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Quiz about The Wright Stuff
Quiz about The Wright Stuff

The "Wright" Stuff Trivia Quiz


A wright in Old English was a worker of wood. Hence words like 'shipwright' and 'wheelwright' were formed and soon became surnames. See what you know about these people whose names suggest they had some form of a 'wright' in their ancestry.

A multiple-choice quiz by Spaudrey. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Spaudrey
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,167
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
323
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Question 1 of 15
1. Richard Wright was a rock keyboardist for nearly two decades with a band led by David Gilmour and Roger Waters. What was this band? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Allen Wright, born Kilihote in the Choctaw nation, was born in Mississippi in 1826. He and his family moved west in 1833 to the area he would later name once it became a US state. What was the Choctaw word adopted as the state name? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This Cartwright spent sixteen years in the National Basketball League, winning three championship rings as a member of the Chicago Bulls in the early 1990s. Can you give me the name of this Cartwright? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. The Wright brothers are famous for building the world's first successful airplane in December of 1903.The flight took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, but the brothers did most of their work in a different city. In what city did they do their work on the airplane, also now home to the National Aviation Hall of Fame? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This prolific musical artist began his career in 1970 and has released over 25 albums. More of a folk music artist than anything, he hit the pop chart once with a single titled "Dead Skunk". Who is this singer with the Wright in his name? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Ronald Lamont Wright was an American boxer in the decade of the 2000s, becoming the undisputed light-middleweight champion in 2004. Ronald Wright didn't go by Ronald; what was the nickname he had entering the ring? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Looking for an area less populated than the Massachusetts cities had become, this Wright headed north with a group of families and founded Wrightstown. Earning his wealth from farming and the timber industry, the towns are now considered to be the conceptions of both Ottawa and Gatineau, in Canada. Who is this Wright? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Michael Wright had a stage name he used in his rap group, along with his mates Big Bank Hank and Master Gee. Known as Wonder Mike, he was the first rapper people heard on the song "Rapper's Delight", typically agreed upon as the first hit rap song. Who were these pioneers of rap music? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. A Democratic U.S. Congressman from Texas, this Wright served 34 years in Congress, the last two as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He would resign this post in 1989 in the midst of several scandals. Who is this Wright? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Getting drafted by the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves in 2003, he would be traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005, and has been a staple of their pitching staff since then leading into the 2015 season. He has finished in the top three for the Cy Young Award three times, and has two World Series rings in his time with the Cardinals. Who is this pitcher with all the "Wright" stuff? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. This "Dreamweaver" of a Wright was a studio keyboardist for several years before taking his act and talent solo. He forwarded the movement for electronics being used more in popular music, and is also the first artist to have a Billboard Top Ten single that used electronic instruments exclusively. Who is this Wright that broke this electronic barrier in 1975? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. This actress got her big break playing Linda in the Danny Thomas family comedy "Make Room For Daddy". But her best known role came from playing Brigitta in the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music". She has a sister Veronica who was involved in the acting business equally as much as her. Who is this actress who makes our "Wright" list? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Will Wright is a computer game designer who is the original designer behind a 2000 video game franchise that has since sold over 175 million copies over four different editions through 2015. The franchise allowed people to stop living their own lives and conceive virtual lives in the computer game, playing those lives from birth to death. What is this game franchise Will Wright brought us? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. This singer/songwriter shot to fame in 1998 being named the Best New Artist by Rolling Stone magazine. He has won several JUNO Awards in his home country of Canada for his songwriting. Dabbling often in the opera genre, he has had his version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" featured on the "Shrek" movie soundtrack. Who is this musician? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Jeffrey Wright, an actor born in 1965, has had many hit films over his career, appearing in "Cadillac Records", "The Ides of March", and the "Hunger Games" franchise. But one of his most significant roles came early in his film career, playing what urban New York social commentator and artist, also the title of the movie? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Richard Wright was a rock keyboardist for nearly two decades with a band led by David Gilmour and Roger Waters. What was this band?

