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Quiz about Initial Reactions
Quiz about Initial Reactions

Initial Reactions Trivia Quiz

Initially, initials of initiated people. .. See if you can figure them out ... Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ikabud. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Ikabud
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
56,071
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
14 / 20
Plays
4809
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: sally0malley (18/20), SueGo (17/20), polly656 (20/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. This A.A. starred in, among many other movies, 'The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!' Hint


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Question 2 of 20
2. This M.M. is a noted American anthropologist. Hint


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Question 3 of 20
3. This F.F. wrote the suspense thriller, 'The Day of the Jackal'. Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. This C.S. was married to James Taylor? Hint


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Question 5 of 20
5. This J.K. is a 'Beat Generation' author and poet? Hint


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Question 6 of 20
6. This W.G. starred as 'Grandpa' on TV's 'The Waltons'. Hint


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Question 7 of 20
7. This J.S. is a famous Scottish Grand Prix racer. Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. This M.R. is a country singer, best known for his 'El Paso'. Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. This M.L. was the actress who starred in the 'Thin Man' movies. Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. This W.S. was an American Civil War Union general. Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. This J.M. is a British actor who starred in 'Ryan's Daughter'. Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. This D.G. is one of jazz music's greatest trumpeters. Hint


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Question 13 of 20
13. This B.F. directed the movie 'Cabaret'. Hint


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Question 14 of 20
14. This A.C. is one of the greatest jockeys of all time. Hint


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Question 15 of 20
15. This S.K. produced among many greats, 'The Caine Mutiny'. Hint


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Question 16 of 20
16. This C.B. is the inventor of the computer. Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. This R.B. was the first man to run a sub four minute mile. Hint


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Question 18 of 20
18. This D.L. directed, among many epics,'Dr Zhivago'. Hint


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Question 19 of 20
19. This J.C. was a French explorer in the New World? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. This W.W. is the American poet who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'. Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Apr 04 2024 : sally0malley: 18/20
Mar 31 2024 : SueGo: 17/20
Mar 30 2024 : polly656: 20/20
Mar 29 2024 : Guest 24: 3/20
Mar 21 2024 : bgjd: 20/20
Mar 17 2024 : Dizart: 20/20
Mar 14 2024 : sw11: 20/20
Mar 07 2024 : donkeehote: 20/20
Mar 04 2024 : Upstart3: 20/20

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This A.A. starred in, among many other movies, 'The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!'

Answer: Alan Arkin

 Alan Alda (actor, 'MASH'), Anthony Andrews (actor, 'Brideshead Revisited'), Arthur Ashe (tennis player).
2. This M.M. is a noted American anthropologist.

Answer: Margaret Mead

 Melba Moore (singer) ; Marie McDonald (actress, 'It Started With Eve'), Mae Marsh (actress, 'Birth of a Nation').
3. This F.F. wrote the suspense thriller, 'The Day of the Jackal'.

Answer: Frederick Forsyth

 F.Scott Fitzgerald (Novelist, 'The Great Gatsby'), Francisco Franco (Dictator of Spain), Frederico Fellini (Italian director).
4. This C.S. was married to James Taylor?

Answer: Carly Simon

 Carrie Snodgress (actress, 'Diary of a Mad Housewife'), Connie Stevens (actress, singer), Cat Stevens (pop singer, 'Enlightened One').
5. This J.K. is a 'Beat Generation' author and poet?

Answer: Jack Kerouac

 Jean-Claude Killy (skier), John Keats (English poet), Jerzy Kosinski (author, 'Being There').
6. This W.G. starred as 'Grandpa' on TV's 'The Waltons'.

Answer: Will Geer

 William Gladstone (British Prime Minister), Woody Guthrie (folk singer), William Golding (English novelist, 'Lord of the Flies').
7. This J.S. is a famous Scottish Grand Prix racer.

Answer: Jackie Stewart

 Jake Scott (football all pro), John Saxon (actor, tv, 'The Bold Ones'), Jonathan Swift (Irish novelist, 'Gulliver's Travels').
8. This M.R. is a country singer, best known for his 'El Paso'.

Answer: Marty Robbins

 Michael Rennie (actor, 'The Day the Earth Stood {Still'), Mickey Rivers (baseball player), Matthew Ridgeway (Korean War general).
9. This M.L. was the actress who starred in the 'Thin Man' movies.

Answer: Myrna Loy

 Mary Livingston (Jack Benny's wife), Marjorie Lord (actress, tv, 'Make Room for Daddy'), Michelle Lee (actress, tv, 'Falcon Crest').
10. This W.S. was an American Civil War Union general.

Answer: William Sherman

 Willard Scott (The 'Today Show' weatherman), Walter Bedell Smith (World War II general), William Shatner (actor, 'Star Trek' and Priceline.com fame).
11. This J.M. is a British actor who starred in 'Ryan's Daughter'.

Answer: John Mills

 John Milton (poet, Paradise Lost), John Mitchell (Nixon's Attorney General), Jon Matlock (baseball player).
12. This D.G. is one of jazz music's greatest trumpeters.

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie

 David Graham (golfer), Dave Garroway (tv talk show host of yesteryear), Don Garlits (drag racer).
13. This B.F. directed the movie 'Cabaret'.

Answer: Bob Fosse

 Barry Fitzgerald (actor, 'Going My Way'), Bobby Fisher (world chess champion), Buckminster Fuller (architect).
14. This A.C. is one of the greatest jockeys of all time.

Answer: Angel Cordero

 Alexis Chabrier (French composer), Anton Chekhov (Russian dramatist), Alan Cranston (U.S. Senator).
15. This S.K. produced among many greats, 'The Caine Mutiny'.

Answer: Stanley Kramer

 Stanley Kubrick (director, '2001, A Space Odyssey'), Stacy Keach (actor, tv's 'Mike {Hammer'), Sandy Koufax (baseball player).
16. This C.B. is the inventor of the computer.

Answer: Charles Babbage

 Charles Bickford (actor, 'Days of Wine and Roses'), Charles Bulfinch (architect), Charles Boyer (actor, 'Gaslight').
17. This R.B. was the first man to run a sub four minute mile.

Answer: Roger Bannister

 Robert Burns (Scottish poet), Ray Bradbury (author, 'Martian Chronicles'), Ralph Bellamy (actor, minor role in 'Oh God').
18. This D.L. directed, among many epics,'Dr Zhivago'.

Answer: David Lean

 Don Larsen (baseball {player), Dallas Long (shot putter), D. H. Lawrence (English author,'Lady Chatterley's Lover').
19. This J.C. was a French explorer in the New World?

Answer: Jacques Cartier

 Jacques Costeau (French marine biologist), Jean-Baptiste Chardin (French painter), Jean Cocteau (French dramatist).
20. This W.W. is the American poet who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'.

Answer: Walt Whitman

 Wendell Willkie (candidate for U.S. Presidency 1940) {;} William Wordsworth (English poet), William Wyler (director, 'Ben Hur').
Source: Author Ikabud

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