them. It may be tough.
Difficult 10Q
621 plays
Feb 07 02
robert362

Some sample questions from this category:

* Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?
* Who was the founder of the Rastafarians?
* Who holds the record for the longest survivor on a raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
* Which brothers were the founders of the World Guinness Book of Records?
* Who had the mysterious ticket from Northwest flight 305 from Oregon to Washington in 1971?
* Who was the inventor of the particle accelerator and Atomic hammer?
* Who was the owner of Clever Hans, the calculating horse?
* 'The Graduate' was a blockbuster movie in its {day;} it did great things for Dustin Hoffman, Mike Nichols, Katharine Ross and Simon and Garfunkel. The author never really shared the spotlight. Who was he?
* Speaking of 'The Graduate', everyone knows that Anne Bancroft played Mrs. Robinson. Who played Mr. Robinson?
* With the possible exception of 'Hawaii Five-O', the best tv theme belongs to 'Mission Impossible'. Who is the composer?
* Joe Louis once remarked about a fellow boxer: 'He can run, but he can't hide'. Who was the boxer that he was describing?
* Prior to Vega and Pinto, the Edsel was generally considered to be one of the worst cars of all time. Who was the car company that produced it?
* On the subject of cars, this manufacturer attempted to replace a traditional piston engine with a 'rotary' engine. It didn't catch on.
* One of the 'slogans' of the fifties was 'See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet'. Who popularized this on tv?
* Roy Clark did a great job singing 'Yesterday When I Was Young', but he wasn't the composer. Who was?
* 'The Summer of 42' made a movie star of Jennifer O'Neill - but didn't have the same impact on which male lead?
* Before it disappeared, a popular candy of the 50's wasTurkish taffy. Who put out the product?
* Which of the following was an actual person in the Old West?
* What was 'ironic' about Hamilton's fatal duel with Burr?
* Why was the 'Black Prince' so called?

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