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Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 21
Quiz about Another One Bites the Dust 21

Another One Bites the Dust: 21 Quiz


After a dip into the mid 60s we return to the 1980s. Who are these people who all died in 1981?

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,630
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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828
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Question 1 of 10
1. This actress starred as a child in a miraculous film in 1947 which was remade in 1994 starring Mara Wilson in the role of Susan Walker. Both films are regularly in the Christmas TV schedules. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This actor was best man at the wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1954 for "Stalag 17" and was also nominated in 1951 for "Sunset Blvd." and in 1977 for "Network". He also starred in "Damien: Omen II" (1978). Following his divorce in 1971, he started a nine-year relationship with actress Stefanie Powers. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This lady won eight Oscars and was nominated on 27 other occasions. Impossible you say? Well, she wasn't an actress... She was probably the most famous costume designer in Hollywood history, sometimes having multiple nominations in the same year. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This actor made many films, a lot of them as a cowboy (villain and hero). He is best known for a TV series where he played the patriarch of the Ewing family in "Dallas". Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This Jamaican reggae singer started out with a group called the Wailers. After they broke up he pursued a solo career and became a world wide star. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This film director won three Academy Awards as Best Director for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) and "Ben-Hur" (1959). Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This British character actor was always in demand to play authority figures such as detectives, naval officers etc during the 1950s. In 1962 he appeared as head of the British Secret Service in the first of a series of films which went on to worldwide success. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This heavyweight boxing champion used his middle name as a surname. His reign as heavyweight champion of the world lasted for 140 consecutive months during which time he defended the title 25 times. He was known as the "Brown Bomber". Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This early rock and roll musician came to fame with such songs as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll". Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This actress found fame as a dancer. She appeared in several Broadway musicals. Her first film in 1945 was "Wonder Man" which she made with Danny Kaye. She had a string of films dancing in films with the likes of Fred Astaire ("Three Little Words") and Gene Kelly ("On the Town") before making "White Christmas" (1955) with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This actress starred as a child in a miraculous film in 1947 which was remade in 1994 starring Mara Wilson in the role of Susan Walker. Both films are regularly in the Christmas TV schedules.

Answer: Natalie Wood

The film which still forms part of the Christmas TV schedules is of course "Miracle on 34th Street". Natalie is best remembered for "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955) and "West Side Story" (1961). On 29 November 1981, she was on a yacht she was sharing with husband Robert Wagner and a friend.

It seems she fell into the water and drowned while trying to get into the dinghy moored alongside the yacht.
2. This actor was best man at the wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. He won the Best Actor Oscar in 1954 for "Stalag 17" and was also nominated in 1951 for "Sunset Blvd." and in 1977 for "Network". He also starred in "Damien: Omen II" (1978). Following his divorce in 1971, he started a nine-year relationship with actress Stefanie Powers.

Answer: William Holden

In the 1970s he set up an animal sanctuary in Africa. He and Stefanie spent much time raising the profile of the illegal animal trade and animal poaching. On 16 October 1981 he slipped on a rug and hit his head on a table causing a laceration from which he bled to death.
3. This lady won eight Oscars and was nominated on 27 other occasions. Impossible you say? Well, she wasn't an actress... She was probably the most famous costume designer in Hollywood history, sometimes having multiple nominations in the same year.

Answer: Edith Head

During the 1920s she was a French teacher. She appears on a set of 2003 American stamps celebrating American film making behind the scenes. She died on 24 October 1981.
4. This actor made many films, a lot of them as a cowboy (villain and hero). He is best known for a TV series where he played the patriarch of the Ewing family in "Dallas".

Answer: Jim Davis

His daughter looked very like Victoria Principal and was killed in a car crash aged 17. He grew very close to Victoria on the set of Dallas and had a picture of her and his daughter in his pocket when he was buried. He died 26 April 1981. His character was 'kept alive' on Dallas for some time after his actual death by means of a story line that he was drilling for oil in South America.
5. This Jamaican reggae singer started out with a group called the Wailers. After they broke up he pursued a solo career and became a world wide star.

Answer: Bob Marley

In 1977 he was diagnosed with cancer under the nail of a toe. He refused to have the toe amputated because of his religious beliefs. He chose to have the nail-bed removed and a skin graft taken to cover the area. Unfortunately, the cancer spread and he died on 11 May 1981. He was given a State Funeral in Jamaica.
6. This film director won three Academy Awards as Best Director for "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) and "Ben-Hur" (1959).

Answer: William Wyler

His career spanned 45 years from silent pictures to major Hollywood productions. He was assistant director on "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1925) which won him an Oscar when he remade it in 1959. He permanently lost the hearing in his right ear while filming a bombing raid in 1944. He died on 27 July 1981.
7. This British character actor was always in demand to play authority figures such as detectives, naval officers etc during the 1950s. In 1962 he appeared as head of the British Secret Service in the first of a series of films which went on to worldwide success.

Answer: Bernard Lee

He played "M" in all the Bond films up until "Moonraker" (1979). He died of stomach cancer on 16 January 1981 and his character "M" was not in the next Bond film. He had been preparing to make "For Your Eyes Only" (1981) when he died and the script was changed to say that he was "on leave". The character returned in "Octopussy" (1983).
8. This heavyweight boxing champion used his middle name as a surname. His reign as heavyweight champion of the world lasted for 140 consecutive months during which time he defended the title 25 times. He was known as the "Brown Bomber".

Answer: Joe Louis

He was born as Joe Louis Barrow in Alabama. He joined the army in 1942 but realising his potential to raise the spirits of the men, the army put him in a Special Services division rather than a combat post. Following his death on 12 April 1981, President Ronald Reagan waved the rules for burial at Arlington National Cemetery and he was buried there with full military honours.
9. This early rock and roll musician came to fame with such songs as "Rock Around the Clock", "See You Later, Alligator" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll".

Answer: Bill Haley

Rock and Roll horrified the American establishment when it first appeared and it was thought that it was part of a Communist plot to corrupt the minds of American teenagers. Haley was already 30 years of age by the mid 1950s and was soon replaced by younger, good looking stars such as Elvis Presley.

His recording of "Rock Around the Clock" was the first record to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany. He died on 9 February 1981.
10. This actress found fame as a dancer. She appeared in several Broadway musicals. Her first film in 1945 was "Wonder Man" which she made with Danny Kaye. She had a string of films dancing in films with the likes of Fred Astaire ("Three Little Words") and Gene Kelly ("On the Town") before making "White Christmas" (1955) with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney.

Answer: Vera-Ellen

She was famous for her long legs and tiny waist. Her parents used to share driving duties with the parents of Doris Day, with whom she went to the same dance studio as a child. She died 30 August 1981.
Source: Author Spontini

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