FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Celebrities with Doctorates
Quiz about Celebrities with Doctorates

Celebrities with Doctorates Trivia Quiz


Many celebrities have complete graduate-level degrees. This quiz is about a few who have managed to attain doctorate degrees. They must have listened when someone told them to "stay in school"!

A multiple-choice quiz by Trivia_Fan54. Estimated time: 4 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Celebrity Trivia
  6. »
  7. Celebrities Mixture
  8. »
  9. Celebrity Grab Bag

Author
Trivia_Fan54
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
400,614
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
688
Last 3 plays: mickeyp (5/10), Guest 175 (3/10), Guest 198 (3/10).
- -
Question 1 of 10
1. Which National Basketball Association (NBA) star received his doctorate from Barry University in 2012.? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Robert Leonard was a founding member of "Sha-Na-Na", the group that opened for Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. After leaving the band, he completed a doctorate degree in which discipline, that allows him to be called on to help solve crime? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which character on "The Big Bang Theory" is played by an actress who has an actual Ph.D. in real life? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Rachel Maddow has hosted a prime time news program in the US. Besides holding a Ph.D. in Political Science, what first did she capture with her show on the MSNBC network? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which member of the rock band "Queen" earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Robert Vaughn, an actor who was in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", holds a Ph.D. What discipline did he study for his degree? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which host of "Engineering An Empire" on the History Channel holds a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Dan Grimaldi was an actor on "The Sopranos" who also earned a Ph.D. What role(s) did he play on the show? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What pitch did Ph.D. holder "Iron Mike" Marshall primarily rely on during his career with Major League Baseball? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Condoleezza Rice was the Secretary of State for George W. Bush from 2005-2009. What accomplishment did she achieve before being appointed to that position by President Bush? Hint



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Most Recent Scores
Mar 24 2024 : mickeyp: 5/10
Mar 23 2024 : Guest 175: 3/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 198: 3/10
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 104: 4/10
Mar 06 2024 : mulder100: 6/10
Feb 19 2024 : PurpleComet: 7/10
Feb 16 2024 : mandy2: 10/10
Feb 16 2024 : Picard25: 7/10
Feb 08 2024 : Guest 98: 10/10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which National Basketball Association (NBA) star received his doctorate from Barry University in 2012.?

Answer: Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal completed his undergraduate degree in 2000, then he completed an MBA through the online University of Phoenix in 2005. Finally, he earned an Ed.D. in Human Resource Development at Barry University in 2012. Since retiring from the NBA, he has put his education to use in many endeavours in the business world.
2. Robert Leonard was a founding member of "Sha-Na-Na", the group that opened for Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. After leaving the band, he completed a doctorate degree in which discipline, that allows him to be called on to help solve crime?

Answer: Forensic linguistics

Robert Leonard sang bass for Sha-Na-Na for two years while he was completing his undergraduate degree. He left the band when he was offered a fellowship at Columbia University to study linguistics. He is a qualified expert witness in over ten US states where he helps to solve crime by examining the structure of written and spoken language that is used during the commission of the crimes.
3. Which character on "The Big Bang Theory" is played by an actress who has an actual Ph.D. in real life?

Answer: Amy Farrah Fowler

Mayim Bialik played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the show, but she too has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience that she received from UCLA in 2007. Besides her acting career, she has published a number of books and completed her doctoral dissertation about a certain area of the brain in people with Prader-Willi syndrome. Bialik was also granted an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Boston University in 2014.
4. Rachel Maddow has hosted a prime time news program in the US. Besides holding a Ph.D. in Political Science, what first did she capture with her show on the MSNBC network?

Answer: She is the first openly lesbian host of a major prime-time news program in the United States.

Rachel Maddow received an International Rhodes Scholarship, then went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in politics from the University of Oxford. She started hosting "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC in 2008. Given her area of study for her doctorate, it should come as no surprise to learn that her show is focused on political happenings within the United States as seen from her liberal perspective.
5. Which member of the rock band "Queen" earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics?

Answer: Brian May

Brian May took more than 35 years to complete his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Imperial College in London. This wasn't because he flunked out. Rather, the band "Queen" became very popular halfway through his studies. So, he took a long hiatus and returned to school in 2006 at the age of 59 to complete his studies.

He is now not just the holder of a Ph.D. in astrophysics but also a visiting researcher at his alma mater.
6. Robert Vaughn, an actor who was in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", holds a Ph.D. What discipline did he study for his degree?

Answer: Communications

While Robert Vaughn was acting in movies and television shows like "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", "The Magnificent Seven", and "The Young Philadelphians", he also managed to stay in school to earn a master's degree in communications from the Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences as well as a Ph.D. in communications from the University of Southern California.

In fact, Vaughn actually published his dissertation as a book called "Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting".
7. Which host of "Engineering An Empire" on the History Channel holds a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History?

Answer: Peter Weller

Peter Weller is best-known for being both an actor and a director, with his most famous role being the original RoboCop in both "RoboCop" and "RoboCop 2". More than that, he is also an art historian with a Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History from UCLA.

This may be why he was asked host "Engineering an Empire", which is a History Channel TV show about the architectural accomplishments of great civilizations such as Egypt, Rome, and China.
8. Dan Grimaldi was an actor on "The Sopranos" who also earned a Ph.D. What role(s) did he play on the show?

Answer: The twins Philly and Patsi Parasi

Dan Grimaldi played the twins Philly and Patsi Parasi on HBO's "The Sopranos". However, he did not get into acting until after he had earned a Ph.D. in data processing from City University in New York City and held a job at a lab. After "The Sopranos" came to an end, Grimaldi continued to work as a professor at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, where he taught mathematics and computer science.
9. What pitch did Ph.D. holder "Iron Mike" Marshall primarily rely on during his career with Major League Baseball?

Answer: Screwball

"Iron" Mike Marshall earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University in 1978 while he was pitching for the Minnesota Twins. He studied the movement of the arm during pitching and developed a pitching method that he believes reduces or eliminates injuries to pitchers' arms.

He must have used the pitching mound as is his research lab because he broke a number of records during his career, and won the Cy Young Award in 1974.
10. Condoleezza Rice was the Secretary of State for George W. Bush from 2005-2009. What accomplishment did she achieve before being appointed to that position by President Bush?

Answer: She became the first female, first African-American, and youngest Provost in Stanford University's history.

Before she served as national security adviser and later secretary of state for President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice spent several decades as a professor of political science. After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Denver in 1981 for her dissertation on military policy in Czechoslovakia, she began teaching at Stanford University.

In 1993, she became the first woman and first African American to serve as a provost at Stanford University.
Source: Author Trivia_Fan54

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor skunkee before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
Related Quizzes
This quiz is part of series New Spin on Famous:

I have set up a few quizzes that put a new spin on some of the famous people that we know of past and present. Enjoy!

  1. Famous Jail Time Average
  2. Celebrities with Doctorates Average
  3. Before The Bang Average
  4. Heard But Rarely, If Ever, Seen Easier
  5. Where Were These Canuck Celebs Born? Average

3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us