Born on April 25th Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alfonso VIII of Castile

Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 - October 5, 1214) was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death. He led a coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Muslim, Almohad dynasty. This event marked the arrival of Christianity as the dominant religion on the Iberian peninsula.

Louis IX (April 25, 1214 - August 25, 1270) (aka, Saint Louis), was King of France from 1226 to his death. He is the only sainted King of France and consequently there are many places named after him, such as St. Louis, Missouri in the United States. He established the Parliament of Paris.

Conrad IV (April 25, 1228 - May 21, 1254) was King of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) (1228-1254), of Germany (1237-1254), and of Sicily (as Conrad I) (1250-1254).

Edward II, (April 25, 1284 - September 21, 1327?) was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in 1327. He ignored the nobility, creating constant political unrest and his eventual deposition. Edward is possibly best remembered for his alleged homosexuality as well as being the first King to establish colleges in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Answer: Steve Carlton

Brad Clontz was born in 1971. He was a right handed pitcher who won twenty-two games and lost eight in a five year career. Clontz played for the Atlanta Braves (1995-1997), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998), the New York Mets (1998) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1999-2000).

Jones an outfielder, was born in 1975. In his Major League career he has played with the Minnesota Twins (1999-2005), the Chicago Cubs (2006-2007), the Detroit Tigers (2008) and the Florida Marlins (2008).

Pitcher Darren Holmes was born April 25, 1966. He pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1990), Milwaukee Brewers (1991-1992), Colorado Rockies (1993-1997), New York Yankees (1998), Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2000), St. Louis Cardinals (2000), Baltimore Orioles (2000) and Atlanta Braves (2002-2003). In 557 games he won 35 and lost 33 with 59 saves.

Hall of Fame pitcher, Left-handed Steve Carlton was born on December 22, 1944. During his illustrious career he won 329 games and losing 244. He amassed 4,136 strikeouts. Carlton played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1965-1971), the Philadelphia Phillies (1972-1986), the San Francisco Giants (1986), the Chicago White Sox (1986), the Cleveland Indians (1987) and the Minnesota Twins (1987-1988).

Answer: Hank Azaria

Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film and television actor, director, comedian and voice artist. He is the voice of Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in the animated series "The Simpsons".

He has appeared in "The Birdcage"(1996), "Godzilla"(1998) and "Along Came Polly"(2003). He has won four Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Julie Kavner (September 7, 1950)
Dan Castellaneta (October 29, 1957)
Yeardley Smith (July 3, 1964)

Answer: False

Jason Lee, born April 20, 1970 was a professional skateboarder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Notable tricks performed by Lee included: 360 flips and kick-flip backside tail-slides. Jason is credited with being the first to have a novel style, and is still known today as one of the greatest performers of the 360 flip.

Jason's first acting role was a small part in "Mi Vida Loca". He left skating for a full-time acting career. His first major movie role was in Kevin Smith's "Mallrats" (1995) which became a cult hit. He has also been in Smith's movies; "Chasing Amy" (1997), "Dogma" (1999), "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" (2001), "Jersey Girl" (2004), and "Clerks II" (2006). He stars in the TV situation comedy "My Name is Earl", which began in 2005.

Answer: Al Pacino and Talia Shire

Al Pacino was born in 1940 and Talia Shire was born in 1946.

Pacino played Michael Corleone in the "The Godfather trilogy" (1972, 1974 and 1990). He was also in "Scarface" (1983), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) and "Serpico"(1973). He won The Academy Award for the role of Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in "Scent of a Woman" in 1992 after being nominated seven times previously.

Talia Shire was born Talia Rose Coppola. Shire is the sister of director and producer Francis Ford Coppola, the aunt of actor Nicolas Cage and director Sofia Coppola, and the niece of composer and conductor Anton Coppola. She became known for playing Connie Corleone in "The Godfather" and its sequels. She is best known for the role of Adrian Pennino in the "Rocky" movies. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "The Godfather: Part II" (1974) and for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Rocky" (1976).

Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 - July 1, 2004), Al Martino (October 7, 1927), Robert De Niro (August 17, 1943), Diane Keaton (January 5, 1946), Robert Duvall (January 5, 1931), James Caan (March 26, 1940).

Answer: Renee Zellweger

Renee Kathleen Zellweger was born April 25, 1969. She married Country singer Kenny Chesney in 2005, the marriage was annulled. She appeared in "Empire Records"(1995), "Jerry Maguire" (1996), "Nurse Betty" and "Me Myself and Irene" in 2001. 2001 brought her her most well-known role in "Bridget Jones's Diary" and the sequel "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (2004).


