FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 11 Quiz

Answer: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Mary Pickford was born in Canada as Gladys Marie Smith in 1892 and was one of the pioneering actresses in early Hollywood. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was born in Colorado as Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman in 1883 and was best known for his swashbuckling roles in "Robin Hood" (1922) and "The Thief of Bagdad" (1924).

They got married in 1920 and remained married for 16 years. They were both founding members of the Motion Picture Academy and, along with Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith in 1919, founded United Artists as an independent film studio.

In recent years, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner and MGM resurrected United Artists in 2005 and then in 2011, MGM gained 100% control of UA.

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Answer: W.C. Fields

Born William Claude Dukenfield in Philadelphia in 1880, W.C. Fields starred in some of the most famous film comedies of all time, such as "The Bank Dick" and "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break". His film persona was often terrorized by horrible children. Rosten said the line at a dinner given in Fields' honor in 1939.

Question by player daver852

Answer: They died in plane crashes.

Glenn Miller's plane disappeared in 1944 as the result of a faulty carburetor; Holly died in a crash shortly after taking off from Clear Lake, Iowa; Cline was on a plane that crashed 13 minutes after take-off in Camden, Tennessee and Nelson's plane went down in DeKalb, Texas. Only Nelson (son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson) had famous parents. Only Holly was born in Texas (Miller in Iowa, Cline in Virginia and Nelson in New Jersey). Only Miller and Nelson (two movies each) appeared in feature films

Question by player cinefan

Answer: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson died in 2009, John Lennon died in 1980, Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 and George Harrison died in 2001.

Question by player portgleep

Answer: Barnaby Jones

Christian Rudolph "Buddy" Ebsen began his acting, dancing and singing career at an early age. After portraying the millionaire patriarch of the Ozark Mountain family in the highly-rated comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962-71), he landed the role as a private investigator two years later in "Barnaby Jones" (1973-80).

After a long, successful career and a wonderful life, Buddy passed away at ninety-five years old on July 6, 2003.

Question by player Lilady

Answer: Albert Brooks

Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein. He changed his name early in his career.

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Answer: Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins's first television work was as a domestic terrorist in three episodes of the first season of "St. Elsewhere". On "Hill Street Blues", his career as a police officer did not last long. His character committed suicide shortly after graduating from the police academy. In the 1988 film "Bull Durham", Tim had his breakthrough role portraying pitcher Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh. Tim was the innocent but convicted of double murder Andy Dufresne in 1994's "The Shawshank Redemption". Andy escaped by spending almost two decades chipping away at the wall of his cell with a rock hammer and then crawling through the sewage pipes to freedom.

Chris Noth found stardom on "Law & Order" after his brief, three episode stint on "Hill Street Blues". Morgan Freeman played Ellis Redding, nicknamed Red, in "The Shawshank Redemption". Richard Bachman is a pen name of Stephen King, the author of the novella " Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption". That novella was adapted into the film "The Shawshank Redemption".

Question by player MiraJane

Answer: Kenneth Branagh

Branagh played the part of King Hal in his own movie version of Shakespeare's immortal eponymous play. He played Brunel at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012 at the start of the Industrial Revolution showcase "Pandemonium" and was the cowardly fraudster in the second Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002).

Question by player Jennifer84

Answer: Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey's first novel (co-written by Dana Vachon), "Memoirs and Misinformation" was released in 2020 to critical praise due to its unique take on the autobiography. Simply put, the vast majority of the book was wildly untrue, but written in a way that seemed like it could peek at an absurdly possible slice of Carrey's life and career in Hollywood.

Interestingly, the audiobook for the novel was narrated by Jeff Daniels, who co-starred with Carrey in the 1994 film "Dumb and Dumber". The book itself also features Nicolas Cage within its narrative.

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Answer: Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn played Q (the gadget man) in 17 "Bond" films, his last being "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), shortly before his death. Judi Dench has played the role of M, Bond's boss. Christopher Walken appeared as a villain in "A View to a Kill". Joe Don Baker has been both a villain and ally in Bond films.

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