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Quiz about Marvelous Martha Stewart
Quiz about Marvelous Martha Stewart

Marvelous Martha Stewart Trivia Quiz


Dear Martha... my dear, this is a quiz all about you. Let's revisit some of the highs and lows of tenacious Martha Stewart's career.

A multiple-choice quiz by malik24. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
malik24
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
400,767
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
553
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: donkeehote (10/10), Maybeline5 (10/10), Guest 97 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Martha married into being a Stewart. Keeping in mind her parents had Polish heritage, what was her actual birth name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Martha studied at Barnard College and achieved a double major in history and which other related topic? It might have helped with her interior design ventures. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Martha's career progression wasn't too linear on the face of it. Directly after graduating, what Wall Street job did Martha Stewart jump into? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Martha then made a business in yet another field which prepared her for her first book, 'Entertaining', published in 1982. What field were the book and business related to? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1990, Martha Stewart made a monthly lifestyle and cooking magazine, which she later brought to the TV due to its success. What was the name of the show and magazine? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 1990 was a busy one for Martha since she also got divorced that year. With which actor did she have a short-lived relationship, citing her concerns over his scary portrayal of Hannibal Lecter as the main reason for the break-up? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In 2004, a number of charges were brought against Martha, from which she was convicted for five months in prison and two years supervised release. What were the accusations primarily related to? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. After serving her time, Martha got right back to business. What show associated with Donald Trump did Martha adapt and host for herself in 2005? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Martha's unpredictable career path also seemed to be reflected in the company she kept. Which rapper otherwise known as Calvin Broadus Jr. did she co-star with in a 2016 variety TV show? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Aside from her career, Martha has held a special interest in a particular field. PETA would know that Martha has owned many of which of these over the years? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Martha married into being a Stewart. Keeping in mind her parents had Polish heritage, what was her actual birth name?

Answer: Martha Helen Kostyra

Hoxha is a common Albanian surname, Gruber an Austrian surname meaning 'miner', and Hansen a Norwegian surname. Martha Stewart was born in New Jersey in August 3, 1941, and her parents were Edward Kostyra and Martha Ruszowski Kostyra. She reportedly learned how to sew and cook from her mother, a teacher.

Her father, a pharmaceutical salesman, taught her how to garden. As it so happened, the pharmaceutical industry would indirectly cause her quite a bit of hassle later on in life.
2. Martha studied at Barnard College and achieved a double major in history and which other related topic? It might have helped with her interior design ventures.

Answer: Architectural history

Martha had a wide range of interests - whilst she was studying for her degree, she did some modelling on the side to pay the bills. She'd originally planned to study chemistry, but changed her mind to art, and ultimately history and architectural history.

She achieved the double major at Barnard College, a women's college founded since affiliated Columbia University originally restricted women from entry. It was during this period that she first met Andrew Stewart, her husband-to-be who was finishing a law degree at Yale University.
3. Martha's career progression wasn't too linear on the face of it. Directly after graduating, what Wall Street job did Martha Stewart jump into?

Answer: Stockbroker

She initially kept up with the modelling, but eventually wanted more out of life. Her father-in-law was a stockbroker - someone who buys and sells stocks and other securities for clients - and so she set her eyes on securing the job for herself. In 1967, two years after graduation she joined the Pearlberg, Monness, Williams & Sidel broker-dealer: at her best she earned over $130,000 a year. Both modelling and stockbroking were useful in her businesses: modelling gave her experience with presentation, where the stockbroker job educated her on some of the economic aspects of business.
4. Martha then made a business in yet another field which prepared her for her first book, 'Entertaining', published in 1982. What field were the book and business related to?

Answer: Catering

'Entertaining' was a cookbook full of hundreds of recipes and colour-photographs, many from parties she had hosted. Martha had founded the thriving catering business with her friend Norma Collier. She caught the eye of Alan Mirken, a publisher who her group had been contracted to host a part for, and who encouraged her to create the cookbook.

It was the first of many successful book titles and was perhaps the first big stepping stone for her becoming a public figure in the US.
5. In 1990, Martha Stewart made a monthly lifestyle and cooking magazine, which she later brought to the TV due to its success. What was the name of the show and magazine?

