Those Fabulous, Famous Flemings Quiz

Answer: Movie

Victor Fleming directed many films from 1916 to 1948. His most well-known include "Gone with the Wind" (1939), for which he won an Oscar for Best Director, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), and "Captains Courageous" (1937). Before his film career took off, he was a photographer in WWI.

Answer: Ice Skating

Fleming won the 1968 Olympic gold medal for figure skating, where she danced to music by Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens. She was inducted into the U.S. and World Figure Skating Halls of Fame in 1976.

Answer: The Phantom Tollbooth

"The Phantom Tollbooth" is a 1961 children's book by Norton Juster. Ian Fleming wrote the "James Bond" novels, of which "You Only Live Twice" is one, and the children's book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", which was made into a movie in 1968. "Thrilling Cities" is a travelogue Fleming wrote about various cities he visited, like Hong Kong, Chicago, Berlin, and Vienna (published in November 1963).

Answer: Opera

Renee Fleming is a soprano who has played such roles as Manon, Armida, the Marschallin, Tatyana, Mimi, Salome, and Violetta. She also originated roles in "The Ghosts of Versailles" and "The Hours". She has recorded vocals for movies, including "The Return of the King" (2003), "The Shape of Water" (2017), and "Rise of the Guardians" (2012).

Answer: He would have robbed you as a highwayman.

Highwaymen were robbers who set upon travelers in the 17th through 19th centuries. Fleming was part of a gang in Ireland and killed some of those he robbed. He robbed churchmen, mutilated a nobleman who resisted him, and threatened to "make a pie" of a four-year-old if he didn't get a ransom.

He was hanged for his crimes in Dublin in 1650. He was famous enough to have a poem written about him, "The Ballad of Patrick Flemming" (circa 1810, author unknown).

Answer: Guy Fawkes

Thomas Fleming was the judge in Fawkes' trial over the Gunpowder Plot. In another case, the Case of Impositions, he ruled that the monarch had absolute power to levy taxes, which caused tensions between Charles I and Parliament later. He was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1607 to his death in 1613.

Answer: Children

Candace Fleming writes fiction and nonfiction for children. She has written about honeybees, polar bears, and historical personages such as Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, P.T. Barnum, and Abraham Lincoln. While the majority of her books are for children, she has written a few true crime books, such as "Murder Among Friends" (2022) about Leopold and Loeb, and "The Family Romanov" (2014) about the murders of the Russian Imperial family.

Answer: Removable ornaments on flatware

Nora runs the company with her brother Jon. She started it in the mid-2000s as a way to combine simple dishes with seasonal decorations. The flatware, like plates and butter dishes, have designs to accompany any color scheme, and a small hole in which an ornament can be inserted to fit any occasion. Designs include books, snowmen, martini glasses, robin eggs, palm trees, stars, haunted houses, and shamrocks.

Answer: Time zones

Sandford Fleming was a Canadian engineer who lived from 1827 to 1915. He promoted the use of the 24-hour clock and dividing the world into 24 times zones to make the railways run more smoothly (prior to time zones, every stop on a train journey had its own local time).

Answer: Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming made many films in the 1940s through 1960s. She guest-starred in many television shows, including "The Red Sketon Show", "Wagon Train", "The Love Boat", and Kung Fu", and also performed on stage. Fleming aided many charities and lived to age 97, dying in October 2020.