Canadian, New Yorker, or Fictional Quiz

Answer: Canadian

Payette was born October 20, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec. In June of 1992, Julie was selected by the Canadian Space Agency as one of four astronauts from a field of over 5,000 applicants. Highly educated in interactive technology, Julie was a technical advisor for the Mobile Servicing System, an advanced robotics system which was Canada's contribution to the International Space Station. Payette reported to the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in 1996, and in 1999 was part of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew that was the first to dock at the International Space Station.

Answer: New Yorker

Bogart was born December 25, 1899 in New York City. He began his career in entertainment as the company manager of a touring play called "The 'Ruined' Lady", which also gave Bogart his first role as an actor, a one line part as a Japanese waiter. His breakthrough role was as Duke Mantee in the play "The Petrified Forest", a role he reprised in the 1936 movie of the same name. Roles in a variety of classic movies would soon follow, but it was 1942's "Casablanca" and 1951's "The African Queen" in which Bogart won his Academy Awards for Best Actor. On January 14, 1957, Humphrey Bogart died.

His wife of 12 years, Lauren Bacall, was at his side when he succumbed to cancer.

Answer: Dyslexic

Keanu was born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. After his parents marriage ended, Keanu moved with his mother and his younger sister to New York City, then Toronto. Struggling because of dyslexia, Keanu dropped out of school to pursue an acting career, eventually landing a supporting role in the 1986 hockey movie "Youngblood".

He also caught the eye of critics with a role in 1986's "River's Edge". His first commercial success was as Ted Logan in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", a wacky time travel movie that went on the become a cult favorite. Reeves would find his greatest success in 1999 with the mega-hit "The Matrix".

Answer: New Yorker

Jerome Kern was born January 27, 1885 in New York City. A composer of nearly 700 songs for 117 stage shows and films, Kern had his first hit in 1905 with "How'd You Like To Spoon With Me". Kerns use of a fresh, uncontrolled approach to melody modernized American musical theater at the turn of the 20th century, steering away from the European influence that had been popular for years.

The 1920's were probably Kerns best on Broadway, scoring shows like "Sally", "Sunny", and, his best known score, "Show Boat".

In 1934, Kern went to Hollywood and created a string of memorable songs like "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" from the film "Roberta", and "The Way You Look Tonight", sung by Fred Astaire in the movie "Swing Time".

Answer: 1980s television star

Tony was born January 30, 1960 in Pasadena, California. In 1986, Tony was the oldest person cast in the role of a student on the hit ABC sitcom "Head of the Class". He played the part of Alan Pinkard, the conservative foil to the rest of the more liberal thinking students in a New York high school honor class. Though most of his acting work before "Head of the Class" consisted of voice overs for cartoons and the recurring character of Christopher on "Dynasty", he did find a small place in 1980s culture with his role as Jimmy in "The Karate Kid".

Answer: None of these

Robert Shields was born and raised in California. Shields was called "The greatest mime in America" by the world famous Marcel Marceau, who gave Robert a full scholarship to his school in Paris, France. After studying under Marceau, Shields returned to America and eventually met his partner and wife, Lorene Yarnell. An appearance on "The Sonny and Cher Show" led to their own CBS television show, "The Shields and Yarnell Show".

The show not only made mime cool for a brief period of time in America, but part of Shields and Yarnell's act also inspired a dance craze called "The Robot".

The television show lasted only one season, but Shields and Yarnell would continue to perform years later. Shields even did a solo performance for the Queen of Denmark.

Answer: Fictional

Daniel Simpson Day was better known as "D-Day", the motorcycle riding college student in the 1978 movie "Animal House". Bruce McGill played "D-Day" in the movie and reprised the role in "Delta House", the short lived 1979 television series based on the movie.

Answer: Texan

Bruce was born July 11, 1950 in San Antonio, Texas. A great character actor, Bruce played everything from the head of a time travel law enforcement agency in 1994's "Timecop" to New York Yankee manager Ralph Houk in the HBO movie "*61". His most memorable role is arguably that of Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in the 1978 movie "Animal House".

