Joy to the Pearled Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pearl S Buck

Pearl S Buck, also known as Sai Zhenzhu, was a Pulitzer Prize winning Nobel Laureate author. Born in 1892 to missionaries, she spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her 1931 novel "The Good Earth" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1932. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938. She died on March 6, 1973 in Vermont, USA.

Answer: Janis Joplin

The studio album "Pearl", recorded by Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band, was released January 11, 1971, three months after Joplin's death. The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified quadruple platinum.

Answer: Pearly Gates

The Pearly Gates is a nickname Christians use for the entrance to Heaven. The Pearly Gates were described in the Book of Revelation 21:21.

Answer: Alaska

Pearl is the name of a city in Rankin County, Mississippi; an unincorporated rural area in Dickinson County, Kansas; and a village in Pike County, Illinois. There is no city, town, village or an unincorporated rural area named Pearl in Alaska.

Answer: Girl With a Pearl Earring

The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise military attack on the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. This attack helped convince the United States to participate in World War II.

The 1970 film "Tora! Tora! Tora!", the 2001 film "Pearl Harbor" and the 1965 film "In Harm's Way" were all based on the Japanese attacks on the Pearl Harbor naval base. The 2003 film "Girl With a Pearl Earring" was a drama film based on a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.

Answer: pearl-bordered fritillary

The pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) is an insect, a member of the order Lepidoptera and a member of the Nymphalidae family.

The pearl-bellied white-eye (Zosterops grayi), pearl-breasted swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) and pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) are all birds.

Answer: Earl Monroe

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe played in the National Basketball Association from 1967 through 1980 for the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.

Answer: BlackBerry

The BlackBerry Pearl was a series of smartphones first released in 2006, and continued through 2010. The BlackBerry Pearl was the first BlackBerry product to contain a camera and media player.

Answer: Minnie Pearl

Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, also known as comedienne Minnie Pearl, performed at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years. She also appeared on the American television variety show "Hee Haw" from 1969 to 1991. Minnie Pearl was known for wearing style-less "down home" dresses and hats with the price tag still hanging on them.

Answer: "Lucy in the Sky with Pearls" by the Beatles

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was a song recorded by the Beatles for their 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The Beatles never recorded a song titled "Lucy in the Sky with Pearls".

"Pearl Necklace" was a song recorded ZZ Top for their 1981 album "El Loco". "Pearl" was a song recorded by Katy Perry for her 2010 album "Teenage Dream".
"Diamonds and Pearls" was the title track for Prince's thirteenth studio album, "Diamonds and Pearls", which was released in 1991.