Richards, Dicks And Dickies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Richard Attenborough

Although he was often known as "Dickie" within the film industry, his film credits were always as Richard. His film career has spanned seven decades from 1942 to 2007.

Answer: Richard Milhous Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was a U.S. politician from 1947, when he was elected as representative for California's 12th District, until he resigned as the 37th President of the United States in 1974. He was implicated in the cover-up of the break-in at the Democratic party headquarters, which became known as the "Watergate" affair.

Answer: Dickie Valentine

Born Richard Maxwell, he adopted the stage name Dickie Valentine and sang with the Ted Heath Band in the early 1950s. He was voted the "Top Male UK Vocalist" in 1952 while singing with the band and again as a solo artist in 1954. He had his own British TV show in 1966 and continued with live performances until his death in a motor vehicle accident in 1971.

Answer: Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke starred in two successful English films, "Mary Poppins" (1964), with his abysmal attempt at a cockney accent, and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968) where he used his natural American accent. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was based on a book of the same name written by Ian Fleming, best noted for his James Bond novels.

Answer: Richard II

Richard II succeeded Edward III in 1377 at the age of 10 years. In the early years of his reign John of Gaunt acted as regent. When John died, Richard disinherited John's son Henry Bolingbroke who was in exile. Henry invaded England, deposed Richard, and declared himself King Henry IV in 1399.

Answer: Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin was a criminal who specialised in highway robbery and horse stealing. He became a legend many years after his execution and was reputed, though never proved, to have ridden overnight from York to London (over 200 miles) on his horse, "Black Bess".

Answer: Dickie Noles

In a strange turn of events, Noles was traded for himself in a deal between Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers. He was traded to the Tigers for a "player to be named later" only for the teams to fail to agree which player Chicago would receive. Eventually Noles was traded back to the Cubs to complete the deal.

Answer: Richard Wagner

Often known simply as "The Ring" or "The Ring Cycle", Wagner wrote both the music and the libretto. The four operas are "Das Rheingold" ("The Rhine Gold"), "Die Walküre" (The Valkyrie), "Siegfried" and "Götterdämmerung" ("Twilight Of The Gods").
He also wrote the opera "Tristan And Isolde".

Answer: Dick Fosbury

Richard "Dick" Fosbury won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics using his novel technique of jumping over the high jump bar head-first, curving his body and flipping his legs in the air. Some thought it looked ungainly and that he flopped over the bar. The technique became known as the "Fosbury Flop" and almost all high jumpers use this method today.

Answer: Richard Roundtree

Born in 1942, Richard Roundtree was a huge success as the police detective John Shaft. Although he has appeared in other films and TV series, including "Roots", nothing has matched his successes in the early 1970s.