Answer: Pink Floyd

Richard Wright had an off-and-on period with Floyd in the 1980s when Waters and Gilmour were in a fierce legal battle over the name and essence of the band Pink Floyd. He contributed to their final 2014 album "The Endless River" in some capacities, but the album was not released till after his death in 2008.
2. Allen Wright, born Kilihote in the Choctaw nation, was born in Mississippi in 1826. He and his family moved west in 1833 to the area he would later name once it became a US state. What was the Choctaw word adopted as the state name?

Answer: Oklahoma

Oklahoma is the only state listed that is directly west of the state of Mississippi. Allen Wright was elected Principal Chief of the Choctaw tribe in 1886 and served four years.
3. This Cartwright spent sixteen years in the National Basketball League, winning three championship rings as a member of the Chicago Bulls in the early 1990s. Can you give me the name of this Cartwright?

Answer: Bill Cartwright

Standing 7'1" (2.16m), he was a top 5 draft pick in 1979 with the New York Knicks. He went to the Chicago Bulls in 1988, and was part of the first three-peat the Bulls put together in the 1990s. He retired soon after, and began a coaching career in professional basketball after that.
4. The Wright brothers are famous for building the world's first successful airplane in December of 1903.The flight took place at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, but the brothers did most of their work in a different city. In what city did they do their work on the airplane, also now home to the National Aviation Hall of Fame?

Answer: Dayton, Ohio

There is a friendly rivalry between the states of Ohio and North Carolina as to who really is responsible for the first flight taking place. The main reason that the Wright brothers took the airplane to North Carolina was to take advantage of the continual winds coming off of the Atlantic Ocean. That said, Dayton, Ohio was where the bulk of the work on their first airplane was done.

The Wright brothers would later develop a flying school; one of their students was Henry Arnold who became the first head of the US Air Force.
5. This prolific musical artist began his career in 1970 and has released over 25 albums. More of a folk music artist than anything, he hit the pop chart once with a single titled "Dead Skunk". Who is this singer with the Wright in his name?

Answer: Loudon Wainwright III

Loudon Wainwright III was the musical guest on the fifth episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. In addition to having a lengthy musical career, many of his children have also fancied a musical career, several of them with some success.
6. Ronald Lamont Wright was an American boxer in the decade of the 2000s, becoming the undisputed light-middleweight champion in 2004. Ronald Wright didn't go by Ronald; what was the nickname he had entering the ring?

Answer: Winky

Winky Wright was a family nickname given to him by his grandmother. Someone used it toward him during his first fight and the name stuck. Winky Wright moved up to middleweight and came close to the title belt but fought to a draw against Jermain Taylor.
7. Looking for an area less populated than the Massachusetts cities had become, this Wright headed north with a group of families and founded Wrightstown. Earning his wealth from farming and the timber industry, the towns are now considered to be the conceptions of both Ottawa and Gatineau, in Canada. Who is this Wright?

Answer: Philemon Wright

All the first names (Timothy, Titus, Jude) are epistles of the Bible written by minor prophets of the New Testament, but Philemon Wright is the gentleman in question. Ottawa and Gatineau form part of the National Capital Region of Canada along the Ontario and Quebec borders.

He was one of the first to develop a timber raft, allowing for timber to be sent downstream; this led to the timber trade along the Ottawa River.
8. Michael Wright had a stage name he used in his rap group, along with his mates Big Bank Hank and Master Gee. Known as Wonder Mike, he was the first rapper people heard on the song "Rapper's Delight", typically agreed upon as the first hit rap song. Who were these pioneers of rap music?

Answer: Sugar Hill Gang

Sugar Hill Gang released "Rapper's Delight" in 1979, and used Chic's "Good Times" as the backbeat music to rap to. It scraped into the top 40, but still was a huge feat as it was the first rap song to make the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. "I said a-hip, hop, the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop," is also the first hit song to feature the phrase "hip-hop", the phrase used to describe the genre of music today.
9. A Democratic U.S. Congressman from Texas, this Wright served 34 years in Congress, the last two as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He would resign this post in 1989 in the midst of several scandals. Who is this Wright?

