U Is For Someone You May Know Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dr. No

Born in Switzerland in 1936, Andress played Honey Ryder in "Dr. No", the first official James Bond movie, which was released in 1962.
She made a second appearance opposite 007 in the unofficial "Casino Royale" in 1967.
The scene every Bond fan remembers was when Honey Ryder walked out of the sea on to an island where James Bond (played by Sean Connery) was hiding. She was surprised when he picked up on the song she had been singing.

Answer: U Utah Phillips

Bruce Duncan Phillips was born in Cleveland Ohio on May 15th 1935 and died in Nevada City, California Nevada City, California on May 23rd 2008. He had a varied career before the songs he wrote were popularised in the 1950s by Rosalie Sorrells. He had adopted the name U. Utah Phillips as a nod to the country singer T. Texas Tyler
Utah John Hurt was really Mississippi John Hurt; Utah Ernie Ford was Tennesse Ernie Ford and Utah Steve was properly Seasick Steve.

Answer: United Nations

Born in Burma in 1909 with the solitary name Thant, he was Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. The 'U' is the Burmese equivalent of "Mr".

Answer: Mexican-American War

Grant was a quartermaster at the start of the 1846-1848 conflict, but he turned himself into a cavalryman and served with distinction. He was recognised for his bravery. He also played a major part in leading the Northern States to victory over the Confederacy in the War Between the States, 1861-1865. He served as President from March 1869 to March 1877.

Answer: The Name of the Rose

Born in 1932, Eco published "The Name of the Rose" in 1980. It is a mystery set in a 14th century monastery. The novel was made into a movie in 1986.

Answer: Pulp Fiction

"Pulp Fiction", a violent crime movie, also starred John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth. It won a number of awards, mainly for the director Quentin Tarantino. Thurman also starred in the other movies mentioned.

Answer: Illusionist

Born in Tel Aviv in 1946, Geller billed himself as a psychic who could make things happen mystically. One of his main acts featured him "bending a spoon with the power of his mind". (My quotes to explain the act and to reflect the skepticism felt in scientific circles).

Answer: 100m sprint

On May 31, Bolt ran the 100m in a new world record time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in the Icahn Stadium in New York City.
The Jamaican won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and three at the Berlin World Championships the following year.

Answer: Weather presenter

Jonsson was born in Sweden in 1967 but moved to England when she was 12. In 1989 she started to present the weather on the morning TV station "TV-AM" A host of other show genres followed.

Answer: Till Death Us Do Part

Una Stubbs was born in England in 1937 and her big break came playing the daughter of arch bigot Alf Garnett in "Till Death Us Do Part" in seven seasons from 1965 to 1975.
The show inspired the US series "All in the Family", 1971 to 1979.
Stubbs also starred in numerous other British TV shows including "Worzel Gummidge" (1979-1981); and "The Worst Witch" (1998-2000).