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Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 19
Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 19

Another One Bites the Dust: 19 Quiz


All these people died in the year 1989. Who were they?

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,396
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
887
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: rupert774 (8/10), daveguth (10/10), Guest 35 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This actress was one of the Hollywood greats. She was nominated 11 times for the Best Actress Oscar, winning on two occasions - in 1936 for "Dangerous" and in 1939 for "Jezebel". She was known as "the fifth Warner Brother". She had another big success in 1950 with "All About Eve". Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This actress is famous as a dizzy redhead from her TV comedy shows but was in fact anything but. She met and married her Cuban husband Desi in 1940. She made a radio comedy "My Favorite Husband" in 1948 and CBS made it into a sitcom TV series which is still one of the most popular of all time. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This English actor, famous for playing Shakespearean roles but made the transition to a Hollywood star. He married Vivien Leigh in 1940, just after she had made "Gone with the Wind" and he had made "Wuthering Heights", both of which were massive box-office hits. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This actor is famous as a villain, mainly in Westerns but also in dramas such as "The Big Combo" (1955) with Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte. In the mid 1960s he got the role of Col. Mortimer in "For A Few Dollars More" and became a star. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The son of a famous Italian film pioneer, this director is famous for his Spaghetti Westerns such as "Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This American actor did radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. He played James Dean's father in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). His most famous role is as the cartoon character Mr. Magoo. He made many short films as this character and also some TV series. He also played Thurston Howell III in "Gilligan's Island". Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This English actor was a qualified doctor but practiced medicine only for a few years before realising he wanted to perform comedy. His father was a police Inspector and may well have been the inspiration for the constables he played in many comedy sketches. He formed a team with his university friends to make the BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This American actor was heard by millions but would probably not have been recognised by the majority of his fans. If you can think of a Warner Brothers cartoon character, there is a very good chance this man created the voice to go with it. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This English actor initially made his name as a Shakespearian actor. During WW2 he served with the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of major. In films he often made historical epics due to his classical training, such as Cardinal Wolsey in "Anne of the Thousand days" (1969). Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This Spanish painter is famous for surreal images. His most famous painting, "The Persistence of Memory" was completed in 1931 showing images of melting pocket watches. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This actress was one of the Hollywood greats. She was nominated 11 times for the Best Actress Oscar, winning on two occasions - in 1936 for "Dangerous" and in 1939 for "Jezebel". She was known as "the fifth Warner Brother". She had another big success in 1950 with "All About Eve".

Answer: Bette Davis

Her career slowed during the 1950s, and in 1961 she placed a 'Job Wanted' ad in the trade papers. In 1962 she starred in the horror film "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" which was a complete departure from her previous films and won her another Oscar nomination. Director Steven Spielberg bought her "Jezebel" Oscar at auction in 2001 for $578,000 and donated it to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

She died on 6 October, 1989.
2. This actress is famous as a dizzy redhead from her TV comedy shows but was in fact anything but. She met and married her Cuban husband Desi in 1940. She made a radio comedy "My Favorite Husband" in 1948 and CBS made it into a sitcom TV series which is still one of the most popular of all time.

Answer: Lucille Ball

When CBS created "I Love Lucy", Lucille and her husband Desi Araz created the now standard 3-camera technique for filming sitcoms and also the idea of syndicating the programmes. She became the first woman to own her own studio ("Desilu Productions"). She died 26 April, 1989.
3. This English actor, famous for playing Shakespearean roles but made the transition to a Hollywood star. He married Vivien Leigh in 1940, just after she had made "Gone with the Wind" and he had made "Wuthering Heights", both of which were massive box-office hits.

Answer: Laurence Olivier

Olivier was knighted in 1947. He won the Best Actor Oscar for "Hamlet" (1948) which also won the Best Picture Oscar making it the only Shakespeare play to win an Oscar. In 1985, he was presenting the Oscar for Best Picture and forgot to name the nominees. He just opened the envelope and blurted out "Amadeus!" He died on 11 July, 1989.
4. This actor is famous as a villain, mainly in Westerns but also in dramas such as "The Big Combo" (1955) with Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte. In the mid 1960s he got the role of Col. Mortimer in "For A Few Dollars More" and became a star.

Answer: Lee Van Cleef

He had lost the top joint of his middle finger on one hand in an accident at home many years before. This was prominently featured in the climax to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966). He died on 16 December, 1989.
5. The son of a famous Italian film pioneer, this director is famous for his Spaghetti Westerns such as "Fistful of Dollars" (1964), "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966).

Answer: Sergio Leone

He often worked with composer Ennio Morricone who said that Leone would get him to compose the film theme before the start of photography which was rather unusual. After making "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984) he tried baiting his former leading man, Clint Eastwood, by claiming Robert de Niro was a 'real' actor. Eastwood was by then a more famous director than Leone which may have been the cause of the friction.

When Eastwood directed the Oscar winning "Unforgiven", he dedicated it to the memory of Leone and Don Siegel. Leone died on 30 April, 1989.
6. This American actor did radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. He played James Dean's father in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). His most famous role is as the cartoon character Mr. Magoo. He made many short films as this character and also some TV series. He also played Thurston Howell III in "Gilligan's Island".

Answer: Jim Backus

In 1958, he and Phyllis Diller got into the top 40 Pop chart with a novelty recording which consisted of the pair taking a drink of champagne and exclaiming "Delicious!" as the record progressed and each of them getting more and more drunk and giggly. He died 25 February, 1989.
7. This English actor was a qualified doctor but practiced medicine only for a few years before realising he wanted to perform comedy. His father was a police Inspector and may well have been the inspiration for the constables he played in many comedy sketches. He formed a team with his university friends to make the BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

Answer: Graham Chapman

Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam are all members of the 'Python' team. Graham was diagnosed with a malignant tumour on his tonsil in 1988 which spread to his spine. Every time the tumour was removed, it would spring up elsewhere in his spine or throat.

He died on 4 October, 1989, just one day before the 20th Anniversary of Monty Python. Terry Jones called it "The worst case of party-pooping I've ever seen".
8. This American actor was heard by millions but would probably not have been recognised by the majority of his fans. If you can think of a Warner Brothers cartoon character, there is a very good chance this man created the voice to go with it.

Answer: Mel Blanc

His best known voice creations include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Barney Rubble from "The Flintstones" and many more. He died on July 10, 1989 and the epitaph on his headstone reads "That's All Folks!".
9. This English actor initially made his name as a Shakespearian actor. During WW2 he served with the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of major. In films he often made historical epics due to his classical training, such as Cardinal Wolsey in "Anne of the Thousand days" (1969).

Answer: Anthony Quayle

Between 1948 and 1956 he was director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He was knighted in 1985 for services to drama and died on 20 October, 1989.
10. This Spanish painter is famous for surreal images. His most famous painting, "The Persistence of Memory" was completed in 1931 showing images of melting pocket watches.

Answer: Salvador Dali

Dali was prone to unusual behaviour at times. He loved to make attention grabbing public actions which sometimes got more attention than his work. He died on 23 January, 1989.
Source: Author Spontini

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