FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 9 Quiz

Answer: Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey (aka Ringo Starr) married Maureen Cox in 1965; they were divorced ten years later. Ringo went on to marry actress Barbara Bach in 1981, while Maureen married Hard Rock Café co-founder Isaac Tigrett in 1989. Although they had some rough patches following their divorce, particularly over money, Ringo remained on friendly terms with her and when she died from leukemia, in 1994, following an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant from their son Zak, Ringo and their children were at her bedside, along with her husband.

Question by player PDAZ

Answer: Died during WWII

During WWII, American band leader Glenn Miller formed an Army Air Force Band which performed and recorded in England in 1944. In December that year a plane carrying Miller to Paris disappeared over the English Channel. Born in Mozambique and raised in South Africa, Al Bowlly was a singer and jazz guitarist who recorded over 1000 songs including 'Love is the Sweetest Thing' in 1932. Bowlly was killed in his London flat by a Luftwaffe parachute mine in 1941 and buried in a mass grave at Hanwell Cemetery. Kenrick Johnson, born in British Guiana and educated at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in England, was a popular band leader and versatile dancer (hence his nickname 'Snakehips'). Johnson was killed during the Blitz when a bomb struck the dance floor of the Café de Paris in London.

His ashes are interred in the chapel of his school in Buckinghamshire.

Question by player Otautau

Answer: Jimmy Stewart

Stewart was an accomplished pilot before the war, flying cross country in 1939. During World War II he flew numerous missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his endeavors.

Question by player pastyboy

Answer: Lady Gaga

On Ellen DeGeneres's talk show Lady Gaga explained the fashion choice. It was a protest she said, against the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the military regarding gays. It was NOT meant to "disrespect to anyone that's vegan or vegetarian." PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) however had other thoughts stating that, "Wearing a dress made out cuts of dead cows is offensive enough to bring comment, but someone should whisper in her ear that there are more people who are upset by butchery than who are impressed by it -- and that means a lot of young people will not be buying her records if she keeps this stuff up."

Question by player Billkozy

Answer: Champagne music

Lawrence Welk played his champagne music on television for over 27 years. Although born in North Dakota, Welk's first language was German. He learned to speak English while in elementary school, but the German accent could always be heard. Early in his career he led a very successful traveling band.

When he started his television show, a bubble machine was used to make the champagne bubbles that were to become his trademark.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: Gregory Peck

Alistair Sim played the title role in "Scrooge", released in the USA as "A Christmas Carol" (1951), considered by many critics to be the best version. Seymour Hicks played the title role in "Scrooge" (1935), the first sound film based on "A Christmas Carol". Albert Finney played the title lead in "Scrooge" (1970), a musical adaptation in which he gleefully sings, "I Hate People" and ends up in Hell (briefly). If you find a film with Gregory Peck as Scrooge, I'm a reindeer's uncle.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg won the Best Comedy Recording Grammy Award in 1985 for "Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway". Her first Oscar Award was achieved in 1990 - Best Supporting Actress in "Ghost". She won a Tony Award in 2002 for producing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and her first Emmy Award came in 2002, when she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series for "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel".

Question by player Rizeeve

Answer: Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster was a child star who worked extensively on TV before making her movie debut at the age of 10 in "Napoleon and Samantha", about a boy and girl who run away with a lion. During filming, she was picked up and shaken by a lion, leaving her with scarring and ailurophobia. Foster went on to be a successful movie star, earning Academy Awards for "The Accused" (1988) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).

Question by player Upstart3

Answer: Robert Duvall

Duvall played Eisenhower in the TV mini-series "Ike: The War Years", Meechum in "The Great Santini" and Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now". He was nominated but did not win Academy Awards for his roles in "The Great Santini" and "Apocalypse Now".

Question by player steelman86

Answer: Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet attended the St. Marys Primary School in Reading, England along with her older sister Anna and younger sister Beth. She is best known for her Oscar nominated role in "Titanic".

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