A Follows B, B Follows C - Name Game Quiz

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

"I Like Ike" was the Presidential campaign slogan that helped Dwight D. Eisenhower get elected. He served two terms as the Commander in Chief from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he led the Allied Expeditionary Force and was a five-star general in the United States Army.

Answer: Jason Kidd

The accolades for Jason Kidd go deep in National Basketball Association history. He was named to nine All-NBA defensive teams, was a ten time NBA all-star, won two gold medals with the U.S. Olympic team, and won an NBA championship in 2011. He was the second pick in the NBA draft in 1994 after a stellar career as a member of the University of California Berkeley team.

He was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame twice, once as a player (2018) and once as a member of the Olympic Redeem Team in 2025.

Answer: Goldie Hawn

Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born in 1945 in Washington D.C. The blonde actress got her big break on the NBC sketch comedy show, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". Goldie won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Toni Simmons in the 1969 film, "Cactus Flower".

She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1980 comedy, "Private Benjamin", where she played the lead role of a woman who impulsively enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Answer: Vera Wang

Vera Ellen Wang was born in New York City in 1949. She is best known for her wedding dresses that have even been worn by the rich and famous, including Mariah Carey and Victoria Beckham. Vera got her big break working for "Vogue" at the age of 23, and stayed with the magazine for sixteen years. She also worked with Ralph Lauren. In 1990, Vera Wang opened her bridal gown boutique.

Answer: Aaron Burr

Thomas Jefferson's Vice President was Aaron Burr. He attended the University of New Jersey, which later became Princeton University, at the age of thirteen. Burr is famous for almost beating Jefferson in the Presidential election in 1800. In 1804, Burr lost an election to become governor of New York and ended up in a deadly duel with Alexander Hamilton. Burr gunned down Hamilton on July 11, 1804.

Answer: Kelly LeBrock

In a famous commercial from the 1980's, actress and model Kelly LeBrock proclaimed, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful", in an ad for Pantene's shampoo and conditioner. The actress is best known for playing the role of Lisa, a computer generated woman, in the 1985 comedy "Weird Science". LeBrock also starred in the 1984 film "The Woman In Red" with actor Gene Wilder.

Answer: Robert Smith

Robert Smith was born in 1959 in Blackpool, England. In 2019, Robert was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his band mates in the Goth rock band, The Cure. The highly influential band was known for their moody songs, sensitive lyrics, and incredible guitar solos. Robert's look changed with the times and by the late 1980s, he was sporting wild hair and bright red lipstick.

The Cure's catalog of hits include "Friday I'm In Love", "Pictures Of You", "A Forest", and "Just Like Heaven".

Answer: Billy Corgan

William Patrick Corgan Jr. is better known as Billy Corgan. He is the only consistent member that has been with the alternative grunge rock band, The Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan is the leader of the group, primary songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist in the group known for hits like "Today" and "1979". Corgan has sported a distinctive goth look and a shaved head on stage.

He's been in side bands including Zwan and Spirits In The Sky. With Zwan, they released and toured with new music between 2001 and 2003.

Answer: Mike Nichols

For the sake of this quiz, his name is Mike Nichols but his birth name was Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky. Nichols had won an Academy Award for Best Director in 1968 for "The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman. He was nominated five times for the Best Director Oscar. Nichols is a prestigious member of the EGOT award family.

He won a Grammy for Best Comedy album in 1962 and took home multiple Tony Awards for shows including "Barefoot In The Park" and "Death Of A Salesman". His Emmy Award included a win for Outstanding Directing In A Mini-series or Movie for "Angels in America".

Answer: Frank Gehry

One of the legendary architects of the 20th Century, Frank Gehry, was born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in 1929 in Toronto, Canada. His work pushed the creative boundaries of architecture and he would experiment with titanium and stainless steel in his works.

He's best known for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain with its unique sectioned design. Gehry also created the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris that looks like a glass sailing ship. "Vanity Fair" described Gehry as the "most important architect of our age".