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Quiz about Famous Marriages
Quiz about Famous Marriages

Famous Marriages Trivia Quiz


If anything makes the famous even more famous, it's when they inter-marry. Alas such combinations don't always last. So check how good your memory is for society news.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
64,707
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
15623
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1. Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx were his successive partners in riding the coach and carriage of love and marriage. Who is he? Hint

Clark Gable
Frank Sinatra
Clint Eastwood
Gary Cooper

2. Which U.S. president was famously married to a young woman whose name meant 'cowherd' ? Hint

John F. Kennedy
Richard M . Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford

3. Which American-born filmstar married Robert Wagner, left him for Warren Beatty, then in her turn was left by Warren Beatty, and finally returned to Robert Wagner, twelve years later? Hint

Julie Christie
Joan Collins
Natalie Wood
Geraldine Chaplin

4. What was the first name of a famous Canadian Prime Minister's equally famous wife who, before and or after divorce, was romantically involved with a number of celebrities including Mick Jagger and Ryan O'Neal? Hint

Diane
Ann
Margaret
Catherine

5. Which of these managed to 'catch' Warren Beatty at the altar, for marriage, in 1992? Hint

Diane Keaton
Annette Bening
Leslie Caron
Natalie Wood

6. Who was Ronald Reagan's wife before he married Nancy (Davis)? Hint

Margaret Sanger
Sally Kidman
Jane Wyman
Nicole Taylor

7. Which South American actress became famous when she became the wife of the local dictator, and became even more famous when posthumously she was made into the heroine of a popular musical? Hint

Maria Eva Duarte
Maria Eva Montez
Eva Maria Lopez
Eva Maria Montoya

8. Who said on 6th May 1950 'Your heart knows when you meet the right man', and then, infatuated with a famous hotel owner, embarked on the first of a long series of marriages which was even going to include two successive marriages to same person?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname ... first name has as many letters as the name Cleopatra)
9. Which filmstar had green eyes, was nicknamed the Cheetah with the Roar, and divorced all of these: Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw? Hint

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ava Gardner
Marlene Dietrich
Joan Crawford

10. When in 1944 Lauren Bacall first met Humphrey Bogart, she was only nineteen, and from film-partners they became life-partners. What film was it? Hint

To Have and Have Not
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Key Largo


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow and Barbara Marx were his successive partners in riding the coach and carriage of love and marriage. Who is he?

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Old Blue Eyes never claimed you could not change horses, huh? As to Mia Farrow it may be said that what Frank had un-knotted, was never successfully re-knotted by Woody.
2. Which U.S. president was famously married to a young woman whose name meant 'cowherd' ?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, nee Bouvier, which relates to bovine. It can also be a dogbreed. Another famous presidential wife was Imelda Marcos who, after her hubby's loss of power, was revealed to be the happy or unhappy owner of (a) some 3,000 pairs of shoes (b) 1,200 dresses (c) 500 black bras etc.
3. Which American-born filmstar married Robert Wagner, left him for Warren Beatty, then in her turn was left by Warren Beatty, and finally returned to Robert Wagner, twelve years later?

Answer: Natalie Wood

She was born in 1938 as Natasha Zacherenko.
4. What was the first name of a famous Canadian Prime Minister's equally famous wife who, before and or after divorce, was romantically involved with a number of celebrities including Mick Jagger and Ryan O'Neal?

Answer: Margaret

Trudeau of course.
5. Which of these managed to 'catch' Warren Beatty at the altar, for marriage, in 1992?

Answer: Annette Bening

Leslie Caron was herself 'caught' for letting down her hubby Peter Hall, and having an affair with Shirley Maclaine's romantically very active brother.
6. Who was Ronald Reagan's wife before he married Nancy (Davis)?

Answer: Jane Wyman

Afterwards Ronald Reagan wondered whether Jane had left him because they were having too many serious conversations with each other.
7. Which South American actress became famous when she became the wife of the local dictator, and became even more famous when posthumously she was made into the heroine of a popular musical?

Answer: Maria Eva Duarte

Evita of 'Don't cry for me Argentina' fame ..
8. Who said on 6th May 1950 'Your heart knows when you meet the right man', and then, infatuated with a famous hotel owner, embarked on the first of a long series of marriages which was even going to include two successive marriages to same person?

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

The list includes: Conrad Nicholas {Hilton;} Michael {Wilding;} Michael {Todd;} Eddie {Fisher;} Richard Burton {(twice);} Senator John {Warren;} Larry Fortensky ... Mike Todd was the one she did NOT divorce. He got killed in a plane accident. The first marriage to Burton was in {1963;} they divorced a first time in 1974, remarried in 1975, and divorced for keeps in 1976. And NO, Liz did NOT marry in between these two divorces.

Another great fan of marriage was redhead Rita Hayworth, born Cansino, who after divorcing one Dick Haymes, married in succession celebrities such as Aly Khan and Orson Welles and then again repeated the experience with less famous guys such as Ed Judson and James Hill. Lifestyles changed, however, and some of the more famous man-eaters did not go through the marriage-rite any more after the first experience had failed. Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand were quick to learn their lessons and knew that in marriage you don't always strike Go(u)ld, and after having separated from Elliot, she became good friends with Omar, Ryan, Kris without going through all the offical paperwork.
9. Which filmstar had green eyes, was nicknamed the Cheetah with the Roar, and divorced all of these: Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw?

Answer: Ava Gardner

Marlene Dietrich took at least as much interest in pretty women as in 'die Maenner' ...
10. When in 1944 Lauren Bacall first met Humphrey Bogart, she was only nineteen, and from film-partners they became life-partners. What film was it?

Answer: To Have and Have Not

Bogey had already made The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942). Key Largo was in 1948. Lauren was Bogey's fourth wife. Helen Menken, Mary Philips and Helen Mayo had preceded her.
Source: Author flem-ish

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