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Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 13
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Another One Bites the Dust: 13 Quiz


All these people died in 1986. Who were they?

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,222
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. This English-born actor left school at 14 and forged his father's signature on a letter so that he could join a troupe of knockabout comedians. In 1920, eight of them were selected to go to the U.S. to star in a successful Broadway show. He stayed in America and was picked by Mae West to star with her in "She Done Him Wrong" (1933). Some of his famous movies are "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), "To Catch a Thief" (1955), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "Charade" (1963). Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This actor is one of the all-time great Hollywood stars. He was nominated for an Oscar on three occasions but only won once which ironically was for a film of a different genre to the one he is famous for. He starred with Pat O'Brien in 9 films. He is probably best known for "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938) and "The Public Enemy" (1931). Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This actor was born in South Wales, UK. He won the 1946 Best Actor Oscar for "The Lost Weekend" in which he played a drunken writer. He also played a man plotting to murder his wife (Grace Kelly) in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954). Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This UK politician was British Prime Minister from January 1957 until October 1963. In 1984 he was made a member of the House of Lords and took the title 1st Earl of Stockton, a reference to the constituency (Stockton-on-Tees) that he represented in Parliament. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This English actress played Mrs Cratchit in the 1951 film of "Scrooge" which starred Alastair Sim, one of the domestic servants in "Mary Poppins" (1964) and the voice of Auntie Shrew in "The Secret of NIMH" (1982). She is probably best known in America for playing the bawdy housekeeper Mrs Naugatuck in the comedy series "Maude" which ran from 1972 to 1978. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This American actor won an Oscar for playing Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" (1949), a film about political corruption. Five years later he was cast as chief Dan Mathews in the TV series "Highway Patrol". Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This American lady (birth name Bessie Warfield), was at the centre of a huge constitutional crisis in the 1930s. She had married and divorced a U.S. naval officer, Win Spencer, and was married to Ernest Simpson when she became the mistress of an English prince. Following the death of King George V, her lover became King Edward VIII. He eventually gave up his throne for her and she divorced her husband and married the then Duke of Windsor and became the Duchess of Windsor. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer was one of the first two people to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at just over 29,000 feet. His partner was the New Zealander Edmund Hillary. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This American singer/actor made a string of hit musicals starting with "Look for the Silver Lining" (1949) and 5 Doris Day films beginning with "Tea for Two" (1950). His most famous films are without doubt "Oklahoma!" (1955) and "Carousel" (1956), both opposite Shirley Jones. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This American lyricist and librettist co-created some of the world's most popular musicals. He was nominated for 5 Oscars, winning three of them. His first win was in 1952 for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for "An American in Paris". He got two in 1958 for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay and Best Music, Original Song, both for the film "Gigi". Other famous musicals he co-created are "Brigadoon", and "Camelot". Hint



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1. This English-born actor left school at 14 and forged his father's signature on a letter so that he could join a troupe of knockabout comedians. In 1920, eight of them were selected to go to the U.S. to star in a successful Broadway show. He stayed in America and was picked by Mae West to star with her in "She Done Him Wrong" (1933). Some of his famous movies are "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944), "To Catch a Thief" (1955), "North by Northwest" (1959) and "Charade" (1963).

Answer: Cary Grant

He was contracted to Paramount in his early career but when that contract expired, he decided to take the unusual step of going freelance. Fortunately, his films were usually successful so he was never short of offers from a variety of studios. Ian Fleming apparently modelled the James Bond character with Cary Grant in mind.

He turned down the role of James Bond in "Dr. No" believing he was too old to play the character at age 58. He suffered a stroke while getting ready for a one man show in Davenport, Iowa on 29 November 1986 and died later that night.
2. This actor is one of the all-time great Hollywood stars. He was nominated for an Oscar on three occasions but only won once which ironically was for a film of a different genre to the one he is famous for. He starred with Pat O'Brien in 9 films. He is probably best known for "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938) and "The Public Enemy" (1931).

Answer: James Cagney

James won his Oscar playing the composer/dancer/actor George M. Cohan in the ultra patriotic "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942). According to his autobiography, the Mafia planned to have him killed at one time, but George Raft used his mob connections to cancel the hit.

He married his wife Francis in September 1922 and they were still together when he died on 30 March 1986, almost 64 years later.
3. This actor was born in South Wales, UK. He won the 1946 Best Actor Oscar for "The Lost Weekend" in which he played a drunken writer. He also played a man plotting to murder his wife (Grace Kelly) in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" (1954).

Answer: Ray Milland

At 21 he was a member of the Household Cavalry, often seen riding their horses in their plumed helmets and gleaming breastplates on ceremonial occasions in the UK. He became a crack marksman, being on a team which won a competition at Bisley, home of the UK's pre-eminent shooting grounds.

