Pick the Celebrity 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Matthew Gray Gubler

Dr. Reid was a genius with a 187 IQ and played the straight guy, taking his role very seriously which actually can be funny. Matthew is credited as a director, writer, choreographer, producer and editor of his own works: "The Cactus That Looked Just Like a Man" (2005) and "Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal" (2005). Matthew was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV.

Answer: Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Philip portrayed Dustin Davis brilliantly! I enjoyed watching the wild and crazy character in this movie because Phillip really went all out on this role to make this character dimensional and added humor to the movie too. Eric also appeared as Eric and John appeared as the paramedic in "Twister." Philip also was in "Patch Adams" (1998) with Robin Williams and "Along Came Polly" (2004) with Ben Stiller.

In addition, he starred in the spellbinding 2005 movie "Capote". Philip was born on July 23, 1967 in Fairport, New York.

Answer: James Earl Ray

Ray was convicted of MLK's assassination and was serving a 99 year sentence when he died of liver failure in prison on April 23, 1998. King died April 4, 1968. The other listed men were also assassins. Booth killed President Lincoln, Gacy was known as "The Killer Clown", who killed 33 people, was a serial killer in the Chicago area. Chapman killed musician and former Beatle, John Lennon.

Answer: James Earl Jones

Jones appeared as King Jaffe Joffer in "Coming to America" (1988) and portrayed Mr. Mertle in "The Sandlot" (1993). His deep voice is well remembered in "The Lion King" as Mufasa and for Darth Vader in "Star Wars" (1977). His voice can be found on various audio books as narrator on reading tapes. Jones was born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi.

Answer: Tonya Lee Williams

Tonya was Dana Williams, one of the contestants in a beauty and talent pageant on "Matlock" (TV series ran 1986 to 1995) titled "The Starlet" in 1989. In 1990, she portrayed Dr. Olivia Barber Winters who worked at Memorial Hospital on the soap opera. Some may remember her as Belinda in the 1988 TV movie of "A Very Brady Christmas." Tonya was born on July 12, 1967 in London, England. Brenda was recast to portray Ashley Abbott. Melanie portrayed Nikki Reed Newman and Vanessa portrayed the original Brittany Hodges. All of these ladies were on "The Young and the Restless."

Answer: Michele Lamar Richards

Nikki Marron was the oldest of the two sisters, she started out her young career and her dreams were pushed aside because Rachel had more star quality. So, she became Rachel's secretary to help her sister's career. Michele also was in the 1995 movie "Top Dog" with Chuck Norris. She was born November 10, 1954.

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Oswald was apprehended and arrested in Dallas as a suspect for shooting President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. He was killed in Dallas by Jack Ruby before his case could go to trial. There remains controversy and theories over whether he killed Kennedy and it remains unsolved.

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem was born and raised in New York. He went on to NCLA and made it big in NBA. He was one of Bruce Lee's students with a unique style. He became an actor and was in Bruce Lee's "Game of Death" (1978) and the movie spoof "Airplane" (1980). Jabbar was born April 16, 1947 in New York, New York.

Answer: Jennifer Elise Cox

In the movie, once again, we get to hear Jan say "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" Actually that famous quote only appeared in one episode of the original TV show but it is a well known one. Jennifer made various guest appearances including the TV series "Six Feet Under" (2005) and the 2005 movie "Bewitched." Jennifer was born in 1969 in New York, NY.

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura wrote about her early years on the prairie. My favorite is "Little House in the Big Woods." Do you have a favorite one too? Laura was born February 7, 1867 and married Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885. She died February 10, 1957.