Born on January 1st Trivia Quiz

Answer: Country Joe McDonald

Joseph Allen McDonald (January 1, 1942) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s rock group Country Joe and the Fish. His nickname is 'Country Joe'. The group's best-known song is his "The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag", a song against the Vietnam War. The chorus ("One, two three, what are we fighting for?") is well known to the many 'Fish' fans. "The Fish Cheer" which was a cheerleader-style call and response with the audience where Joe spelled out "f-i-s-h" ("Give me an F!"). This was eventually changed to another word beginning with 'F'.

James Marshall Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was a considerable influence on rock music. Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival.

Grace Slick (October 30, 1939) was the lead singer of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and as a solo artist, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. Slick was an important figure in the 1960s psychedelic rock genre, and a lovely lady.

Arlo Davy Guthrie (July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. His father was Woody Guthrie, also a folk singer. Arlo's most famous song is "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree".

All three appeared at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival (August 15 to August 18, 1969) in Bethel, New York, USA. Bethel is about forty three miles from Woodstock.

Answer: Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 - May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953-1965 and 1969-1985) and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election, losing to Lyndon Johnson (August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973).

Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s.

For the bumper sticker, his name was broken into it's component parts...Gold and Water, then the scientific notations of Au and H20 were used.

Walter Frederick Mondale (January 5, 1928) was the Vice President of the United States (1977-1981) under President Jimmy Carter.

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006) was the thirty-eighth President of the United States. He became President when Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Ford had been appointed Vice-President on December 6, 1973 when Spiro Agnew resigned the position. Ford was the only President who NEVER won a national election.

Answer: Sissy Spacek

Mary Elizabeth 'Sissy' Spacek was born December 25, 1949.

Frank Langella was born January 1, 1940. He won three Tony Awards on Broadway, most recently as Best Leading Actor in a Play as Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon" (2007). On Broadway he is perhaps best known as the lead in the production of "Bram Stoker's Dracula". On screen he may be seen in "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970), "Dracula" (1979), "Dave" (1993), "Eddie" (1996) and most recently in "Frost/Nixon" (2008).

Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891-November 9, 1967) was an man best remembered as a supporting actor. He received three Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor, for "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947), and "Johnny Belinda" (1948). Other films included, "Anna Christie" (1930), "The Plainsman" (1936), "Mr. Lucky" (1943), "Jim Thorpe -- All-American" (1951) and "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962).

Diminutive Verne Troyer was born January 1, 1969. He is known for his height of 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m). Troyer, as an actor, is known for playing 'Mini-Me' in the second and third "Austin Powers" movies.

Answer: John Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover, known as J. Edgar,(January 1, 1895 - May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was first appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924. J. Edgar was a spearhead in founding the FBI in 1935. He remained director until his death in 1972. Hoover built the organization into a large anti-crime agency. One of his biggest influences was starting a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.

Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 - May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent. He is famous for enforcing Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed 'The Untouchables'. Ness' team was the basis for a popular television series. His main target was Al Capone.

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) was an 'Old West' officer of the law in many western US towns. He is best known as a participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, along with two of his brothers, Virgil and Morgan and Doc Holliday. Wyatt Earp has been the subject of various movies and TV shows.

Gunther Toody is a fictional character from the TV series "Car 54, Where Are You?" The series ran from 1961 to 1963.

Answer: Salinger

Jerome David 'J. D.' Salinger (January 1, 1919) is the author of the 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye". Salinger has not published a new book since 1965 and has not been interviewed since 1980.

Answer: Caesar Rodney

Caesar Rodney (October 7 1728 - June 26 1784 ) was an American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware.

Elizabeth Griscom was known as 'Betsy Ross' (January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836). She was an American woman reputed to have sewn the first American flag. Recent research into her history shows that parts of her life may be conjecture.

Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796) was a United States Army general during the American Revolutionary War. His exploits and personality quickly made him a brigadier general and earned him the nickname 'Mad Anthony'.

Paul Revere (January 1, 1735 - May 10, 1818) was a silversmith who became a patriot in the American Revolution. His most patriotic role was as a night-time messenger on horseback. His famous Ride was on the night of April 18 and April 19, 1775 He rode from Boston to Lexington was to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the British Army. Revere's ride was immortalized by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride".

To my UK friends...sorry for the Revolution question.

Answer: Ernest R. Tidyman

Ernest Tidyman (January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984) was an author and screenwriter. His screenplay for "The French Connection" (1971) earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He wrote the novel and screenplay for "Shaft" (1971).

Frank Morrison 'Mickey' Spillane (March 9, 1918-July 17, 2006) was an American author of crime novels His most famous character was Mike Hammer. Almost 250 million copies of his books have sold worldwide.

Darryl Brock (information unavailable) has written several books. They include "If I Never Get Back", "Havana Heat" and "Two in the Field".

Douglas Noel Adams (March 22, 1952 - May 11, 2001) was author best known for his five book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 'trilogy'.

Answer: False

Clive Campbell (April 16, 1955) best known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc or Kool DJ Herc. He is thought by many to be the originator of hip-hop music.

Joseph Saddler was born January 1, 1958. Saddler is better known as Grandmaster Flash. He is an American hip-hop DJ. Both Kool Herc and he are considered the the pioneers of hip-hop DJ'ing and mixing. Grandmaster Flash, in 2007 became the first hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Answer: Carmen Miranda

Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 - October 27, 1990) was a Latin-American band leader, born in Spain and raised in Havana, Cuba. His many recordings made him a forerunner of Latin music in United States.

He was married to Carmen Castillo (1929-1944). Lorraine Allen (1947-52) followed by singer Abbe Lane (1952-64) and finally to salsa dancer Maria del Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza Rasten (1966-78),known as 'Charo'(March 13, 1951).

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (February 9, 1909 - August 5, 1955) was better known by the name Carmen Miranda. She was a samba singer and actress most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was once the highest paid entertainer in Hollywood and the highest paid woman in the United States. She was best-known for her appearances in Hollywood musicals often wearing an enormous hat with assorted fruit on top.

Answer: Dana Andrews

Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 - December 17, 1992) was born in Collins, Covington County, Mississippi. His younger brother is actor Steve Forrest.


Andrews first film was "The Westerner" (1940), starring Gary Cooper. He is perhaps best remembered for "Laura" (1944) also starring Gene Tierney and "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). Bouts of alcoholism had almost cost Andrew his life and his problems caused him to become a supporting and character actor. In 1972, after four years of sober, he became one of the first celebrities to appear in public service announcements for Alcoholics Anonymous.