Mixed Famous People Trivia

31. Colonel Gaddafi, the leader of the country of Libya, never went anywhere without being accompanied by a bodyguard of forty experts trained in martial arts and the use of firearms. What was unusual about these bodyguards?

From Quiz Quirks of the Rich and Famous

Answer: They were women

If Gaddafi never had any other controversies associated with his name, this one alone would stand out like a neon light. The squad of women are known as the "Amazonian Guard". All of the women who made it to this honoured position were hand picked by Gaddafi himself. Oh, and he insisted they all had to be virgins as well! One isn't quite sure how this fact could have contributed to his personal safety, but coupled with the fact that he also had several wives, perhaps he needed protection from them as well.

From Quiz We're Number Two!

Answer: Alexander Stephens

A former U.S. representative from Georgia, Stephens later became that state's governor. He died at the age of 71 in 1883. Stephens' portrait can also be found on a Confederate States of America $20 bill.

From Quiz Ballpark Figures

Answer: Elvis Presley

Elvis's income ballooned to $60 million in 2010, some $5 million more than the previous year. Enough to earn him second place in the 2010 Forbes List of top dead money earners. Much of this is due to Graceland admissions and the Elvis Presley Cirque du Soleil spectacular in Las Vegas. His 75th birthday celebrations also added to the earnings, aided by merchandise deals.

From Quiz Other Names of Famous Duos

Answer: Paul and Arthur

Their most famous songs included "Sounds of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson."

From Quiz 100 World Famous Folks: 80-71

Answer: Jonas Salk

After working for years on finding the vaccine for polio, Salk became even more avid when his daughter came down with the disease. The last few years of his life, he worked on finding a cure for AIDS. Salk passed away in 1995 at the age of 80.

From Quiz 100 World Famous Folks: 90-81

Answer: Hideki Tojo

Tojo was the 40th Prime Minister of Japan. He was born in Tokyo in 1884. In 1933, he was promoted to Major General in the Japanese Army rising to become Army Minister in 1941.

From Quiz 100 World Famous Folks: 100-91

Answer: Winston Churchill

He lost the election in 1945 to Clement Attlee and he therefore became the Leader of the Opposition. He finally retired in 1955, after being successfully re-elected in 1951. When he died he was honored with a state funeral.

From Quiz The Mental Health of Beautiful Minds

Answer: Winston Churchill

Churchill suffered from thunderous bad moods or what his family called the 'Black Dog'. Depressed after losing power in the 1945 general election, he threw himself into his War Memoirs. He won the 1953 Nobel Literature Prize for 'his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values'. He even used his speech impediment to dramatic effect - his inability to pronounce the letter 's' properly, in his references to the 'Narzis'.

From Quiz The Bearded Bunch

Answer: Lincoln & abraham lincoln & abe lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States. The Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation are two of his notable achievements. The Gettysburg Address (1863) is one of the most quoted speeches in the history of the US. The Emancipation Proclamation, also in 1863, declared freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States and was the goal (along with restoration of the Union) of the American Civil War.

From Quiz Strange Sides of Famous People

Answer: Marie Curie

After Madam Curie was widowed, she began an infamous affair with the then married Paul Langevin, a fellow scientist. The French newspaper "Le Journal de Paris" ran a headline reading "A Story of Love, Mme. Curie and Professor Langevin" in November 1911. Many of Curie's colleagues thought that she was awarded a second Nobel Prize out of sympathy for her being hated by the French public rather than scientific achievement. For more information, see the website http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rich/mariecurie.htm.

From Quiz Famous Short People

Answer: Dolly Parton

The amusement park Dollywood, founded in 1986, is in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 35 miles south of Knoxville. The daughter of a tobacco farmer and one of 12 children, Dolly began appearing at the Grand Ole Opry at age 13. She got her first ticket to stardom through Porter Wagoner, whom she sang duets with for 7 years before going solo. She has appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, and has won 5 Grammys. This dynamic lady stands exactly 5 feet tall. Hey, at least she's tall enough to ride the rides :)

From Quiz Famous Personality Tidbits

Answer: John Wayne

I guess John Wayne sounded more macho.

From Quiz Famous People in History

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII.

From Quiz Descriptions of Famous People

Answer: Patton

The real George C Scott was apparently a real pistol.

