What's My Name? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tom Hanks

In 1980 Tom Hanks landed a role on the ABC comedy "Bosom Buddies", where he and Peter Scolari play a couple of down-and-out friends who dress up as women so they can live at the ultra-cheap, but all-female, Susan B. Anthony Hotel. After the series was cancelled Hanks turned his attention towards the big screen, and arguably no one has been more successful over the past four decades.

His back-to-back Best Actor wins for 1993's "Philadelphia" and 1994's "Forrest Gump" also put him in some pretty good company.

The only other actor to achieve the feat was Spencer Tracy, who won the award in 1938 and 1939.

Answer: Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews made her Broadway debut at the age of 18 in the 1954 musical "The Boy Friend". Andrews made such an impression in the play, that after it closed in November of 1955 she was asked to audition for the role of Eliza Doolittle and eventually won the part.

Although "My Fair Lady" went on to become one of the most successful plays in Broadway history, when the film version was cast it was decided that Audrey Hepburn would play the part, since Andrews lacked name recognition. She didn't stay anonymous for long, winning the Best Actress Oscar in 1965 for "Mary Poppins" and receiving a Best Actress nomination the following year for "The Sound of Music". Julie Andrews has remained active in show business, voicing the character of Marlena in the 2017 animated film "Despicable Me 3" and also starring in the Netflix educational children's series "Julie's Greenroom".

Answer: Steve Martin

The magic, juggling and creation of balloon animals are all skills Steve Martin developed while working in a magic shop inside Disneyland in the early 1960s. In 1967 he landed a writing job on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", and a year later made his TV debut on the show. Thanks in part to appearances on "The Tonight Show" and "Saturday Night Live" in the mid '70s, his popularity began to soar, regularly selling out arenas, while also releasing two platinum selling albums. Since then he has appeared in more than 40 films, written numerous books and also had a top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100.

By the way, he also plays a pretty mean banjo.

Answer: Suzanne Somers

Suzanne Somers' first job in television was as a prize model on the late 1960s game show "Anniversary Game". In the early and mid '70s she landed some small TV roles and bit parts in movies, but nothing substantial. Somers got her big break in January of 1977, when she was cast in the role of Chrissy Snow on the ABC sitcom "Three's Company".

The series premiered in March of 1977 and it was an instant hit, and Somers became the shows breakout star, however her contract was terminated after the fifth season due to a salary dispute.

After spending much of the 1980s as a Las Vegas entertainer, she returned to network television in 1991, starring in the ABC sitcom "Step by Step". The family oriented show was very successful, airing 160 episodes during its seven season run.

Answer: Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon's success in football and acting is understandable, considering his father, Tom Harmon, was a college All-American and Heisman Trophy winner for University of Michigan football team, and his mother, Elyse Knox, acted in more than 35 films during the 1940s. Harmon's sister Kristin also became an actress, appearing in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" following her marriage to Ricky Nelson in 1963.

The character of Gibbs first appeared in two episodes of the American legal drama "Jag", before being spun-off into his own series, "NCIS", in September of 2003.

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks began writing for "Your Show of Shows" in 1950, and while there became friends with Carl Reiner, who was also a writer on the show. In the late 1950s the two of them developed a routine featuring Brooks as a 2000 year-old man being interviewed by Reiner.

They performed the skit on "The Steve Allen Show" and it was such a hit that they released an album entitled "2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks", which went on to sell more than one million copies. Brooks made his first feature film, "The Producers", in 1967, and although it wasn't a box office hit, it did win him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

His greatest success came in 1974, when two of his films, "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein", finished in the top five of highest-grossing films from that year. Mel Brooks is one of only a handful of entertainers to have been awarded an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony during their career.

Answer: Tina Fey

Tina Fey was mainly just a writer during her first three years on "Saturday Night Live". She began appearing in sketches in 2000, and also co-anchored the "Weekend Update" segment until her departure in 2006. After leaving "SNL", Fey created and starred in "30 Rock", which was never a ratings success, but still managed to receive a whopping 103 Emmy nominations during its run, winning 11. Fey's spot-on portrayal of former Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was a highlight in numerous episodes of "Saturday Night Live".

Answer: Bob Newhart

Not long after his debut album, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", made him a household name, Newhart was given his own variety series by NBC, but it only lasted one season. He had much better luck in 1972 when "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS and became an immediate hit, but eventually the ratings started to slip and the show ended in 1978.

He came back in 1982 with a new series simply titled "Newhart" and it to was also a hit, airing a total of 184 episodes over eight seasons, and featured a series finale that will go down as one of the most memorable in television history.

After more than 50 years in television Bob Newhart finally won his very first Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 for his portrayal of the aforementioned Professor Proton.

Answer: Carol Burnett

Although Carol Burnett has spent more than 60 years in television, she will most likely be best remembered for "The Carol Burnett Show", which ran on CBS from 1967 until 1978. The show, which also featured Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner and Tim Conway, won 25 Emmy Awards during its 11 seasons, and ranked at number 16 on TV Guide's 2002 list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". On December 3, 2017, CBS aired a 50th Anniversary Special, which featured Burnett, former cast members, and a slew of special guest stars who were influenced by the show.

Answer: Ted Danson

Ted Danson began his acting career in 1975, playing the role of Tom Conway on the daytime soap opera "Somerset". His big break came in 1982, when he was cast as Sam Malone in the NBC sitcom "Cheers". The show ran from 1982 until 1993, during which time Danson received 11 consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, ultimately winning two. Since then he has appeared in numerous TV shows and series, most recently starring alongside Kristen Bell in the NBC fantasy/comedy series "The Good Place".