EGOT-ta Believe Trivia Quiz

Answer: Richard Rodgers

Below is a list of awards for Richard Rodgers (1902-1979):
He won Tony Awards for "South Pacific" (1950); "The King and I" (1952); "The Sound of Music" (1960) and "No Strings" (1962).
He has Grammy Awards for "The Sound of Music" (1960) and "No Strings" (1962).
His Emmy Award was for "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years" (1962), and his
Academy Award was for Best Original Song "It Might as Well Be Spring" from "State Fair" (1946).

His Pulitzer Prize in Special Awards and Citations for "Oklahoma" (1944) = PEGOT.

Answer: Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (1900-1993) was called the "First Lady of American Theater".
She won Tonys as Lead Actress for "Time Remembered" (1958) and "Happy Birthday" (1947). Her Oscars were for Best Actress for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1932) and Best Supporting Actress for "Airport" (1971).
Helen's Emmy Award was for "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1953).
and her Grammy was for "Great American Documents" (1977).

Answer: Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno was born in Puerto Rico in 1931.
Her awards include an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "West Side Story" (1962).
She won Emmy Awards for "The Muppet Show" (1977) and "The Rockford Files" (1978).
Rita's Grammy Award was for "The Electric Company" (1972).
Her Tony Award was for "The Ritz" (1975).

Answer: John Gielgud

Below are the EGOTS won by Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000):
He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in "Arthur" (1982).
Gielgud's Emmy Award was for "Summer's Lease" (1991).
While his Grammy Award was for "Ages of Man" (1979).
He was given Tony Awards for "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1948) and "Big Fish, Little Fish" (1961).

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) was born as born in Belgium as Audrey Ruston.
She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for "Roman Holiday" (1954).
Her Emmy Award was for "Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn" (1993).
Audrey's other awards include a Grammy Award for "Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales" (1994) (posthumously), and a Tony Award for "Ondine" (1954).

Answer: Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) was an American composer with a long list of awards.
He won Grammys for "The Way We Were" (1974) and Best New Artist (1975).
His Oscars were for Song of the Year "The Way We Were" (1974) and "The Sting" (1974). Hamlisch got a Tony Award for "A Chorus Line" (1976), and received Emmys for "Barbra: The Concert" (1997; "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies" (1999) and "Timeless: Live in Concert" (2001).

His Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "A Chorus Line" (1976) = PEGOT.

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn in 1926. He started writing for "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s. Among his awards are an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers" (1969). His Emmy Awards are for "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (1967) and "Mad About You" (1997, 1998, 1999). Brooks' Grammy Awards are for "The 2000 Year Old Man, 2000" (1998); "Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks" (2002) and "The Producers" (2002).

His Tony Award is for "The Producers" (2001).

Answer: Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (1931-2014) began his career as a stand-up comedian with Elaine May.
He won an Academy Award for Best Director for "The Graduate" (1968).
Nichols' Emmy Awards were for "Wit" (2001) and "Angels in America" (2004).
His Grammy Award was for "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May" (1961).
He received Tony Awards for "Barefoot in the Park" (1964); "Luv and the Odd Couple" (1968); "Plaza Suite" (1968); "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1972); "Annie" (1977); "The Real Thing" (1984); "Monty Python's Spamalot" (2005) and "Death of a Salesman" (2012).

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg was born in NYC in 1955, and started out as a stand-up comic.
She won Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host on "The View" (2009) and for "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel" (2002).
Her Grammy was for "Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording" (1985).
Whoopi's Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actress for "Ghost" (1991), and her Tony Award was for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (2002).

Answer: John Legend

John Legend was born in 1978 and is the first black man to win an EGOT.
John's Oscar was for the song "Glory" from the soundtrack of the film "Selma"(2015). He won an Emmy Award for "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" (2018), and a Tony Award for "Jitney" (2017).
His many Grammy Awards were for Best New Artist (2006); Best R&B Album "Get Lifted" (2006); Best Male R&B Performance for "Ordinary People" (2006); "Heaven" (2007); "Family Affair" (2007); "Stay with Me (by the Sea)" (2009); "Shine" (2011); "Hang On In There" (2011); "Wake Up" (2011) and "Glory" (2016).