Answer: Jim Wright

Jim (James) Wright rose to the position of Speaker of the House in 1987 under Ronald Reagan's presidency. Evidence pointed to his interfering with the prison sentence of one of his aides who was convicted of a heinous crime. The circumventing of maximum income limits of a congressman by hiring his wife at an exorbitant salary and using the revenue from his book sales to pay her was the last straw. Jim Wright's resignation started an extreme level of bi-partisanness in U.S. Congress.
10. Getting drafted by the Major League Baseball Atlanta Braves in 2003, he would be traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 2005, and has been a staple of their pitching staff since then leading into the 2015 season. He has finished in the top three for the Cy Young Award three times, and has two World Series rings in his time with the Cardinals. Who is this pitcher with all the "Wright" stuff?

Answer: Adam Wainwright

Adam Wainwright has a huge repertoire of pitches he can throw: fastball, nasty curveball, three types of cutter pitches, sinkerball, and two types of four seam fastball. This leaves batters in the dark as to what they are going to see each pitch at the plate.
11. This "Dreamweaver" of a Wright was a studio keyboardist for several years before taking his act and talent solo. He forwarded the movement for electronics being used more in popular music, and is also the first artist to have a Billboard Top Ten single that used electronic instruments exclusively. Who is this Wright that broke this electronic barrier in 1975?

Answer: Gary Wright

Gary Wright did studio work for top names like George Harrison, BB King and Harry Nilsson, before embarking on his solo work. His other big single in addition to "Dreamweaver" was "Love is Alive", from the same album "The Dream Weaver". He gained a resurgence in popularity after "Dreamweaver" was re-recorded and used in the movie "Wayne's World".
12. This actress got her big break playing Linda in the Danny Thomas family comedy "Make Room For Daddy". But her best known role came from playing Brigitta in the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music". She has a sister Veronica who was involved in the acting business equally as much as her. Who is this actress who makes our "Wright" list?

Answer: Angela Cartwright

Angela Cartwright is also known for her role as Penny Robinson on the 1960's comedy "Lost in Space". She played this show for three seasons. She also appeared on the movie version in 1998 in a cameo role as a news reporter.
13. Will Wright is a computer game designer who is the original designer behind a 2000 video game franchise that has since sold over 175 million copies over four different editions through 2015. The franchise allowed people to stop living their own lives and conceive virtual lives in the computer game, playing those lives from birth to death. What is this game franchise Will Wright brought us?

Answer: The Sims

"The Sims" held the Guimmess record for "All Time Highest Selling PC game" in 2008, having now been eclipsed by Minecraft. The collective sales of just "The Sims" through "The Sims 4" are over 22 million. That would certainly put a green diamond on top of Will Wright's head.
14. This singer/songwriter shot to fame in 1998 being named the Best New Artist by Rolling Stone magazine. He has won several JUNO Awards in his home country of Canada for his songwriting. Dabbling often in the opera genre, he has had his version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" featured on the "Shrek" movie soundtrack. Who is this musician?

Answer: Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright is actually the son of another singer on the quiz, Loudon Wainwright III. Rufus Wainwright had one of his songs, not usually recognized as one of Rufus' hits, chosen as the closing song on Jay Mohr's sports radio show, airing on Fox Sports Radio. That song is "Beautiful Child". Jay and Rufus have also done some interviewing, and Jay considers himself a big fan of Wainwright's.
15. Jeffrey Wright, an actor born in 1965, has had many hit films over his career, appearing in "Cadillac Records", "The Ides of March", and the "Hunger Games" franchise. But one of his most significant roles came early in his film career, playing what urban New York social commentator and artist, also the title of the movie?

Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat

All four were painters in the Neo-Expressionism movement. But Basquiat's life is one that lends its name to a movie script. Having worked with likes of Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol during his career as a musician and an artist, he threw himself wholly into his work. Sadly his life for living led to his demise and death from heroin addiction in 1988.

Jeffrey Wright poured his soul in auditioning for the role of Basquiat, and the subsequent performance in the movie. Wright also appeared in the HBO productions "Angels in America" and "Boardwalk Empire", and two of the Daniel Craig-helmed James Bond films.
Source: Author Spaudrey

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