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Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 29
Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 29

Another One Bites the Dust: 29 Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
368,343
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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799
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Question 1 of 10
1. This screen tough-guy was a miner after finishing school. After WW2 he got interested in acting and made his film debut in "You're in the Navy Now" (1951). In 1958 he got the lead role in the TV series "Man with a Camera". He was one of "The Magnificent Seven". Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This actor made a great many guest-starring roles in a lot of different TV series. In 1975 he was picked to star in a new sit-com based on the British show "Man About the House". The first pilot was panned and some changes to the cast were made which did a little better, but still not well enough. Suzanne Somers was brought into the show and it luckily got another chance when it was picked as a mid-season replacement in 1977. The show was of course "Three's Company". Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This actor was the son of a drug dealer.... No! Not that sort of drug dealer! A druggist/chemist. He quickly became a Hollywood star. In only his second film, "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944), he was nominated for an Oscar. He did rather well in Westerns like "Yellow Sky" (1948) and "The Gunfighter" (1950). By 1950 he had had three Oscar nominations. He finally won one for playing Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This actress has won 4 Oscars and been nominated on 8 other occasions. She was twenty-six when she won her first and seventy-four when she won her last. She never watched "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) because it was Spencer Tracy's last film. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This comedian was born in London but emigrated to America when he was five years old. In 1938, he made his first film, "The Big Broadcast", in which he sang "Thanks for the Memory". Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This American character actor lost the sight of his left eye in a childhood fight when a boy threw a pencil at him which penetrated the eye. He was at home playing killers or sidekicks mainly in Westerns, his immobile eye giving him a menacing look. He played the deputy sheriff to James Garner in "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969). Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This singer/songwriter was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He is probably best remembered as a country singer but he was more than that. He generally wore clothes of a dark colour which resulted in him getting an appropriate nickname. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This British businessman was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his work in organising the move of Canadian troops from Italy to North West Europe late in WW2. His first marriage ended in divorce but he remarried again in 1951. His new wife, Margaret, was to become famous in her own right. He was already a millionaire when he met the then Margaret Roberts and financed her training as a barrister. He sold his company to Castrol in 1965 and got a seat on their board which he retained when Castrol themselves were taken over by Burmah Oil. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This man was the 3rd President of Uganda. He seized power in a military coup in 1971. He subjected his country to massive financial mismanagement, ethnic cleansing, human rights abuses and murdered tens of thousands of citizens. The story of his life during those turbulent years in the 1970s is told in the film "The Last King of Scotland" (2006). Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This American jockey is one of the greatest of all time. He won the first of over 8,000 victories in April 1949 and the last in January 1990. He won 11 'Triple Crown' races during his career. At the age of 19, an attorney was appointed as his guardian by the Los Angeles Superior Court because of the amount of money he was earning (as much as $2,500 per week in 1951). Hint



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1. This screen tough-guy was a miner after finishing school. After WW2 he got interested in acting and made his film debut in "You're in the Navy Now" (1951). In 1958 he got the lead role in the TV series "Man with a Camera". He was one of "The Magnificent Seven".

Answer: Charles Bronson

In the early 1950's, McCarthyism was rife and any suggestion of being a communist could lead to damaging accusations. (Obviously East European names could lead to suspicions at that time). Bronson was born as Charles Buchinsky and therefore changed his name to avoid being targeted.

In 1954, he and Ernest Borgnine were making the film "Vera Cruz" and decided to ride into town dressed in their full costume of American gunfighters and were arrested by the police who thought they were bandits. Towards the end of his life he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

He died on 30 August 2003.
2. This actor made a great many guest-starring roles in a lot of different TV series. In 1975 he was picked to star in a new sit-com based on the British show "Man About the House". The first pilot was panned and some changes to the cast were made which did a little better, but still not well enough. Suzanne Somers was brought into the show and it luckily got another chance when it was picked as a mid-season replacement in 1977. The show was of course "Three's Company".

Answer: John Ritter

John's father was the country singer/actor Tex Ritter. John collapsed on the set of "8 Simple Rules" in 2003 and was mistakenly treated for a heart attack. The real cause of his collapse, a tear in the wall of the aorta (one of the main arteries from the heart), was missed. He died on 11 September 2003.
3. This actor was the son of a drug dealer.... No! Not that sort of drug dealer! A druggist/chemist. He quickly became a Hollywood star. In only his second film, "The Keys of the Kingdom" (1944), he was nominated for an Oscar. He did rather well in Westerns like "Yellow Sky" (1948) and "The Gunfighter" (1950). By 1950 he had had three Oscar nominations. He finally won one for playing Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962).

Answer: Gregory Peck

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian award, by President Lyndon Johnson. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was stolen in 2005 and was replaced by a new one very quickly. He died on 12 June 2003.
4. This actress has won 4 Oscars and been nominated on 8 other occasions. She was twenty-six when she won her first and seventy-four when she won her last. She never watched "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) because it was Spencer Tracy's last film.

