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Quiz about Celebrities Born on Christmas Day
Quiz about Celebrities Born on Christmas Day

Celebrities Born on Christmas Day Quiz


In time for the holidays, this quiz is about celebrities born on Christmas.

A multiple-choice quiz by shanteyman. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
shanteyman
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
344,578
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1673
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which celebrity probably celebrated Christmas in Margaritaville? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which fifties and sixties television icon probably enjoyed Christmas in the "Twilight Zone"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Believe It or Not" this anthropologist and cartoonist was born December 25, 1890. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which singer would have liked to spend Christmas with "Minnie the Moocher"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which hotel magnate, who spent Christmas in the forties with his wife Zsa Zsa Gabor, was born December 25, 1887? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which actor spent his Christmas holidays with his wife, Lauren Bacall, from 1945 until he passed in 1957? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which Country singer born on December 25, 1948, might have enjoyed Christmas in 1978 celebrating having a Number One hit titled "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which actress spent Christmas of 1980 with her Oscar for Best Actress in "Coal Miner's Daughter? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Singer Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics was born on December 25, 1954. In which country was she born? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which Canadian singer born December 25, 1958, could have spent Christmas of 1990 with her Grammy for the song "Black Velvet"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which celebrity probably celebrated Christmas in Margaritaville?

Answer: Jimmy Buffet

James William "Jimmy" Buffett came into the world on December 25, 1946, in
Pascagoula, Mississippi. He spend much of his youth in Mobile, Alabama, where he played trombone for the St. Ignatius School band. He graduated from McGill Institute for Boys and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in history from The University of Southern Mississippi.
Jimmy relocated to Nashville with the intention of embarking on a Country music career. He performed on sidewalks and released his first album, "Down to Earth" in 1970. The following year he relocated to Key West.
Singer Stephen Bishop was born November 14, 1951, Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins was born December 8, 1944 and Winston Hubert McIntosh, known as Peter Tosh, was born October 19, 1944.
2. Which fifties and sixties television icon probably enjoyed Christmas in the "Twilight Zone"?

Answer: Rod Serling

Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling was born Christmas Day in 1924 in Syracuse, New York. In middle school his talent became obvious to a teacher who encouraged him to get involved in public speaking. He eventually became the editor of the high school newspaper. Rod joined the service after school and saw action in the Pacific, earning the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. Attending college on the GI Bill he became involved in theater, worked in radio and his television work led to "The Twilight Zone" airing in October, 1959. Leslie Stevens created "The Outer Limits" and was born February 3, 1924. Star Trek creator Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921. Suspense genre master Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was born August 13, 1899.
3. "Believe It or Not" this anthropologist and cartoonist was born December 25, 1890.

Answer: Robert Ripley

California native Robert Ripley made his first trip around the globe in 1922 and chronicled odd facts and artifacts. He carefully drew the items or photographed them, creating a syndicated newspaper column that evolved into books and television shows featuring his oddities.

After appearing on only 13 episodes of the original television shows Ripley became ill and passed when he was only 58 in 1949. Museums have opened in several tourist locations and cities displaying his unusual artifacts. "Peanuts" creator Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was born November 26, 1922. Mad Magazine caricaturist Mort Drucker was born March 22, 1929. Charles "Chas" Samuel Addams was a macabre cartoonist whose works inspired "The Addams Family" (1964).

He was born January 7, 1912.
4. Which singer would have liked to spend Christmas with "Minnie the Moocher"?

Answer: Cab Calloway

"Minnie the Moocher" was Cab Calloway's signature song. Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was born in Rochester, New York on December 25, 1907. He formed an orchestra and began working in venues such as the Cotton Club. He evolved into a flamboyant performer. He recorded "Minnie the Moocher" in 1931 and began appearing in films such as "Stormy Weather" (1943).
He performed "Minnie the Moocher" when appearing in "The Blues Brothers" in 1980.
Nathaniel Adams Coles was born on Saint Patrick's Day, 1919. Singer Richard Benjamin "Dick" Haymes was born September 13, 1918, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Legendary New Orleans trumpeter Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901.
5. Which hotel magnate, who spent Christmas in the forties with his wife Zsa Zsa Gabor, was born December 25, 1887?

