What's My Name? Part 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Anouk Aimee

Anouk Aimee was a very busy French actress who appeared in 70 films between 1947 and 2019. She started young, beginning her career at the age of fourteen, making her debut in the role of Anouk in "La Maison sous la mer" (The House Under the Sea, 1946). It was while playing this character that she decided to essentially inherit its first name.

Answer: The Big Bopper

Richardson was a musician, known for "Chantilly Lace", as well as a DJ who also spent time in the military. He was tragically killed in an airplane accident in 1959, passing away at the extremely young age of 29. As for his name, he was said to have seen a group of college kids doing a dance called 'The Bop', and this was his inspiration behind naming an early career radio show, whereupon he then assumed the name moving forward.

Answer: Kate Capshaw

Capshaw, both a lauded actress and a talented painter, starred in numerous movies, arguably the most notable being the role of Willie Scott in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." She would later go on to marry the man who directed that movie and so many others, Steven Spielberg.

Her most recent acting role came in 2001, whereupon she kicked off a period of time spent painting professionally. As for her name, Capshaw originally married Robert Capshaw and had a daughter with him before they divorced.

She kept the Capshaw name as a stage name.

Answer: Vic Damone

Damone was both a singer and an actor, born in 1918. His most known hits as a singer were "You're Breaking My Heart", "On The Street Where You Live", and "I Have But One Heart." While he found the most success as a singer, he gained some traction as an actor later in his career.

In the 1960s, Damone made appearances on "The Rebel," "The Dick van Dyke Show", and "The Lively Ones." As for his name, Damone adopted it off of his mother's maiden name, changing his name from Vito to Vic off of simple personal preference.

Answer: Mitzi Gaynor

Gaynor ended up leading quite the active career, which spanned from 1948 until 2021. Her earliest works involve acting in "We're not Married!", "There's No Business Like Show Business", "The Birds and the Bees", and more. Known as Mitzi as a child, she got her stage name from 21st Century Fox, who was said to have opted to alter her last name to honor the great Janet Gaynor.

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Goldberg would go on to be a multi-faceted celebrity across numerous forms of media, with her career beginning in 1983. Her career really kicked off acting in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple". Goldberg has won numerous awards in her career, including an Oscar.

She has stated she drew inspiration for the name 'Whoopi' from the whoopee cushion, "When you're performing on stage, you never really have time to go into the bathroom and close the door. So if you get a little gassy, you've got to let it go. So people used to say to me, 'You're like a whoopee cushion.' And that's where the name came from." Her mother suggested adding Goldberg rather than Cushion as a last name because it sounded more professional.

Answer: Charlton Heston

Heston was known not just for his acting, but also his worldview and general social practices. For the former, Heston took home an Academy Award, was nominated for three Golden Globes and three Primetime Emmy Awards. For the latter, Heston loudly denounced racism during his career and actively supported the civil rights movement.

He would later go on to become a five-time elected president of the National Rifle Association before his retirement in 2003. As for his name, Heston took on his mother's maiden name after his parents divorced when he was ten years old.

Answer: Billie Holiday

Holiday also carried the nickname "Lady Day." After being the unfortunate victim of sexual assault at the young age of 12, Holiday went on to experience mainstream success with multiple labels, endure a brief prison sentence, and then perform for a sell out crowd at Carnegie Hall.

She would also posthumously earn four Grammy Awards, as she passed of heart failure in 1958 at the tragically young age of 44 years. Her stage name is an amalgamation of Billie Dove, an actress she admired growing up, and her father Clarence Halliday, the latter going by 'Holiday' for his stage name which was seamlessly adopted.

Answer: Billy Idol

Idol's kick start came in the 1970s, as the lead singer of a band "Generation X." After this, Idol took his talents solo, working with the guitarist Steve Stevens. In particular, Idol's album "Rebel Yell" received a certified double platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America.

The stage name was crafted after Idol had a science teacher in high school label him as "idle" in class; Idol affectionately proclaimed that he deliberately did not try in said class.

Answer: Rick James

James was a singer, songwriter, and record producer. His career got off to somewhat of a rocky start, as it was interrupted when James joined the US Naval Reserve in 1964 to avoid getting drafted. Afterward, he moved to Canada, formed the band "The Mynah Birds", and then served time in prison due to desertion charges stemming from his time in the military.

He would go on to earn a Grammy, then spend more time in prison off the heels of kidnapping and assaulting two women. His eventual death came in 2004 at the age of 56.

Originally, he wanted to go by the name 'Ricky James Matthews' to evade the law. He was later advised by his idol, Stevie Wonder, to change it to Rick James in order to shorten it.