Answer: Martha Stewart Living

As Martha might say, it's a good thing. The show ran in some form between 1993 and 2004. It typically took place in her kitchen or one of her arts and crafts rooms. One of the reasons her name is on so many products is because she fought for it: Martha wanted further media tie-ins with her magazine whereas Time Warner - her publisher at the time - didn't approve.

In 1997 she was able to buy them out in the process of consolidating her brand assets into the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia company. By 1999, this company had made her into the first self-made female billionaire, albeit a short-lived one.
6. 1990 was a busy one for Martha since she also got divorced that year. With which actor did she have a short-lived relationship, citing her concerns over his scary portrayal of Hannibal Lecter as the main reason for the break-up?

Answer: Anthony Hopkins

She had separated from Andrew Stewart in 1987 and officially divorced in 1990, though keeping the surname. They'd had one child together, Alexis, who'd joked that Martha would make her wrap her own Christmas presents in her light-hearted book 'Whateverland: Learning to Live Here'. Regarding Anthony Hopkins, things seemed to be going fine until she'd decided to rewatch 'The Silence of the Lambs'. On the 'Howard Stern Show', she expressed fear of him, based on his character: "Do you want someone eating your brain while you are sitting in your beautiful dining room in Maine?".
7. In 2004, a number of charges were brought against Martha, from which she was convicted for five months in prison and two years supervised release. What were the accusations primarily related to?

Answer: Insider trading

The accusations made were that she had, in 2001, sold all of her stocks in pharmaceutical company ImClone, two days before its primary product had been rejected by the FDA. Sam Waksal, the CEO at the time, had also sold his $5m share prior to the announcement.

Whilst it was easy to prove his wrong-doing, the case still had to be made with evidence that Martha had acted on nonpublic insider information to make the trade to avoid the loss in the dropped value of the shares. Martha reportedly didn't know about the FDA decision, but did know via a broker who had worked with Sam Waksal that he had planned to sell his share. Ironically, rather than the insider trading stuff, her jail sentence ended up being related to conspiracy, obstruction of justice and a number of false statements made during the trial.

The case was particularly notorious, but one fun quirk is that the money involved in Martha's case wasn't massive: in 2006 she paid back three times the amount of money she had avoided losing on the stocks, adding up to just $195,000.
8. After serving her time, Martha got right back to business. What show associated with Donald Trump did Martha adapt and host for herself in 2005?

Answer: The Apprentice

Unfortunately, it was a case of: "Martha, you're fired". The show was not well-received, having been criticised for being derivative of the main show. As such, it only lasted for one season. It followed a similar format to Trump's 'Apprentice' - it had two teams compete against one another, two advisors who would observe the teams and give Martha feedback, the boardroom deliberation and then the (more kindly) firing sequence.
9. Martha's unpredictable career path also seemed to be reflected in the company she kept. Which rapper otherwise known as Calvin Broadus Jr. did she co-star with in a 2016 variety TV show?

Answer: Snoop Dogg

Although Martha has stated admiration for Eminem, it was Snoop who she'd had the friendship with. The show was known as 'Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party': in the first season they had cooking events which united a diverse array of celebrities under the simple pleasure of enjoying a good meal.

Their first televised encounter was in 'The Martha Stewart Show' in 2008, where she taught him how to make mashed potato. He appeared on the show again a year later, where they made brownies, both euphemistically referring to the likely inclusion of marijuana were they not on a primetime television show.
10. Aside from her career, Martha has held a special interest in a particular field. PETA would know that Martha has owned many of which of these over the years?

Answer: Animals

Martha has owned a particularly wide array of animals and is a self-proclaimed animal lover. Some have been pets, like cats and dogs, but she's also owned many farm animals like horses and chickens. She's also technically created many animals of her own using her arts and crafts materials.

When she was in jail, she helped PETA create a video protesting the use of animal furs. One of her dogs, a Chow Chow called Ghenghis (sic) Khan, won the Best of Breed in the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Source: Author malik24

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