You Too Can... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jack Nicklaus

Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt were all 100 metre track champions who at least once held the world record for this distance. Mr Owens broke the world record in Berlin at the Olympics with a time of 10.2 seconds. This record was not broken for twenty years. American Carl Lewis broke the world record at the 1988 Olympics with a time of 9.92 seconds when Canadian Don Johnson was disqualified. Usain Bolt broke the world record in 2007. His time was 9.72 seconds which he reduced to 9.69 seconds when he won the gold medal as well at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Jack Nicklaus was a golfer.

Answer: United Kingdom

To be a king or queen you usually need to be born into a Royal family. However, you could always marry into a royal family. Diana Spencer certainly did. The United Kingdom is one of many European countries where the Head of State is a king or queen. Other countries in Europe where there is a king or queen are include, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain.

Answer: President Washington

When the United States of America declared their independence from Great Britain, they decided they did not want a government headed by a king or a queen. They wanted to elect their own head of state. When they organised elections, Mr Washington was voted in as first US President in 1789 and again in 1792.
Mr Jefferson was the third president, Mr Madison the fourth and Mr Lincoln the sixteenth President.

Answer: President Kennedy

Presidents Clinton and Obama both served two full terms. President Nixon resigned in his second term. President Kennedy was shot and killed during his first term in Dallas in November 1963. This was a tragic event. Mr Kennedy's killer was killed himself by Jack Ruby when the killer was being escorted from jail.

Answer: Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was a nun who devoted her whole life to helping the sick and the needy. She worked mainly in India and founded the Missionaries of Charity. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, where instead of having a gala dinner she asked for the money it would cost to be donated to the needy.

She died in Calcutta in India aged 87. She was beatified by the Catholic Church after she died.

Answer: Roald Amundsen

Robert Peary was the first to reach the North Pole in 1909. Norwegian Roald Amundsen was planning to be the first but after the news that Mr Peary had done just that, Mr Amundsen then changed his mind and decided to be the first to reach the South Pole.

He knew there was an Englishman called Robert Falcon Scott who was trying to reach it at the same time. Mr Amundsen and his team were the first to arrive at the South Pole on December 14 1911. Mr Scott and his team arrived 33 days later. Mr Scott's team perished on the return journey, but Mr Amundsen and his team made it back to their ship and then New Zealand before sailing back to Oslo.

Answer: Sylvester Stallone

Up until he starred in "Rocky" in 1976, Mr Stallone only had minor roles. He wrote the screenplay for "Rocky" but would not sell the rights unless he played Rocky. Eventually he got his way. The movie won several awards but Mr Stallone never won an Oscar for playing Rocky (in seven movies, spanning 1976-2008). Mr Stallone also played the title character in the four movie "Rambo" franchise.

Answer: Christopher Columbus

All four were truly great sailors and navigators. Christopher Columbus made four trips to the Americas between 1492 and 1503. To be fair he never wanted to sail anywhere but between the Americas and Europe. Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1520 but sadly did not live to see his ship circumnavigate the globe. Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania which he called Van Diemen's Land (now part of Australia) and New Zealand in 1642. Captain James Cook was the first European to discover the east coast of Australia in 1770.

Answer: Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley's act was something like nobody had seen before. "Hound Dog" was not his first number one but it was one of his most enduring songs. It reached number one in 1956. The Beatles formed in the 50s but their number one hits were between 1962-70. The Rolling Stones came a little later but lasted longer and the Bay City Rollers were popular from 1975-77.

Answer: Orville Wright

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, first flew their powered heavier than air plane, the "Flyer" in 1903.
In 1928 Charles Kingsford Smith was the first pilot to cross the Pacific from Oakland California to Brisbane Australia.
Amy Johnson was the first woman pilot (called an aviatrix) to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930.
In 1932 Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from the US to Ireland. (Charles Lindbergh was the first in 1927).