Answer: Conrad Hilton

Conrad Hilton was born in Socorro County, New Mexico. He learned business skills working at his father's general store and purchased a 40-room hotel in Texas in 1940. The success of the hotel led to Conrad purchasing more hotels in Texas and eventually building his first high rise hotel, the Dallas Hilton, in 1925. By the sixties Hilton's chain had become the first international hotel chain.
He married his second wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, in 1942 and they divorced four years later.
John Willard Marriott was born September 17, 1900. Hyatt von Dehn and Jack D. Crouch founded the Hyatt Hotel chain. Hotelier Harry B. Helmsley was born March 4, 1909.
6. Which actor spent his Christmas holidays with his wife, Lauren Bacall, from 1945 until he passed in 1957?

Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born December 25, 1899, in New York City. After serving in the Navy Humphrey worked on Broadway until the Stock Market Crash resulted in a declining audiences. He then turned to the motion picture industry for work. In 1936 he got star billing in "The Petrified Forest".

In 1944 he worked with Lauren Bacall in "To Have and Have Not" and wed her the following year. They worked together again in 1948 in "Key Largo". George Raft was born September 26, 1901, and turned down several roles that Humphrey Bogart accepted including "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) and "High Sierra" (1941). Oliver Hardy was born January 18, 1892, and passed in 1957. Silent movie comedian Raymond Griffith was born January 23, 1895 and passed November 25, 1957.
7. Which Country singer born on December 25, 1948, might have enjoyed Christmas in 1978 celebrating having a Number One hit titled "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed"?

Answer: Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Ann Mandrell was born December 25, 1948, in Houston, Texas. She was the first child born into a musical family. She was noticed while playing the steel guitar at a convention and was soon working with such artists as Red Foley, Johnny Cash and Tex Ritter. She began performing at a nightclub near The Grand Ole Opry and was offered several recording contracts.
She began recording a string of hits which led to "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters" premiering on television in 1980. A car accident in 1984 sidelined her.
In 2009 Barbara was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Reba Nell McEntire was born March 28, 1955. Patty Loveless was born Patricia Lee Ramey on January 4, 1957. Loretta Lynn was born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1935.
8. Which actress spent Christmas of 1980 with her Oscar for Best Actress in "Coal Miner's Daughter?

Answer: Sissy Spacek

Mary Elizabeth Spacek was born in Quitman, Texas, on Christmas in 1949. She was homecoming Queen at Quitman High School and went to New York and lived with her cousin Rip Torn while she played guitar and sang in Greenwich Village coffee houses. She eventually attended Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio and began getting minor roles in various film projects.
Her big break came in 1976 when she starred in "Carrie". Her Academy Award nomination for "Carrie" led to more roles and eventually her Academy Award for playing Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter".
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep was born June 22, 1949. Jessica Phyllis Lange was born in 1949 and Shelley Alexis Duvall was born July 7, 1949, in Houston Texas.
9. Singer Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics was born on December 25, 1954. In which country was she born?

Answer: Scotland

Annie Lennox was born on Christmas Day, 1954, in Aberdeen, Scotland. She was an only child. She placed second in a talent contest and won a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She went on to study flute and classical music. In order to supplement her income she worked at various jobs such as a waitress and barmaid while she found work with various local groups.

She met Dave Stewart when they worked together in a band called The Tourists. They began collaborating and in 1983 released "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" as The Eurythmics. In 1992 she released her first solo album, "Diva".
10. Which Canadian singer born December 25, 1958, could have spent Christmas of 1990 with her Grammy for the song "Black Velvet"?

Answer: Alannah Myles

Alannah Miles was performing regularly by the time she was a teenager. In her early twenties she began collaborating with Christopher Ward and David Tyson to produce her debut album, "Alannah Myles". The album was released in 1989 and the Tyson/Ward composition, "Black Velvet", became a successful single from the album, reaching Number One on the US Pop Charts the following year. The song was a reference to Elvis Presley. Another song from the album, "Love Is", made the US Top Forty.
In 1992 she followed up the her "Rockinghorse" album and continued to perform despite spinal damage which limited her neck and back movement.
Singer Melanie Fiona Hallim was born on July 4, 1983, in Toronto. Melanie Doane was born December 19, 1967, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Grammy Award singer Alanis Nadine Morissette was born June 1, 1974, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Source: Author shanteyman

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