Are they a King or are they a Queen? Quiz

Answer: Dancing Queen

"Dancing Queen" (1976) became ABBA's only number one hit in the USA and topped the charts in many other countries including Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Mexico.

Answer: King Rat

James Clavell (1921-1994) was an Australian-born British novelist. He was a prisoner of war during WWII and wrote many Asian sagas including "King Rat" a POW novel which was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1965 starring George Segal as Corporal King. James Clavell was also the screenwriter for the
movies "The Great Escape" (1963) and "To Sir, with Love" (1967).

Answer: Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt) is an American and former professional tennis player. She won 39 Grand Slam titles with 12 singles, 16 women's doubles and 11 mixed doubles. Her career spanned 24 years from 1959-1983.

Answer: The African Queen

Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) was a Hollywood star in the 1940s and 1950s. He starred in the 1951 movie "The African Queen" opposite Katharine Hepburn. Although nominated a number of times for an Academy Award, this was the only performance that Bogart won a Oscar for Best Actor. "The African Queen" is actually a boat that Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) was the skipper of in German East Africa during WWI when he was trying to avoid the German Army.

Answer: The King and I

"The King and I" was a 1956 musical movie by the team of composer Richard Rogers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. The movie starred Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five with Brynner winning Best Actor. The movie was based on the 1944 novel "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon.

Answer: Queen Mary

The RMS Queen Mary made its maiden voyage in 1936 and sailed for the Cunard Line until 1967. At the outbreak of WWII the ship was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied servicemen throughout the duration of the war. The ship spent time in the Pacific carrying Australian and New Zealand soldiers to Europe.

The Queen Mary is now moored at Long Beach, California as a tourist attraction and hotel.

Answer: Nat King Cole

Nat King Cole (1919-1965) was an American singer, pianist and actor. His version of the song "Mona Lisa" spent eight weeks at the top of the singles charts in the USA in 1950. His other memorable songs include, "Unforgettable", "When I fall in Love" and "Ramblin' Rose".

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) reigned over Scotland from 1542-1567. She was only six days old when her father died. She was the only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland. In 1567 she was forced to abdicate the throne to James VI, her one year old son.

She moved south to seek protection from her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England. Elizabeth perceived Mary to be a threat and imprisoned her for 18½ years before having her beheaded in 1587.

Answer: Queen

"Queen" are a British rock band formed in 1970. The lead vocalist was Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) whose birth name was Farrokh "Freddie" Bulsara. The group had
numerous hit songs including "Bohemian Rhapsody", We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You". "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980) became their best selling single.

Answer: King C. Gillette

King C. Gillette (1855-1932) was an American businessman who invented the safety razor with a steel blade. Similar blades had been used before but they were forged blades. During the 1890s he realised that it could be profitable to make a product that was used a few times, then discarded. Gillette made drawings to create the first disposable blade that actually worked.

In his first year he sold 15 razors and 168 blades. In the second year he sold 90,884 razors and 123,648 blades.

Answer: Mel Queen

Mel Queen (1942-2011) was an American professional baseball player. He spent nine seasons as a pitcher and outfielder in MLB with the Cincinnati Reds and California Angels. He spent a number of years as a pitching coach and was an interim manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1967. As a player he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Answer: Carole King

Carole King is an American composer and singer-songwriter having written or co-written 118 hits on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 charts from 1955-1999. Her songs have been recorded by artists such as The Beatles, Little Eva, Tony Orlando, Bobby Vee, The Drifters, Herman's Hermits, The Monkees, The Chiffons and Aretha Franklin.

Answer: King Clancy

King Clancy (1903-1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 16 seasons in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1921-1937. He won three Stanley Cups as a player with the Ottawa Senators (1923 and 1927) and with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1932. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

Answer: The King of Queens

"The King of Queens" was an American sitcom that aired from 1998-2007. Kevin James played the role of delivery man Doug Heffernan and Leah Remini as his wife Carrie. Doug and Carrie are a working class couple living in Queens, New York with Carrie's father Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller). Doug works as a delivery driver for IPS and Carrie works as a secretary in Manhattan. Arthur complicates their lives and they hire a lady to spend time with him and take him out of the apartment while she walks dogs in the park.

Answer: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) reigned as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837-1901. It was from 1876 until her death that she adopted the additional title of "Empress of India". This title of Emperor or Empress of India was used by the British monarchs up to 1948.