From Quiz A Smorgasbord of Famous People

Answer: Calamity Jane

From Quiz Personal Ads of the Famous

Answer: Othello

He is Othello, the main character in Shakespeare's "Othello", who murdered his new bride because of false rumoUrs that she was cheating on him. Othello is fictional by the way.

From Quiz People Who Were Honoured With a Smooth Landing

Answer: Macedonia

Born in Stagira (now part of the Greek province of Central Macedonia) in 384 BC, Aristotle is known for its large body of work (of which about one-third has survived), as well as for his huge influence on medieval thought and scholarship. In the early Middle Ages, his influence extended to the Islamic world, where he was deeply admired. A disciple of Plato, Aristotle was the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy. He wrote about a wide range of subjects besides philosophy: for this reason, he has been called the father of disciplines such as meteorology, zoology, biology, psychology, logic, and political science. In 343 BC, Aristotle was invited by Philip II of Macedonia to tutor his son, the future Alexander the Great. During his time at the Macedonian court, Aristotle was appointed head of the royal academy, and tutored two other future kings, Ptolemy (Cleopatra's ancestor) and Cassander. He died in 322 BC at his mother's family estate on the island of Euboea. Aristotelis Airport, or Kastoria National Airport, is located in the regional unit of Kastoria, near the historic lakeside city of the same name, in the Greek region of Western Macedonia. It is a small airport served by a single airline that flies to Athens about twice a day. LadyNym of Phoenix Rising's Red Crew tackled this question with a philosophical attitude.

From Quiz To Reach Out

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

During the last two decades of his life Carnegie gave over 90% of his wealth to help fund libraries, improve educational opportunities, and further science. The quote used in the question appeared in his article, "The Gospel of Wealth", that was published in 1889 in the "North American Review" magazine.

From Quiz Love Times Two

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Jackson married Rachel Donelson in 1791, following her divorce from Lewis Robards. When it became apparent that Robards had not secured the divorce, her marriage to Jackson was declared null due to it technically being bigamy. The couple remarried, legally this time, in 1794, and remained together until her death in 1828. Tragically, Rachel never got to be First Lady, as she died of a heart attack days after her husband's election and before his inauguration. Her role as First Lady was fulfilled by her niece, Emily Donelson.

From Quiz Ten Great Conquerors in the History of the World

Answer: Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was a prince of Macedonia and was tutored by Aristotle. By the age of 22, he conquered Greece and started his campaign in Asia Minor. In Syria he defeated Darius III and gained control of the entire Mediterranean coast. His campaign went as far as India. At the age of 33, he caught a fever in the midst of his campaign. He returned to Babylon, where he died. His empire stretched from Greece to northern India.

From Quiz Chance Encounters

Answer: His mistress

In 1932 Wallace Simpson and her second husband, Ernest, were invited to a hunting weekend at the home of Lady Thelma Furness. Prince Edward was the presumptive heir to the throne; a man born to be king. Thelma Furness was his lover. She introduced him to Wallis Simpson and he was said to be enchanted by her irreverence and vitality. Edward was born in June 1894. He was the first child of King George V and Queen Mary and therefor destined to be king in his own time. He was Prince of Wales from 1911 until 1936, when his father died. His love affair with the divorced American Walis Simpson had been known about for some time. After he was crowned king, Edward tried to convince the British establishment he could reign with Wallis Simpson by his side. Led by the Church of England, the establishment resisted. Politicians, too, tried to dissuade him, to no avail and on on December 10, 1936 Edward abdicated. He had been monarch for 326 days. On June 3, 1937 Edward and Wallis Simpson were married in Paris. The marriage endured until Edward's death in 1972.

From Quiz One Good... TWO BETTER. Famous Teams

Answer: Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams

The TV show's theme song was "The Angel's Serenade" written by Gaetano Braga in 1867. It was selected because it was in the "public domain" and no royalties had to be paid.

From Quiz United States of Non Americans

Answer: Basketball

Brabender was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, but instead chose to go and play for Real Madrid's basketball team. with whom he would spend the next 16 years, winning 13 Spanish League championships. He also represented Spain in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.