Maria Ouspenskaya (July 29, 1876 - December 3, 1949)
Katharine Hepburn (May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003)
Bo Derek (November 20, 1956)

Answer: Meadowlark Lemon

George "Meadowlark" Lemon was born April 25, 1932 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Lemon was known, for 22 years, as the "Clown Prince" of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.

With the Globetrotters he played in 94 countries...before diplomats, royalty, celebrities, and millions of adoring fans. Over his career he played in more than 16,000 games for the Globetrotters.

He began with the Globetrotters in 1955. In 1980, he left the 'Trotters' to form a Globetrotters imitator, the Bucketeers, who he played with until 1983. Lemon also played with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987, then Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All Stars team, for which he plays currently. Lemon rejoined the Globetrotters, for 50 games with them in 1994. In 2003, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Max Patkin (January 10, 1920 - October 30, 1999) was known as the 'Clown Prince of Baseball.'

Charles Barkley (February 20, 1963) and Darryl Dawkins (January 11, 1957) were both funny men who played for the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers of the National Basketball Association.

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi was born on April 25, 1874 and died July 20, 1937. He was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system. His invention was so popular that it served as the basis for many affiliated companies worldwide. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun, for their contributions to the development of radio.

Michael Faraday (September 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867)
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) (CLOSE)

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996) was known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song." She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

She had a vocal range of three octaves and was known for her purity of tone, phrasing and intonation. She had a recording career that lasted 57 years, winning thirteen Grammy Awards. Ella was awarded the National Medal of Art by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942)
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970)
Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 - July 2, 2007)

Answer: Gladys

Gladys Love Smith (April 25, 1912 - August 14, 1958) and Vernon Elvis Presley (April 10, 1916-June 26, 1979) were married on June 17, 1933. Elvis Aaron (or Aron) Presley (January 8, 1935-August 16, 1977) was born at 4:35 AM in Tupelo, Mississippi. He had a twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley who was stillborn.

His mother, Gladys Love Presley, worked as a sewing machine operator. Elvis grew up as an only child and it was said that he was unusually close to his mother. As Presley gained fame, his mother drank heavily and began to gain weight. In 1958, Gladys' doctors diagnosed hepatitis and her condition began to worsen. Elvis was granted emergency leave from the US Army to visit. He arrived in Memphis, Tennessee on August 12. Two days later, Gladys Presley died of heart failure.

Answer: Lord Protector

Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599 - September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader perhaps best known for his involvement in making England into a Commonwealth. He was a commander of the New Model Army which defeated the Royalists in the English Civil War. Following the execution of King Charles I in 1649, Cromwell dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England, conquered Ireland and Scotland, and ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death. When the Royalists returned to power in 1660, Cromwell's corpse was dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded.

Cromwell is a very controversial figure in the history of the British Isles, a dictator to some and a hero to others. In England he was named one of the Top 10 Britons of all time in a 2002 BBC poll. In Ireland itself he is widely hated, for his near-genocidal treatment of Irish Catholics.

Answer: False

Moisant was an early pioneer aviator. He took part in flying races and on August 23, 1910, he flew, with his mechanic and his cat over the Channel. He died during a race on December 31, 1910.

Answer: Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky was born April 25, 1930 as Irwin Mazursky.

He began acting in "Fear and Desire"(1953) and "The Blackboard Jungle"(1955). He has more recently been in "History of the World Part I" (1981), "Carlito's Way" (1993) and "Crazy in Alabama" (1999).

The first film Mazursky directed was "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice"(1969). He also directed; "Harry and Tonto" (1974), "An Unmarried Woman" (1978), "Willie and Phil" (1980), "Moscow on the Hudson" (1984), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986) and "Moon Over Parador" (1988).

Woody Allen (December 1, 1935)
Clint Eastwood (May 31, 1930)
George Lucas (May 14, 1944)

Answer: William J. Brennan Jr.

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. (April 25, 1906 - July 24, 1997) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was known for his liberal views. Brennan was opposed to the death penalty and supportive of abortion rights. He was one of the more influential members of the Court during his tenure. Brennan was named to the Supreme Court by Dwight Eisenhower in 1956. He filled the seat until his retirement on July 20, 1990 for health reasons.

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993)
David Souter (September 17, 1939)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933)

Answer: DeAngelo Williams

Williams was born in 1983 and is an American football running back in the NFL who plays for the Carolina Panthers. He attended the University of Memphis and was drafted 27th overall by the Carolina Panthers in the 2006 NFL Draft.


Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (July 9, 1947)
Brian Westbrook (September 2, 1979)
D'Brickashaw Ferguson (December 10, 1983)