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Quiz about Family Ties 1
Quiz about Family Ties 1

Family Ties 1 Trivia Quiz


Let's see if you can identify these people who are, one way or another, related to each other.

A multiple-choice quiz by brewster76. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
brewster76
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
295,398
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1234
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Question 1 of 10
1. American Civil War general Robert E. Lee married the descendant of another famous military man. Can you spot him? (Hint: think Arlington National Cemetery) Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The family trees of Charles Darwin, Jonathan Swift and American Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, George W. and George H.W. Bush include which prominent Briton? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In the 1930s-60s the three beautiful daughters of reknowned American surgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing were celebrated for their marriages to wealthy men. Who was married to the youngest sister, style icon "Babe" Cushing? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the following musical groups was comprised primarily of siblings and/or cousins? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Action hero turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a famous uncle-in-law. Can you spot him? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which father-child pair won Academy Awards for the same film? (Hint: it was a western)
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of the following members of European royal families is NOT descended from Queen Victoria? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Best-selling British romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland had an even better known step-grandaughter. Do you know her? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Name the 1990 movie based on the celebrated lives of identical twins who were London crime lords in the 1960s. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following men gained notoriety for taking nude photographs of his long-time girlfriend's daughter? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. American Civil War general Robert E. Lee married the descendant of another famous military man. Can you spot him? (Hint: think Arlington National Cemetery)

Answer: George Washington

Mary Anna Custis Lee was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. George Washington adopted her father, George Washington Custis, after the death of his father. Mrs. Custis Lee inherited her family home in Arlington, Virginia which is now known as the Custis-Lee Mansion.

It is the site of Arlington National Cemetery, a national cemetery for prominent military and political figures and veterans including John F. Kennedy, Robert Todd Lincoln and boxer Joe Louis.
2. The family trees of Charles Darwin, Jonathan Swift and American Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, George W. and George H.W. Bush include which prominent Briton?

Answer: Winston Churchill

All are thought to be descended from Henry Spencer. The family lines include those of the Dukes of Marlborough (Churchill), Earls of Sunderland and the Earls Spencer (which also includes Diana, Princess of Wales).
3. In the 1930s-60s the three beautiful daughters of reknowned American surgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing were celebrated for their marriages to wealthy men. Who was married to the youngest sister, style icon "Babe" Cushing?

Answer: CBS founder William Paley

Babe Paley (1915-78) was a fashion icon in the middle third of the 20th century who could start a national fashion trend by simply tying a scarf to her purse strap. She was portrayed by Sigourney Weaver in the film "Infamous." Mrs. Paley's sister Minnie Cushing was married to Vincent Astor and artist James Whitney Fosburgh; sister Betsey Cushing was married to James Roosevelt and John Hay Whitney. To make this more complicated, Mrs. Paley's first husband later married the daughter of Averell Harriman. John D. Rockefeller died in 1937.
4. Which of the following musical groups was comprised primarily of siblings and/or cousins?

Answer: The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys was started by brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine. Although all of the members of the band (Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny, etc.) took the surname "Ramone" they were not related. 'N Sync was formed by Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick.

The Doobie Brothers took their name from their mutual fondness for something other than family ties.
5. Action hero turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has a famous uncle-in-law. Can you spot him?

Answer: All of these

California Governor Schwarzenegger married the Kennedy brothers' niece, Maria Shriver, in 1986. Ms. Shriver's aunt, Patricia Kennedy, was married to British actor and "Rat Pack" alum Peter Lawford from 1954-1966.
6. Which father-child pair won Academy Awards for the same film? (Hint: it was a western)

Answer: Walter and John Huston

The Hustons are one of only two three-generation Oscar winning families. Patriarch Walter won Best Supporting Actor in 1948 for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"; his son John won both the directing and screen writing honors for the same picture; John's daughter Angelica picked up a Supporting Actress Academy Award for "Prizzi's Honor" in 1985. Francis Coppola and his father, composer Carmine Coppola, both won Oscars for "The Godfather Part II" and Sophia Coppola won a screenwriting Academey Award for "Lost in Translation."
7. Which of the following members of European royal families is NOT descended from Queen Victoria?

Answer: Princess Caroline of Monaco

Queen Victoria's nine children and grandchildren married into almost all of the non-Roman Catholic royal houses of Europe in the late-19th and early-20th centuries including those of Germany, Denmark, Norway, Russia and Greece. Her grandaughter Ena was the only to wed a Roman Catholic monarch, Alphonso XIII of the Spanish House of Bourbon in 1906. Thus, Victoria is the great-great grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

She is also the great-great grandmother of the Queen of Spain (the former Princess Sophia of Greece). Prince Phillip is descended from Victoria's daughter Alice. Elizabeth II's great-grandfather was Edward VII, eldest son and heir of Queen Victoria.
8. Best-selling British romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland had an even better known step-grandaughter. Do you know her?

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales

Cartland's daughter, Raine, was the second of wife and widow of the Princess' father, Earl Spencer. She was rumored to be so disliked by the Spencer children they nicknamed her "Acid Raine."
9. Name the 1990 movie based on the celebrated lives of identical twins who were London crime lords in the 1960s.

Answer: The Krays

Reginald and Ronald Kray participated in a series of crimes including arson, protection rackets and armed robberies in London in the 50s and 60s. They gained a degree of respectability and public reknown through their ownership of a West End nightclub where they rubbed shoulders with celebrities like Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969.
10. Which of the following men gained notoriety for taking nude photographs of his long-time girlfriend's daughter?

Answer: Woody Allen

Woody Allen later married Soon-Yi Previn, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Andre Previn.
Source: Author brewster76

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