He is the only actor in Oscar history to have won a Best Actor award and not say a single word. He simply accepted the statuette, bowed and left the stage. He died on 10 March, 1986.
4. This UK politician was British Prime Minister from January 1957 until October 1963. In 1984 he was made a member of the House of Lords and took the title 1st Earl of Stockton, a reference to the constituency (Stockton-on-Tees) that he represented in Parliament.

Answer: Harold Macmillan

When Anthony Eden resigned in January 1957, the Conservative Party had no mechanism to elect a new leader who would also automatically become Prime Minister as they were the party in power. Macmillan was appointed by the Queen after taking advice from senior politicians.

His administration accelerated the granting of independence to many African nations previously colonised by Britain. He retired in 1964 and died 29 December, 1986.
5. This English actress played Mrs Cratchit in the 1951 film of "Scrooge" which starred Alastair Sim, one of the domestic servants in "Mary Poppins" (1964) and the voice of Auntie Shrew in "The Secret of NIMH" (1982). She is probably best known in America for playing the bawdy housekeeper Mrs Naugatuck in the comedy series "Maude" which ran from 1972 to 1978.

Answer: Hermione Baddeley

She was nominated for an Oscar for the film "Room at the Top" in 1960 even though her role of Simone Signoret's friend Elspeth was on screen for less than three minutes, even less time than Judi Dench was on screen for her Oscar in "Shakespeare in Love". She died on 19 August, 1986.
6. This American actor won an Oscar for playing Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" (1949), a film about political corruption. Five years later he was cast as chief Dan Mathews in the TV series "Highway Patrol".

Answer: Broderick Crawford

He was named after his mother's surname (she was actress Helen Broderick). During WW2, he was assigned to the Armed Forces network and was posted to Britain where he served as an announcer for the Glen Miller Band. He died on 26 April, 1986 after a series of strokes.
7. This American lady (birth name Bessie Warfield), was at the centre of a huge constitutional crisis in the 1930s. She had married and divorced a U.S. naval officer, Win Spencer, and was married to Ernest Simpson when she became the mistress of an English prince. Following the death of King George V, her lover became King Edward VIII. He eventually gave up his throne for her and she divorced her husband and married the then Duke of Windsor and became the Duchess of Windsor.

Answer: Wallis Simpson

She was known as Wallis (her middle name). King Edward VIII was given the choice of abdicating his throne or giving up Wallis as it was thought at the time that the country would not accept a divorcee as Queen. He announced to the country that "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility, and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love".

He took the title Duke of Windsor and she divorced her husband Ernest Simpson.

They married in 1937. She died on 24 April, 1986. He had died previously, in 1972.
8. This Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer was one of the first two people to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at just over 29,000 feet. His partner was the New Zealander Edmund Hillary.

Answer: Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing and Hillary were two members of the British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953 and they spent only about 15 minutes at the top on 29 May, 1953. Hillary took a famous photo of Tenzing posing at the top but there is no photo of Hillary as Tenzing had never used a camera before.

They didn't reveal which of them was actually first to the top. Because of the remote location, news of the ascent took several days to emerge as it involved the news being carried by runner before transmission to London by telegram.

The news reached London on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on 2 June, 1953. Sherpa Tenzing, as he was known, died on 9 May, 1986.
9. This American singer/actor made a string of hit musicals starting with "Look for the Silver Lining" (1949) and 5 Doris Day films beginning with "Tea for Two" (1950). His most famous films are without doubt "Oklahoma!" (1955) and "Carousel" (1956), both opposite Shirley Jones.

Answer: Gordon McCrae

Frank Sinatra pulled out of the film "Carousel" when he realised each scene was to be shot twice, once in Cinemascope and again in Cinemascope 55. McCrea was asked to replace him, which of course he did. Ironically, the technicians found a way to convert Cinemascope 55 to Cinemascope without having to film everything twice. He died on 24 January, 1986.
10. This American lyricist and librettist co-created some of the world's most popular musicals. He was nominated for 5 Oscars, winning three of them. His first win was in 1952 for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay for "An American in Paris". He got two in 1958 for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay and Best Music, Original Song, both for the film "Gigi". Other famous musicals he co-created are "Brigadoon", and "Camelot".

Answer: Alan Jay Lerner

He also wrote the lyrics for "My Fair Lady" (based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion"). The music was written by his most famous partner Frederick Loewe. He was sued by the Federal Government for $1.4 million in back taxes and penalties late in his career and a lien was put on his royalties to help pay the bill. He died on 14 June, 1986.
Source: Author Spontini

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