From Quiz Vine Of The Times

Answer: Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd is the answer, although he has starred alongside the other three possible answers, so any confusion is excused. John Belushi played Jake Blues in "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and John Goodman played "Mighty" Mack McTeer in the follow up, "Blues Bothers 2000" (1998), while Chris Farley played Tommy Callahan III in "Tommy Boy" (1995), opposite Aykroyd's portrayal of his rival auto parts manufacturer, Ray Zalinsky. Aykroyd is part owner of several wineries along the Niagara peninsula of Canada, and his Cabernet Shiraz and Cabernet Merlot blends are always a treat. Aykroyd is also one of the owners of Crystal Head vodka.

From Quiz Big Star In The Big House Vol. 5

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Wilde was arrested following the loss of a libel case he brought against the Marquess of Queensberry, at which the court found that Queensberry's accusation of Wilde being a sodomite was "true in substance and in fact". At sentencing the judge described the trial as "the worst case I have ever tried". Wilde served his time at prisons in Newgate, Pentonville and Wandsworth as well as Reading gaol, where events inspired his 1897 poem, "The Ballad Of Reading Gaol."

From Quiz You Know Me, I'm Famous

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortenson in 1926, died of a barbiturate overdose in 1962 at the tender age of thirty-six. She was married three times, the first time in 1942 at the age of sixteen to Jim Dougherty. It was then she started modelling and achieved her first film role a few years later. Her second marriage to baseball legend Joe DiMaggio took place in 1954 and only lasted a year. The playwright, Arthur Miller was to be her third husband, but they divorced after five years. Monroe went on to make twenty-nine films, some of the most notable being "Some Like it Hot", "The Seven Year Itch" and "The Misfits". She posed for the first ever edition of "Playboy" magazine and her rendition of "Happy Birthday", she sang at President John F. Kennedy's 1962 birthday celebration.

From Quiz Extraordinary Women of the 20th Century: Part I

Answer: Jane Addams

Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an American and was one of the most prominent reformers of the "Progressive Era" (1890s to 1920s). She was a philosopher, sociologist, author and a leader of the American suffragette movement. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was a British political activist, leader of the British suffragette movement and campaigned for the right for women to vote. Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was an American birth control activist, writer, nurse and sex educator. She opened the first birth control clinic in the USA in Brooklyn in 1916. Mother Teresa (1910-1997) was a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary. Although born in what is now Macedonia she became known as "Teresa of Calcutta" after she ´moved to India and she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

From Quiz Interesting Facts on Famous People

Answer: Pens and pieces of poetry

Edmund Spencer (1522 or 1523-1599) was an English poet famous for being one of the first writers to give the world the Modern English verse. Initially, this poet, whose most famous work is "The Faerie Queene", worked more in jobs we would recognise today as the public service. He earned enough in that employment, either by fair means or foul, to acquire quite a lot of land in Ireland, and by 1590 had commenced his relatively short career as a writer. "The Faerie Queene" is an allegorical work that spans several volumes - to the horror of all of us who had to study it at university. It is basically one huge tribute to the Tudors and Queen Elizabeth I in particular. Talk about grovel! It earned Spencer a comfortable pension and royal patronage however, even though there is some doubt that Elizabeth ever waded through it. Spencer's rather ghastly animosity towards the Irish, their culture, laws, religion and language eventually saw him driven from his home and lands, and the destruction of his castle by Irish forces in 1598. He also believed in destroying as much of Ireland as possible, with particular emphasis on all food products, in order to starve its people into becoming fully Anglicised. Spencer moved back to England and died there shortly afterwards in 1599. In as fine a tribute to any public servant turned poet you can imagine, several of his literary peers carried his coffin to Westminster Abbey for his burial, and dramatically tossed pens and pieces of poetry upon it on its descent into the cold, cold ground, shedding literary tears of grief as they did.

From Quiz Call Me Al

Answer: Al Jolson

Al Jolson's first film, "The Jazz Singer", was also the first full-length "talking picture". Al Jolson's famous line, as Jack Robin, "You ain't heard nothin' yet", was an ad-lib. He used this line in his stage act. The film was intended to have music only and no speech. Sam Warner, of Warner Brothers, however, insisted that Al Jolson's ad-libbed speech be included in the movie, earning him the nickname of "Father of the Talkies".

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