FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 6 Quiz

Answer: Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson garnered $89.4 million for the fiscal year ending June 1, 2019. His earnings include an upfront salary of $23.5 million for the film 'Jumanji: The Next Level'. Other notable sources of income include his acting in 'Hobbs and Shaw', a spin-off from 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise.

He also earned $700K per episode for his role in the HBO TV show 'Ballers'.

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Answer: cancer

John Wayne spoke to the press after one of his lungs had been removed and said: "They told me to withhold my cancer operation from the public because it would hurt my image. Isn't there a good image in John Wayne beating cancer? Sure, I licked the Big C." Unfortunately, he lost his second battle against Big C 15 years later.

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Answer: Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall began her career as a model. Her first major acting role occurred in "To Have and Have Not" (1944). As well as the movies already mentioned, she was known for her roles in "Dark Passage", "How to Marry a Millionaire" and "Murder on the Orient Express". Beginning in the 1960s, she appeared in Broadway musicals such as "Cactus Flower" and "Applause".

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Answer: Don Rickles

Don Rickles was born in 1926 in New York. He was a guest star in many television sitcoms for over five decades to include, "F Troop", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Hot in Cleveland". He also appeared in many of the late night shows.

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Answer: Harpo Productions, Inc.

If you spell Oprah backwards, you get Harpo and that's exactly how Oprah came up with the name of her production company.

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Answer: Simon Cowell

Englishman, Simon Cowell, has obtained his celebrity status by being blunt. He is notorious for his criticisms of contestants who appear on the shows on which he appears as a judge. Having tapped into the popularity of the talent show, Cowell has made appearances as a judge on "Pop Idol" (2001), "The X Factor" (2006), "Britain's Got Talent" (2007) and "American Idol" (2002).

He has also signed many successful musical acts to his record label, some of which include, Leona Lewis, Il Divo, Westlife, Escala, Susan Boyle, Joe McElderry and Alexandra Burke.

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Answer: James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is a distinguished Broadway and Hollywood actor with over six decades of acting experience. His deep voice distinguishes him from other actors. In 1991, Jones won two Emmy Awards and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his characterization of an African American boxer in the film, "The Great White Hope".

His Daytime Emmy came in 1999 for "Summer's End". Jones also starred in the Broadway play, "Fences" (1987), which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for the Best Play.

His other notable films include "Claudine" (1974) and "Matewan" (1987).

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Answer: Silence of the Lambs

Hopkins, considered by most to be one of the greatest actors, portrayed Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 movie, "Silence of the Lambs". He was also nominated for an Oscar in the other three movies mentioned.

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Answer: Tina Fey

Indeed, it was the multi-talented Tina Fey. She joined "SNL" in 1997 as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer. As with "SNL", Fey not only did the writing for "Mean Girls" (2004), she appeared in the movie as math teacher Ms. Norbury.

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Answer: Diane Cilento

Diane Cilento was an Australian theater and film actress and author. She was first married to Andrea Volpe in 1956. In 1960 she divorced Andrea and married Sean Connery in 1962.

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