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Quiz about Famous Child Stars
Quiz about Famous Child Stars

Famous Child Stars Trivia Quiz


How many child stars living or deceased can you recall?

A multiple-choice quiz by heavensarrow. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
heavensarrow
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
288,823
Updated
Sep 17 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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5960
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 65 (9/10), Guest 68 (10/10), Guest 172 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I was on the good ship " Lollipop " and ate animal crackers in my soup. I was such a "Little Princess" that I later became Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I first sang a song for dear Mr. Gable then went to live in Kansas with an aunt and uncle of mine but got lost somewhere over the rainbow when I ended up in a land of "Munchkins" . Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. I was an original Mouseketeer in 1955. When I was thirteen years old I played Mark McCain, the son of Chuck Connors on the television series, "The Rifleman", which originally aired from 1958-1963 on the ABC network. I also had a singing career. Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I was eating lunch with my mother in the MGM Studio Commissary one day and this man named Spielberg came over to me. He was looking for someone to play a part in his upcoming movie in 1982. He wanted to know if I could scream and, oh no! I have to go now because "they're here!" . Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I was a member of a really cool family on a television series in the 1970s. We drove around in a really cool bus covered in different colors. We sang a lot and my brothers and sisters played musical instruments. Although I was only a ten year old redhead I was known for being a wisecracker. Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I played on a television series in the 1960s where my pa and aunt Bea taught me a lot about life. We lived in a small rural town where my pa was the sheriff and he had a silly deputy named Barney. Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I wonder how many people remember me as a young girl on a top rated television show in the 1970s called "Good Times". I was ten years old at the time and we lived in an inner city apartment building in Chicago. My adopted mom was best friends with the Evans family. Do you happen to know who I am? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I was part of a space colony family struggling to survive after a spy and accidental stowaway threw our ship hopelessly off course. Our series ran from 1965-1968. Oh no! I hear the robot calling out to me, " Danger Will Robinson!". Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I made my first big screen debut in a movie called "Mermaids", where I got to work with a really great cast. This movie came out in 1990 and in the show my sister and I had a really quirky mom who liked to pick up and move when things got bad. My character was the youngest daughter and I loved to swim. Do you know who I am? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One of my first acting jobs was on the soap opera "The Brighter Day" 1954-1962. Later on my first major role was playing Helen Keller with Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan in the Broadway play "The Miracle Worker", which ran for nearly two years, 1959-1961. The play was later made into a 1962 film in which I received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Do you know who I am? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I was on the good ship " Lollipop " and ate animal crackers in my soup. I was such a "Little Princess" that I later became Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Shirley Temple

She was born Shirley Jane Temple in Santa Monica, California in 1928.Four films came out in 1934 in which she starred, "Now and Forever", "Little Miss Marker", "Baby Take a Bow", and "Bright Eyes" . At the height of her popularity, from 1935 to 1938, she was the biggest box office attraction in Hollywood.

In 1969 she became a U.S. Delegate to the United Nations. In the years that followed she served as a U.S. Delegate to quite a few International Conferences and Summits. By 1976 she became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States.
2. I first sang a song for dear Mr. Gable then went to live in Kansas with an aunt and uncle of mine but got lost somewhere over the rainbow when I ended up in a land of "Munchkins" . Do you know who I am?

Answer: Judy Garland

She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922 and came from a vaudeville family and was introduced to the stage at just two years old. Her first major impact on audiences happened with her third film, "Broadway Melody of 1938" in which she sang "Dear Mr Gable".

She was then teamed with MGM's established child star, Mickey Rooney, and they made a lot of popular films in the Andy Hardy series. She was cast in "THE WIZARD OF OZ" (1939), in which she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the song with which she would always be associated.

She won a special Oscar as "the best juvenile performer of the year" for the role which originally had been intended for Shirley Temple. She died June 22, 1969 in London of an accidental barbiturate overdose.
3. I was an original Mouseketeer in 1955. When I was thirteen years old I played Mark McCain, the son of Chuck Connors on the television series, "The Rifleman", which originally aired from 1958-1963 on the ABC network. I also had a singing career. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Johnny Crawford

John Ernest Crawford was born on March 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California and is an American actor, singer and musician. He received an Emmy Award nomination at the age of 13 for his role as Mark McCain on the television series "The Rifleman" 1958-1963.