Answer: New Yorker

Tea (pronounced TAY-uh, not tee) was born February 25, 1966 in New York City. She got her start as an actress as the temporary replacement for Tawny Kitaen in the daytime soap opera "Santa Barbara". It wasn't long before her devastating looks and natural sense of comedy helped her land the starring role of Alicia in the short lived 1992 FOX sitcom "Flying Blind".

After turning heads in 1995's "Bad Boys", Tea got another chance at television stardom with the NBC sitcom "The Naked Truth", a show that went through more than it's share of changes, restructuring, and re-casting in it's busy but short run. "The Naked Truth" was enough to put Leoni on the map, leading her to roles in the movies "Deep Impact", "The Family Man", and "Jurassic Park 3".

She married actor David Duchovny on May 6, 1997.

Answer: New Yorker

One of the most notable authors at the turn of the 20th Century, Edith was born in 1862 in New York City. Educated privately by a European governess, Edith spent her leisure time with books rather than participating in the activities of high society. She was born into a wealthy family, but her early stories dealt with urban poverty. "Mrs. Manstey's View" was about an impoverished widow, and "Bunner Sisters" realistically depicted the harsh fate of two sisters. Edith's first major success came in 1905 with the book "The House of Mirth", the story of a beautiful but poor woman trying to survive in pitiless New York City. Wharton also wrote "The Age of Innocence", which was turned into a movie in 1993.

Answer: New Yorker

Jonas was born October 28, 1914 in New York City. Jonas initially entered the City College of New York intending to study law. Luckily, medical science caught his attention. A graduate of the New York University medical school, Jonas Salk ended years of summertime fear and anxiety for many parents when he developed the vaccine against the crippling disease polio. Hailed as a miracle worker, Salk further endeared himself to the public by refusing to patent the vaccine, not wishing to make a profit but only to see it disseminated as widely as possible. Salk's last years were spent searching for a vaccine against AIDS.

He died on June 23, 1995.

Answer: Speaks 6 languages

Matthew was born July 24, 1969 in Hong Kong. Already an adventurer who organized a trek into an unmapped jungle area in New Guinea, Matthew was part of the cast of "Survivor: The Amazon", the sixth of the American versions of the hit television show. Matthew was the runner-up in the Amazon, losing to Jenna Morasca 6 votes to 1 in the most lopsided outcome in "Survivor" history at the time. Von Ertfelda still took home a healthy $100,000 prize for second place.

The six languages Matthew speaks are: English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, French, and German.

Answer: New Yorker

Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. Probably the best known and most popular American painter in history, Norman Rockwell was still a teenager when he was hired as art director of "Boys' Life", the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America. By 1915, Rockwell was producing work for magazines such as "Life", "Literary Digest", and "Country Gentleman".

In 1916, the 22 year old Rockwell painted his first of 322 covers for "The Saturday Evening Post", starting a 47 year association with the publication he is most often identified with.

In 1977, Rockwell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, for "vivid and affectionate portraits of our country".

Answer: Canadian

Doug was born May 3, 1947 in Fort Garry, Manitoba. Henning was a popular magician and illusionist, reaching the height of his success in the 1970's and '80's with television specials like "World of Magic" in 1976, and "The Magic Show" in 1983. Doug was one of the first magicians to reject the traditional tuxedo and top hat, choosing to wear bright, multi colored casual clothes with his long hair and bushy mustache.

He died of liver cancer on February 7, 2000 in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Fictional

Terrance Mann was played by James Earl Jones in the movie "Field of Dreams". Mann, a reclusive author who was prominent in the 1960s, joins Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) on a mystical journey into baseball's past. The charecter of Terence Mann was created specifically for the movie, which was an adaption of the book "Shoeless Joe". In the book, real life author J. D. Salinger was sought out by Kinsella. "Field of Dreams" director Phil Robinson chose to respect Salinger's privacy and use the fictional Mann for the more commercially visable film.