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

Her first Oscar was for "Morning Glory" (1933) and her last was for "On Golden Pond" (1981). She also won the Best Actress Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in 1968 and followed it up in 1969 when she shared the Best Actress Oscar with Barbra Streisand (Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter" and Streisand for "Funny Girl"). This was the first time this Oscar has been shared.

Katharine and Spencer Tracy had a relationship lasting 25 years up until his death. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" was the last film they made together and she could not bring herself to watch it as Tracy had died just 17 days after completing it. He was also Oscar nominated (posthumously) for that film but was unsuccessful. She died on 29 June 2003, aged 96.
5. This comedian was born in London but emigrated to America when he was five years old. In 1938, he made his first film, "The Big Broadcast", in which he sang "Thanks for the Memory".

Answer: Bob Hope

He hosted the Academy Awards either on his own or with somebody else on 18 occasions. His grandfather was a few days short of reaching his 100th birthday when he died but Bob managed to do even better. He was 100 years, 1 month and 26 days old when he died on 27 July 2003.
6. This American character actor lost the sight of his left eye in a childhood fight when a boy threw a pencil at him which penetrated the eye. He was at home playing killers or sidekicks mainly in Westerns, his immobile eye giving him a menacing look. He played the deputy sheriff to James Garner in "Support Your Local Sheriff" (1969).

Answer: Jack Elam

He was a successful accountant in his early life. He broke into films by trading his services as an accountant for small parts in his early films. His movie and TV career spanned just over 50 years. He died 20 October 2003.
7. This singer/songwriter was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He is probably best remembered as a country singer but he was more than that. He generally wore clothes of a dark colour which resulted in him getting an appropriate nickname.

Answer: Johnny Cash

Known as "The Man in Black", his best-known songs include "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire" and "Folsom Prison Blues". He liked to perform for prisoners in US prisons and made very successful albums of performances at Folsom Prison and San Quentin prison.

In 1980, he became the youngest inductee at the Country Music Hall of Fame (aged 48). His late years were unfortunately overshadowed by health problems. He had diabetes which caused other complications including pneumonia. His wife, June Carter Cash, died in May 2003 and he followed her on 12 September 2003.
8. This British businessman was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1945 for his work in organising the move of Canadian troops from Italy to North West Europe late in WW2. His first marriage ended in divorce but he remarried again in 1951. His new wife, Margaret, was to become famous in her own right. He was already a millionaire when he met the then Margaret Roberts and financed her training as a barrister. He sold his company to Castrol in 1965 and got a seat on their board which he retained when Castrol themselves were taken over by Burmah Oil.

Answer: Denis Thatcher

He retired shortly after Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party and effectively retired from public life. In the 1980s, the satirical magazine "Private Eye" used him as a means to mock the Thatcher government. They created a regular column called "Dear Bill" which took the form of a series of letter from Denis to an old friend which described events at Downing Street.

When Margaret resigned as Prime Minister in 1990, he was made a baronet so that she could become Lady Thatcher but still retain her seat in the House of Commons. If she had become a Baroness in her own right, she would have had to resign her seat and move to the House of Lords which she didn't want to do.

She was created a peeress in her own right when she retired from the House of Commons in 1992.

He died on 26 June 2003.
9. This man was the 3rd President of Uganda. He seized power in a military coup in 1971. He subjected his country to massive financial mismanagement, ethnic cleansing, human rights abuses and murdered tens of thousands of citizens. The story of his life during those turbulent years in the 1970s is told in the film "The Last King of Scotland" (2006).

Answer: Idi Amin

Forest Whitaker won the 2007 Best Actor Oscar for playing him in the film "The Last King of Scotland". He fled Uganda eight years after seizing power in a military coup when he tried to annex part of Tanzania and lost the resulting Uganda-Tanzania war.

He died on 16 August 2003. Robert Mugabe became President of Zimbabwe, Charles Taylor was the President of Liberia and Jean-Bedel Bokassa was the self-styled Emperor of the Central African Republic.
10. This American jockey is one of the greatest of all time. He won the first of over 8,000 victories in April 1949 and the last in January 1990. He won 11 'Triple Crown' races during his career. At the age of 19, an attorney was appointed as his guardian by the Los Angeles Superior Court because of the amount of money he was earning (as much as $2,500 per week in 1951).

Answer: Willie Shoemaker

He was known as "The Shoe" and he retired in 1990 to become a trainer. In 1991, as a result of a solo drunk-driving accident in which he rolled his car, he was paralyzed from the neck down. He continued to train horses from a wheelchair. He died on 12 October 2003.
Source: Author Spontini

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