He was widely popular with American teenagers and had a recording career that generated five Top 40 hits, including the single "Cindy's Birthday," which peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top 40 Hit Chart in 1962. Crawford is currently the leader of the California-based Johnny Crawford Orchestra.

They specialize in traditional jazz, early big band, and classical styles of music.
4. I was eating lunch with my mother in the MGM Studio Commissary one day and this man named Spielberg came over to me. He was looking for someone to play a part in his upcoming movie in 1982. He wanted to know if I could scream and, oh no! I have to go now because "they're here!" . Do you know who I am?

Answer: Heather O' Rourke

Born Heather Michele O'Rourke on December 27, 1975 in San Diego, California she entered American cinematic pop-culture before she entered first grade. She was really having lunch when she was discovered and failed her first audition when she laughed at a stuffed animal that Spielberg showed her.

He thought she was just too young (barely just turned five years old), and he was actually looking for a girl at least 6 years old, but he asked her to come in a second time with a scary story book. He asked her to scream a lot.

She screamed until she broke down in tears. He then hired her and three "Poltergeist" movies (1982, 1986, and 1988) were made. Heather was a familiar face on TV in "Happy Days" (1974) (1982-1983), "Webster" (1983-1984), and "Still the Beaver" (1985-1987), three shows in which she had recurring roles.

She died Feb. 1,1988. She suffered cardiac arrest, and died on the operating table at the age of 12, the result of congenital intestinal stenosis (intestinal blockage), which had led to septic shock and infection.

Her last words were "I love you," spoken to her mother.
5. I was a member of a really cool family on a television series in the 1970s. We drove around in a really cool bus covered in different colors. We sang a lot and my brothers and sisters played musical instruments. Although I was only a ten year old redhead I was known for being a wisecracker. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Danny Bonaduce

Born Dante Daniel "Danny" Bonaduce on August 13, 1959.He was the son of veteran TV writer/producer Joseph Bonaduce ,"Mayberry RFD" 1968-1971, "One Day At A Time" 1975-1979, and "Good Times" 1974-1979. He came from a very unhappy home life and it got worse when he became a child star.

The Partridge Family was a successful American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children living in a small fictional town in Northern California. It was on ABC from 1970 to 1974. The star of the show, Shirley Jones, would see Danny coming to work covered in bruises and so on weekends she & other adult cast members would take turns taking Danny home with them.

In 2002 Danny released an autobiography called " Random Acts of Badness". It has been called a very smart, well-written comedic tragedy and was actually a New York Times bestseller.
6. I played on a television series in the 1960s where my pa and aunt Bea taught me a lot about life. We lived in a small rural town where my pa was the sheriff and he had a silly deputy named Barney. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Ron Howard

Born Ronald William Howard on March 1, 1954. He is an Award-winning American actor and Academy Award-winning film director and producer. He first earned recognition for playing Winthrop Paroo, a child with a lisp in the film version of "The Music Man" (1962) with Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. He was Andy Griffith's son, Opie Taylor, on "The Andy Griffith Show" 1960-1968. He later was Tom Bosley's son and Henry Winkler's best friend, Richie Cunningham, on "Happy Days" from 1974 to 1980.

In 1977, while still on "Happy Days", he directed his very first film, a low-budget comedy/action film called "Grand Theft Auto" 1977. His big theatrical break came in 1982 with "Night Shift" featuring soon to be stars, such as Michael Keaton and Shelley Long, as well as reuniting Howard with "Happy Days" co-star Henry Winkler. Since then he has since directed a number of films, the most acclaimed of which include "Splash" (1984), "Willow" (1988), "Cocoon" (1985), "Apollo 13" (1995) and was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won two. "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), for which he won the Oscar for Best Director, and "Cinderella Man" (2005) . His film, "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), has been a box office hit earning more than $700 million at the box office. Howard casts his younger brother Clint in a minor role in most of his movies.
7. I wonder how many people remember me as a young girl on a top rated television show in the 1970s called "Good Times". I was ten years old at the time and we lived in an inner city apartment building in Chicago. My adopted mom was best friends with the Evans family. Do you happen to know who I am?

