NE1 4 N.N.? Trivia Quiz

Answer: nila northSun

northSun is a Shoshone poet and daughter of Adam Fortunate Eagle, who coordinated the 1969-1971 Occupation of Alcatraz by "Indians of All Tribes."
northSun received plaudits right from the off, with her first volume of poetry, "Diet Pepsi And Nacho Cheese" (1977) being well received and the gritty realism of her writing about "life on the rez" attracted many fans among non Native American readers.
northSun is often compared to Muscogee (Creek) Nation poet, Joy Harjo, which is high praise indeed, and my personal favourites my northSun are "99 things to do before you die" and "stupid questions".

Answer: Nick Nuyens

Nuyens was a successful Belgian cyclist for many years, winning the Paris-Brussels in 2004, the Omloop Het Volk race in 2005 and the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in 2006, all riding for Deceuninck-Quick-Step. He also won the 2005 Tour of Britain, placing first in two of the stages but the highlight of his career was his Tour of Flanders win riding for Saxo Bank-SunGard.

Answer: Nick Nolte

Nolte was a model in the early 1970s and appeared in an advertisement for H.I.S. western wear, wearing jeans that "turn a dude into a stud". As an actor he has starred in many films alongside some celebrated co-stars, including Katharine Hepburn in "Grace Quigley" (1985), Robert De Niro in "Cape Fear" (1991), Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda" (2004) and Barbra Streisand in "The Prince Of Tides", a role for which he was nominated for an Oscar, but lost out to Anthony Hopkins for his portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence Of The Lambs" (1991).

Answer: Nerida Newton

Newton spent ten years travelling the world, and on her return to Australia felt estranged from her homeland, which led to her debut novel. "The Lambing Flat" tells of a young Chinese man, travelling to Australia in the 1860s to work in the gold fields, only to get caught up in the country's infamous Lambing Flat riots, in which the Chinese were driven out of gold mining.
Newton followed this novel with the equally good, "Death Of A Whaler" in 2006.

Answer: Nathaniel Niles

Niles and Weld won the pairs championships every year between 1918 and 1927, during which time he also won the men's singles championships three times. As if that wasn't enough, Niles was also an accomplished tennis player, winning the 1908 U.S. mixed doubles championships with partner Edith Rotch and placing second in the 1917 men's singles event.

Answer: Nick Nurse

Nurse has coached the Derby Storm, Birmingham Bullets, Manchester Giants, London Towers and Brighton Bears in the British Basketball League between 1990 and 2006, before returning to his native USA and coaching Iowa Energy. In 2013, he was appointed as offensive coach under Dwane Casey at Toronto Raptors and in 2018 succeeded Casey as head coach, taking the Raptors to their first-ever NBA title in 2019.

Answer: Neville Neville

Neville Neville was not only blessed with a memorable name, he also had enough talent at cricket to be able to turn professional and play in the British leagues. In addition to this he and his wife had three very talented sporting children. Gary played for Manchester United between 1992 and 2011, winning 85 England caps along the way. Phil also played for Manchester United between 1994 and 2005, before moving to Everton where he stayed until 2013.

He also represented England 59 times, while sister, Tracey played netball for England 81 times between 1993 and 2008.

Answer: Naomi Novik

Novik's "Temeraire" series began with "His Majesty's Dragon" in 2006, (retitled "Temeraire" in UK) and continued through nine novels to "League Of Dragons" in 2016. The books, which tell the story of an air force of dragons during the Napoleonic Wars have won many awards as have her later works such as 2016s "Uprooted" which won a Nebula Award for Best Novel and a Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

Answer: Nanette Newman

Newman is such an accomplished actress that after watching "The Stepford Wives", many movie goers didn't realise she was not American, but was actually from Northampton, UK. Her role in "The Raging Moon" drew many plaudits for her portrayal of a woman confined to a wheelchair who falls in love with a man, also in a wheelchair, played brilliantly be Malcolm McDowell. To UK audiences of a certain age, Newman will always be known for advertising Fairy Liquid washing up liquid on TV, in which one of the commercials also starred a four year old Leslie Ash, many years before her role in TV comedy, "Men Behaving Badly" (1992-1997).

Answer: Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nazarbayev was first elected to begin his 27 years and 94 days in office, in 1990, following the country's independence from the Soviet Union. He was then re-elected several times, although the elections were criticised by impartial observers as neither free nor fair.
Although he continued as leader of the ruling Nur Otan Party, Nazarbayev stepped down as president in 2019 following prolonged demonstrations about abuses of power by his office.