FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 13 Quiz

Answer: carpet layer

Chaney was interested in acting, much to the chagrin of his father. At his insistence, Chaney trained as a carpet layer and wallpaper hanger. He worked at these jobs in between acting gigs.

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Answer: Nat King Cole

"The Nat King Cole Show" (1957) lasted one year on television. It was lacking sponsorship. Nat stated it was because "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark". Nat was a three pack a day smoker. He died of lung cancer, at the age of 45, on February 15, 1965.

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Answer: George Burns

George Burns did not believe in retiring, and he worked up until shortly before his death in 1996 at the age of 100. His health had gone downhill after a bathtub fall in 1994, and he had to cancel his planned 100th birthday performance at the London Palladium.

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Answer: Ben Kingsley

Like Barack Obama, Ben Kingsley was born to a white mother and Kenyan father. Ben's father was of Indian Muslim descent.

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Answer: Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was born on December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois. He became known for his stand-up comedy acts. He wrote scripts for the "Sanford and Son" and the "Flip Wilson" comedy shows. He also starred in the films, "Blue Collar" (1978) and "Superman III" (1983).

After his death, he was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of recording.

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Answer: Kitchen Confidential

"Kitchen Confidential", published in 2000, shot Bourdain to stardom with its unfiltered look at back of the house life in the restaurant industry. He'd previously published his first two novels to little acclaim.

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Answer: "Fatty" Arbuckle

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (1887-1933) was a talented actor and director. A kingmaker in Hollywood, he helped Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. A young actress whom Fatty Arbuckle had invited to a party in a hotel fell ill and died four days later.

He was charged with rape and manslaughter but was freed of all charges after some heavily publicized trials. His career was nonetheless virtually over after that. Dashiell Hammett went on to create Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles in his hard-boiled novels.

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Answer: Bob Hope

Comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London. In 1919 at the age of sixteen he had four boxing bouts with a record of three wins and one loss.
Boxing didn't seem to suit him and in his early twenties, decided on a career in show business beginning with dancing lessons.

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Answer: Eric Morecambe

Eric Morecambe (1926-1984) was the "tall one with glasses" - half of that magnificent pair of funny men, Morecambe and Wise. Sid James, star of many "Carry On" films, died on stage in 1976. Tommy Cooper, magician and comedian, died on stage in 1984 and Dick Shawn, American actor/comedian died on stage in 1987.

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Answer: Pierce Brendan Brosnan

"GoldenEye" (1995), "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), and "Die Another Day" (2002) are all movies starring Pierce Brisbane as James Bond. He was born 16 May 1953, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. He also lends his voice to computer games of the same titles.

In 2004 he added to his Irish citizenship a second citizenship in the USA.

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