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Another One Bites the Dust Trivia Quiz

Each of the following clues should lead you to somebody who died in 2000 or 2001. Who were they?

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Spontini

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
366,857

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This actor was born to Russian Jewish parents in New York and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1967 for "The Fortune Cookie". He was one half of an odd couple. Hint

Rod Steiger

Dudley Moore

James Coburn

Walter Matthau

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Question 2 of 10

2. This person was born in London, England and won the 1957 Best Actor Oscar, was knighted in 1959, and was also awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1980 for advancing the art of screen acting. The younger generation will remember him for an iconic screen role when over 60 years old. Hint

John Gielgud

Rex Harrison

Laurence Olivier

Alec Guinness

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Question 3 of 10

3. Born Hedwig Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, this actress was regarded as one of the most beautiful women to have appeared on the silver screen. Under her maiden name she played an exceptionally daring role in "Ecstasy" (1933). Later, she starred in Cecil B. DeMille's 'Sampson and Delilah' in 1949. Hint

Maureen O'Sullivan

Gloria Swanson

Bette Davis

Hedy Lamarr

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Question 4 of 10

4. This English actor was best known for playing comedy roles and perhaps also for a slightly upper class persona. He made several films for Walt Disney and is probably best known for taking a spoonful of sugar. Hint

David Tomlinson

Dennis Price

Ian Carmichael

Richard Harris

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Question 5 of 10

5. This actor was the son of another famous actor. He started out in silent films and went on to make over 100 films and was married to the actress Joan Crawford. Hint

Dick Cusack

John Barrymore

Douglas Fairbanks Jr

Lionel Barrymore

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Question 6 of 10

6. This actor was born in Mexico and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1953 and 1957 for "Viva Zapata!" and "Lust for Life" respectively. Hint

Sergio Leone

Ricardo Montelban

Anthony Quinn

Desi Arnaz

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Question 7 of 10

7. This actor starred in a very much loved comedy which involved him dressing up as a woman to escape the mob after witnessing a mob hit. He won an Oscar in 1956 for "Mister Roberts" and also in 1974 for "Save The Tiger". Hint

Jack Klugman

Jack Lemmon

John Belushi

Leslie Neilsen

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Question 8 of 10

8. This person was lead guitarist of "The Quarrymen" which later became one of the most famous groups of all time. He wrote many fine songs including "My Sweet Lord". Hint

Kurt Cobain

Brian Jones

Sid Vicious

George Harrison

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Question 9 of 10

9. This English actor found international fame in a political comedy series on TV and was nominated for an Oscar in 1995, playing an English king. Hint

Paul Eddington

Terry Scott

Richard Briers

Nigel Hawthorne

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Question 10 of 10

10. This actor was mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee" from the musical "Grease". He was a teenage heartthrob in the 1960s but his career soon went into decline and he had limited success thereafter. Hint

Bobby Rydell

Doug McClure

Troy Donahue

Fabian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This actor was born to Russian Jewish parents in New York and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1967 for "The Fortune Cookie". He was one half of an odd couple.

Answer: Walter Matthau

The Neil Simon play, "The Odd Couple" was a huge hit for Walter and his screen partner Jack Lemmon. Walter and Jack appeared together in 9 films together between 1968 and 1997. They also both appeared in "JFK" in 1971 but did not appear on screen together. He died on 1st July 2000.

Answer: Alec Guinness

He won the 1957 Oscar for "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and was of course Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars: Episode VI - return of the Jedi". In "Kind Hearts and Coronets" he played eight different roles, looking different in each of them. He died on 5th August 2000.

Answer: Hedy Lamarr

In 1942 she, together with George Antheil, was the co-inventor of the earliest known form of the telecommunications method known as "frequency hopping". It was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or to jam. Frequency hopping is now widely used in cellular phones and other modern technology but as the patents were allowed to expire before the communications boom, she didn't make any money from it.

She died on 19th January 2000.

Answer: David Tomlinson

David's first wife Mary, killed herself and her two children from a previous marriage by jumping out of a New York hotel window in 1943. He died on 24th June 2000.

5. This actor was the son of another famous actor. He started out in silent films and went on to make over 100 films and was married to the actress Joan Crawford.

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks Jr

He held the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit from the U.S. government for his combat service in PT boats and gunboats and was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross, the French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre for his services during World War II. He died on 7th May 2000.

6. This actor was born in Mexico and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1953 and 1957 for "Viva Zapata!" and "Lust for Life" respectively.

Answer: Anthony Quinn

He turned his back on Hollywood at one stage and returned to great success on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire", a role made famous by Marlon Brando. This was critical to his future career. He was cast opposite Brando in "Viva Zapata!" because of the potential rivalry between the two as a result of playing that role and of course it resulted in his first Oscar.

He died on 3rd June 2001.

Answer: Jack Lemmon

He was an accomplished pianist and wrote the theme for the movie "Tribute" (1980). He was a great friend of the director Billie Wilder, who directed him in 7 movies. Jack was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, in Massachusetts in 1925. He died on 27th June 2001.

8. This person was lead guitarist of "The Quarrymen" which later became one of the most famous groups of all time. He wrote many fine songs including "My Sweet Lord".

Answer: George Harrison

The Quarrymen went on to become The Beatles. George shares an Oscar with the other members of the Beatles for the score of "Let It Be", a film about the Beatles' attempts to get back together by making a new album but unfortunately it drove them further apart. George died on 29th November 2001.

9. This English actor found international fame in a political comedy series on TV and was nominated for an Oscar in 1995, playing an English king.

Answer: Nigel Hawthorne

The Oscar nominated film was "The Madness of King George". He will forever be linked to his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister". He died on 26th December 2001.

Answer: Troy Donahue

He became a star following the success of the 1959 film "A Summer Place", with his good looks and blue eyes often appearing on the covers of magazines. His biggest success was "Parrish" (1961). His real name was Merle Johnson, which he used as his character name in a small part in "The Godfather: Part II". He died on 2nd September 2001.

Source: Author Spontini

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