FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about It Aint All its Cracked Up to Be
Quiz about It Aint All its Cracked Up to Be

It Ain't All it's Cracked Up to Be Quiz


Fame and wealth does not always buy happiness. There are some things in this world that money cannot buy.

A multiple-choice quiz by dcpddc478. Estimated time: 4 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Celebrity Trivia
  6. »
  7. Celebrities Mixture
  8. »
  9. Celebrity Families

Author
dcpddc478
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
378,143
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
898
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (8/10), Hayes1953 (10/10), Guest 98 (10/10).
- -
Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following celebrities had a son who was murdered while changing a flat tire in 1997? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. There is nothing cheerful about this question, but which celebrity lost his twin half-brothers to a scuba diving accident in 1980? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which Academy Award winning actor's granddaughter, E'dena Hines, was a beautiful young woman who was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in 2015, when she was only 33 years old? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The daughter of which famous blonde bombshell, during an incident of domestic violence, killed her mother's boyfriend with a knife, in 1958? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of these options links actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Ingrid Bergman? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The tragedies in which singer's life can often be heard in his music such as "Claudette" and "Crying"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In 1979, the now notorious, actor/athlete, OJ Simpson lost his 23 month old daughter to a drowning in the home pool.


Question 8 of 10
8. Professional basketball player Michael Jordan's father was killed while sleeping in which of these locations? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Television/radio celebrity Art Linkletter, lost three of his five children before he passed away in 2010.


Question 10 of 10
10. After growing up in a home full of alcoholism and domestic violence, which of the following celebrities witnessed her mother kill her father? Hint



(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Most Recent Scores
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 75: 8/10
Mar 10 2024 : Hayes1953: 10/10
Feb 18 2024 : Guest 98: 10/10
Feb 05 2024 : Guest 12: 9/10

Score Distribution

quiz
Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following celebrities had a son who was murdered while changing a flat tire in 1997?

Answer: Bill Cosby

While changing a flat tire on Interstate 405, in Los Angeles, California, Ennis Cosby, the only son of Bill Cosby, was shot and killed during a botched robbery attempt. Bill Cosby had four daughters, but this was his only son, and close family friends stated that he was devastated.

The suspect was caught and given a life term in prison. The victim and the perpetrator were strangers. The victim was only 27 and the perpetrator was 18.
2. There is nothing cheerful about this question, but which celebrity lost his twin half-brothers to a scuba diving accident in 1980?

Answer: Kelsey Grammer

While many people might think that "Cheers" actor Kelsey Grammer has it made, they might want to think again. In 1968, while the actor was only thirteen, his father was shot and killed outside of their home. In 1975, his sister Karen, who was 18, was kidnapped, raped, and then murdered.

In 1980, Grammer lost his twin half-brothers, who died off the coast of St. Thomas, in a scuba diving accident. Grammer's longtime friend, David Angell, was aboard American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center on a sunny day in 2001. Somehow, in spite of these tragedies, Grammer has gone on to a successful career in film and television.
3. Which Academy Award winning actor's granddaughter, E'dena Hines, was a beautiful young woman who was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in 2015, when she was only 33 years old?

Answer: Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman's step granddaughter, E'dena Hines, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, rapper Lamar Davenport. E'dena Hines was the granddaughter of Freeman's first wife, Jeannette Gradshaw, to whom Freeman was married from 1967-1979. Freeman was devastated, and remained silent regarding his feelings over the incident.
4. The daughter of which famous blonde bombshell, during an incident of domestic violence, killed her mother's boyfriend with a knife, in 1958?

Answer: Lana Turner

Lana Turner led what most of us would call a fairy tail life. When she was 16, she was drinking a soda in a an ice cream parlor, when she was "discovered" by a Hollywood reporter. She went on to become one of the most famous actresses of her era. In 1958, her teenage daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed Turner's boyfriend to death.

It was ruled a justifiable homicide, as the boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, had a reputation as being abusive and had even held Turner's co-star, Sean Connery, at gunpoint. So being rich, famous, and beautiful, may not be all that it is cracked up to be.
5. Which of these options links actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Ingrid Bergman?

Answer: They were both orphaned.

Both of these great actresses were orphaned as children. Ingrid Bergman lost her mother at the age of two and then was orphaned at the age of twelve when her beloved father died. Barbara Stanwyck lost her mother at the age of four, and her father left a few weeks later.

She was kicked around foster homes until she was a teenager. This lack of childhood security did not keep either of these great women from succeeding. It is possible that it may have provided an impetus to help them do well.
6. The tragedies in which singer's life can often be heard in his music such as "Claudette" and "Crying"?

Answer: Roy Orbison

Back in 1966, singer Roy Orbison's wife, Claudette Frady, was struck and killed by a semi-truck while the two were out riding their motorcycles. She was killed instantly. Only two years later, two of his three sons were killed in a house fire which destroyed both his home and a part of his soul, I'm sure.

In 1973, just before Thanksgiving, his brother, Grady, was killed in an automobile accident while enroute to Orbison's house for the holidays. This insight into the life of this wonderful singer may help you to understand his music.
7. In 1979, the now notorious, actor/athlete, OJ Simpson lost his 23 month old daughter to a drowning in the home pool.

Answer: True

Despite what you may think of him now, in August on 1979, Simpson lost his daughter shortly before her second birthday. Aaren was found comatose in the bottom of the family pool by her mother. She was put on life-support on arrival at the hospital and died the next day.

The reported cause of death was "respiratory failure". Aaren was the youngest of Simpson's three children at the time. The tragedies that occurred later in Simpson's life were much more closely followed by the media, than this sad event was.
8. Professional basketball player Michael Jordan's father was killed while sleeping in which of these locations?

Answer: Highway rest stop

In 1993, while returning home from a funeral, James Jordan, father of basketball wizard Michael Jordan was shot and killed in a North Carolina highway rest stop. Two felons shot him while he slept, and stole the car. They disposed of the body in a nearby swamp.

They took his money, cell phone, and two NBA championship rings that his son had given him. Jordan was so affected by the murder that he retired from the NBA later that year saying he had lost his desire to play. He did make a comeback, but was never quite the same.
9. Television/radio celebrity Art Linkletter, lost three of his five children before he passed away in 2010.

Answer: True

Art Linkletter brought a lot of smiles to American homes in the mid-20th century with his programs "People are Funny" and "Children Say the Darndest Things". Most viewers were unaware that he had been abandoned as a newborn and never knew his birth parents or siblings.

In 1969, his twenty year old daughter, Diane, jumped to her death from her sixth floor Hollywood apartment. In 1980, his son Robert died in an automobile accident. In 2007, he lost a third child to lymphoma. The loss of a single child is one of the most devastating things that can happen to someone.

The loss of three, is indescribable.
10. After growing up in a home full of alcoholism and domestic violence, which of the following celebrities witnessed her mother kill her father?

Answer: Charlize Theron

While growing up in South Africa, actress Charlize Theron witnessed her father's weekly verbal and physical abuse. When she was only fifteen, she witnessed her mother shoot and kill her father in an act of self-defense. Somehow, she found the inner strength to go on with life and be successful and self-reliant. Domestic violence can be found everywhere, including the homes of the rich and famous.
Source: Author dcpddc478

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor skunkee before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us