Answer: Janet Jackson

Yes folks, it was Janet Jackson. She was born Janet Damita Jo Jackson on May 16, 1966 and is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the youngest member of the Jackson family of musicians.

She does have the very famous brother Michael Jackson. She began her career as an actress with the variety television series "The Jacksons" 1976-1977. She then went on to star in other television shows including "Good Times" where she had a recurring role from 1979-1980, "A New Kind of Family" 1979-1980, "Diff'rent Strokes" from 1981-1982, and "Fame" ,1982-1987.She joined during their fourth season. Janet later switched careers to music and dance.
8. I was part of a space colony family struggling to survive after a spy and accidental stowaway threw our ship hopelessly off course. Our series ran from 1965-1968. Oh no! I hear the robot calling out to me, " Danger Will Robinson!". Do you know who I am?

Answer: Billy Mumy

Bill Mumy ( pronounced 'moomy') was born February 1, 1954, as Charles William Mumy Jr. in San Gabriel, California. He did "Lost in Space" from 1965-1968 as young Will Robinson. It was supposed to have been a relatively serious sci-fi, but ended up a semi-humorous exercise in Batman-style camp full of colorful guest villains. The first season, filmed in black-and-white, showed the Robinsons stranded on an uncharted planet. The series then went to color for the second season, in which the "Jupiter II" was repaired and they blasted off, only to be marooned on another mysterious planet.

Along with his most impressive list of television and film credits, Bill is also a very talented musician, songwriter, recording artist,and also writer. He also has a passion for comic books and has written scores of them.
9. I made my first big screen debut in a movie called "Mermaids", where I got to work with a really great cast. This movie came out in 1990 and in the show my sister and I had a really quirky mom who liked to pick up and move when things got bad. My character was the youngest daughter and I loved to swim. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci was born in Santa Monica, CA, on February 12, 1980. Her family moved to New York when she was eight and she got her start acting in commercials. Her big screen debut came soon after, when director Richard Benjamin cast her as Cher's younger daughter in "Mermaids" 1990.

Much attention went to Winona Ryder, who played her older sister, but Christina made enough of an impression to land more work. The next year, she starred as the morbidly precocious Wednesday Addams in the hit film adaptation of "The Addams Family" 1991.

The role helped her to establish herself as an actress known for playing dark, unconventional characters. She went on later to play Wednesday again in the film's 1993 sequel Addams Family Values. In 1997 she would then start appearing in more adult roles where there is quite an impressive list of films.
10. One of my first acting jobs was on the soap opera "The Brighter Day" 1954-1962. Later on my first major role was playing Helen Keller with Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan in the Broadway play "The Miracle Worker", which ran for nearly two years, 1959-1961. The play was later made into a 1962 film in which I received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Do you know who I am?

Answer: Patty Duke

She was born Anna Marie Duke in Elmhurst, Queens, New York on December 14, 1946. She had quite a troubled childhood but would go on to have quite a great career. At age sixteen she was the youngest person at that time to receive an Academy Award in a competitive category for her Helen Keller role.

She is also one of only three actresses to win an Oscar for a non-speaking role, since she had no dialogue other than grunting and screaming in the film. She won a Golden Globe for "Me, Natalie" in 1969, which also featured Al Pacino in his screen debut.

In a 1979 television movie of "The Miracle Worker",she played Sullivan. In 1963,she landed her own series "The Patty Duke Show" 1963-1966, in which she played both main characters: Patty Lane and her "identical cousin" from Scotland, Cathy Lane.

The show ran for three seasons and and earned her one Emmy Award nomination.
Source: Author heavensarrow

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