Born on March 3rd Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Herschel Walker

Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Herschel Walker were both born in 1962.

Joyner-Kersee was an American runner. She competed in the heptathlon and the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those two different events. "Sports Illustrated for Women" voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century.

Herschel Walker (March 3, 1962) is a retired American football player who played from 1983 - 1997. He was a running back who played for four different teams. In 1992 Walker competed in the Olympics, held in Albertville, France. He competed in the Two Man Bobsled, finishing seventh.

Mark Andrew Spitz (February 10, 1950) is a retired American swimmer. Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic gold medals, one silver, and one bronze.

Nadia Elena Comaneci (November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast. She won five Olympic gold medals. Comaneci is first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event.

Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 - January 20, 1984) was an American swimmer and actor. Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. After his swimming career, portrayed Tarzan in twelve films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Many other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known.

Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921) was an American competitive swimmer and diver and movie star. Williams' movies were musicals that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving. Williams was not an Olympic participant, she was really added to the list, because she fit.

Michael Fred Phelps (June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He has won 14 career Olympic gold medals. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Usain Bolt (August 21,1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 meters at 9.69 seconds, the 200 meters at 19.30 seconds and, with his teammates, the 4x100 meters relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Answer: James Doohan

James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was an actor best known for his role as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott in the television and film series "Star Trek". He played the Chief Engineer and as such usually operated the transporter beam.

Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 - June 11, 1999) was an known for his role as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television series "Star Trek" and in several of the subsequent movies.

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931) is an actor, best known for playing the character of Mister Spock on "Star Trek" and in several movie sequels.

William Alan Shatner (March 22, 1931) became well known for playing Captain James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series "Star Trek".

The television series ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1969, and lives forever in syndication and it's MANY spinoffs.

Answer: Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937) was an American actress in the 1930s. She was a 'sex symbol' and known as the 'Platinum Blonde' and the 'Blonde Bombshell' due to her platinum blonde hair. Harlow starred in several films designed to show off her sex appeal and strong screen presence. Later in her brief career she graduated to meatier roles. Her personal life was marred by disappointment, tragedy, illness and finally her sudden death from renal failure at age 26. Harlow's more well known movies included; "Dinner at Eight" (1933), "Bombshell" (1933), "China Seas" (1935), "Libeled Lady" (1936) and "Saratoga" (1937).

Harlow is entombed at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Glendale, California.

She was buried in the negligee that she had worn just weeks before while filming a scene from the movie "Saratoga".

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922) was an inventor who is credited with the invention of the telephone. His earlier work involved elocution and speech. He experimented with hearing devices that eventually turned into the telephone in 1876. Bell later turned his inventive efforts to hydrofoils and aeronautics. Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society, in 1888.


Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955) was a German-born physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and mass-energy equivalence, E = MC2. Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an inventor who developed many devices that influence our lives on a daily basis. He invented the phonograph and the first practical electric light bulb. He is also credited with the invention of the motion picture.

John Loudon McAdam (September 21, 1756 - November 26, 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder. He invented a process for building roads with a smooth hard surface. Prior to his process roads were mostly just dirt. Modern road construction still utilizes some of McAdam's process.

Answer: Joe Cocker and Bill Medley

Jennifer Jean Warnes (March 3, 1947 is an American singer and songwriter.

Warnes' biggest hits were "Up Where We Belong" (with Joe Cocker, from "An Officer and a Gentleman"{1982}) and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", (with Bill Medley from "Dirty Dancing" {1987}) both of which topped the Billboard pop singles chart.

Answer: Perry Ellis

Perry Ellis (March 3, 1940 - May 30, 1986) founded a sportswear company in the mid-1970s. Ellis founded his own fashion house, 'Perry Ellis International', in 1978. He was the head designer of the new company. Some of his clothing collections were named 'Perry Ellis Collection', 'Perry Ellis Portfolio' and 'Perry Ellis America'.

Answer: Snowy White

Terence Charles "Snowy" White (March 3, 1948) played guitar for Thin Lizzy from 1979 to 1981. He has also been a back-up player for Pink Floyd, he played guitar on European and United States tours in 1977 and 1980.

Darren Dean Wharton(December 25, 1962) is a keyboard player. He was a member of Thin Lizzy.

Philip Parris Lynott (August 20, 1949 - January 4,1986) was the singer, bassist and front man of Thin Lizzy.

William Scott Gorham (March 17, 1951) was a guitarist best known as a member of Thin Lizzy.

Answer: Budrick

David Faustino (March 3, 1974) is an actor best known for his role as Budrick "Bud" Bundy on the sitcom "Married...with Children". It was an American TV show about a dysfunctional family living in Chicago. The show was on the air from April 5, 1987 to June 9, 1997.

On May 12, 2007, Faustino was arrested on charges of marijuana possession and disorderly intoxication in Florida. The charges were dropped when the authorities were unable to produce a witness that could identify Faustino.

Answer: Lee Radziwill

Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwill Ross (March 3, 1933), known as Lee Radziwill, is an American socialite. She is the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Radziwill was a public relations executive for the Italian designer, Giorgio Armani for a number of years.

Peter Sydney Lawford (September 7, 1923 - December 24, 1984) was a Hollywood actor and Kennedy-Onassis' Brother-in-Law, he was married to Patricia Kennedy.

Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (November 9, 1915) is also Jackie's Brother-in-Law. He is married to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the first Director of the Peace Corps and the Democratic Party's 1972 vice presidential candidate.

Jean Ann Kennedy Smith (February 20, 1928) is Jackie's Sister-in-Law. She was married to Stephen Edward Smith (September 24, 1927-August 19, 1990). She later served as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland.

Answer: False

George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 - October 19, 1897) is best known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car. The Pullman sleeper, or 'palace car' was the first comfortable train car designed for sleeping. Pullman gained great notoriety for his invention when he arranged to have the body of President Abraham Lincoln carried from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois on a sleeper.

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