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Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 6
Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 6

Another One Bites the Dust: 6 Trivia Quiz


Number 6 in my series. All these people died in 1993. Who are they?

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,001
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
956
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Born in Belgium, she was the daughter of a Dutch baroness. She won an Oscar in 1954 for playing a princess. A famous character she played in 1961 was Holly Golightly in "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and she starred as an English flower girl in a major 1960s musical. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This actor was born in Oregon, which is at odds with his name. His film debut was in "Explorers" (1985) and he died from a massive drugs overdose on 31st October 1993. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This actor is most famous for making films of the horror genre such as "The Fall of the House of Usher". He had a very distinctive voice and went on to make several acclaimed horror films such as "The Pit and the Pendulum". Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This actor starred in "Car 54, Where Are You?" and "The Munsters". He was 6' 5" tall. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This actor died as the result of an accidental gunshot while filming "The Crow".

Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This actress started out towards the end of the silent film era, cast as the female love interest. When talkies arrived she started to get better roles. She made six films with William Powell in the "Thin Man" series. She was never nominated for an Oscar but did receive an Honorary Oscar in 1991. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Canadian born actor made somewhere approaching 100 films before landing a role in a TV series as a defence attorney who always seemed to get his client off the hook. He went on to make another big TV series where he spent a lot of time sitting down. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This actor was very popular in the 1940s but his popularity slowly waned. He made a big comeback in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of hit films including "Cocoon", "Trading Places" and "Oscar". Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This "incredible" actor was born in San Francisco. He made his TV debut in 1959 and was co-star of the TV series "My Favorite Martian" which started in 1963. Then in 1977 he made a pilot for a new TV show playing the alter-ego of a green monster-like character. CBS picked up the show and turned it into a series which became the #1 show in America. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This Mexican actor was born as Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes. He appeared in more than 55 films under a different name. His biggest role was probably as the manservant of Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in Eighty Days". Hint



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1. Born in Belgium, she was the daughter of a Dutch baroness. She won an Oscar in 1954 for playing a princess. A famous character she played in 1961 was Holly Golightly in "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and she starred as an English flower girl in a major 1960s musical.

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

She was fluent in five languages - English, Dutch, Spanish, French and Italian. Her Oscar winning role was as Princess Ann in "Roman Holiday". She is not related to Katharine Hepburn. Rex Harrison identified her as his favourite leading lady for her role opposite him in the musical "My Fair Lady". She died on 20th January 1993.
2. This actor was born in Oregon, which is at odds with his name. His film debut was in "Explorers" (1985) and he died from a massive drugs overdose on 31st October 1993.

Answer: River Phoenix

River was born as River Jude Bottom but his parents changed their name to Phoenix in 1977.
3. This actor is most famous for making films of the horror genre such as "The Fall of the House of Usher". He had a very distinctive voice and went on to make several acclaimed horror films such as "The Pit and the Pendulum".

Answer: Vincent Price

Vincent also made TV cookery programmes and wrote a recipe book with his wife, Mary Grant. He died 25th October 1993.
4. This actor starred in "Car 54, Where Are You?" and "The Munsters". He was 6' 5" tall.

Answer: Fred Gwynne

Fred starred in several Broadway productions, his most distinguished role being Big daddy in the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof". He sang professionally, sculpted, painted and wrote 10 children's books published by Simon & Schuster. He died 2nd July 1993.
5. This actor died as the result of an accidental gunshot while filming "The Crow".

Answer: Brandon Lee

Brandon's father Bruce died at the age of 32. Brandon was just 28. He died 31st March 1993. During filming of "The Crow", it was decided to shoot a scene involving use of a gun. The weapons co-ordinator had already gone home and the scene was shot without his permission.

A gun loaded with blanks was used but unknown to everybody, a small bullet head was lodged in the barrel and hit Brandon in the spine.
6. This actress started out towards the end of the silent film era, cast as the female love interest. When talkies arrived she started to get better roles. She made six films with William Powell in the "Thin Man" series. She was never nominated for an Oscar but did receive an Honorary Oscar in 1991.

Answer: Myrna Loy

In 1936, she was voted Queen of the Movies in a national poll. The King was Clark Gable. They didn't get on at first despite making several films together but they became good friends later. She died 14th December 1993.
7. This Canadian born actor made somewhere approaching 100 films before landing a role in a TV series as a defence attorney who always seemed to get his client off the hook. He went on to make another big TV series where he spent a lot of time sitting down.

Answer: Raymond Burr

Raymond's big TV break was in "Perry Mason" and he spent much time in a wheel chair as the detective Robert Ironside in "Ironside". Burr was actually gay but his biography made out that he had been married twice and even had a child. It was true he had had one brief marriage but the rest was a smoke screen to hide his sexuality.

He left his estate to his male partner of 35 years. He died on 12th September 1993.
8. This actor was very popular in the 1940s but his popularity slowly waned. He made a big comeback in the 1980s and early 1990s with a string of hit films including "Cocoon", "Trading Places" and "Oscar".

Answer: Don Ameche

He portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939) and his brother Jim portrayed Bell in the 1957 film "The Story of Mankind". He died on 6th December 1993.
9. This "incredible" actor was born in San Francisco. He made his TV debut in 1959 and was co-star of the TV series "My Favorite Martian" which started in 1963. Then in 1977 he made a pilot for a new TV show playing the alter-ego of a green monster-like character. CBS picked up the show and turned it into a series which became the #1 show in America.

Answer: Bill Bixby

After "The Incredible Hulk" was cancelled, Bill turned to directing and made three TV movies about the Hulk, "The Incredible Hulk Returns", "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk" and "The Death of the Incredible Hulk". He was uncredited as a director for the first but directed the other two. He died 21st November 1993.
10. This Mexican actor was born as Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes. He appeared in more than 55 films under a different name. His biggest role was probably as the manservant of Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in Eighty Days".

Answer: Cantinflas

He died a multi-millionaire but gave away lots of money to charities in Mexico. He was hailed a national hero when he died on 20th April 1993 and there was a period of official mourning.
Source: Author Spontini

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