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Quiz about Famous NonBelgians and NonCanadians
Quiz about Famous NonBelgians and NonCanadians

Famous Non-Belgians and Non-Canadians Quiz


Shocking as it may be to Triviafun addicts, several famous historical figures, one or two people in the news today (and indeed the odd quizmaker and editor!) are in no way Belgian or Canadian. This quiz "outs" a few of them.

A multiple-choice quiz by Coolupway. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Coolupway
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
98,113
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
2297
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Question 1 of 10
1. He conquered much of the known world by age 28, and yet was apparently not in the least concerned about the witloof harvest, the EU, the Meech Lake accords, the Flem-Walloon divide, or hockey. Who was this famous warrior? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. He attended Bard College (NOT, it should be noted, McGill or Leuven/Louvain), played in a college band in which noted non-Canadian Chevy Chase was the drummer, and then joined with Walter Becker (a musician from the country SOUTH of the world's longest undefended border) to form Steely Dan. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This exceptionally boring U.S. President had designs on Cuba, and his Secretary of State aided and abetted a plan to offer Spain 120 million for the island and then grab it if she refused. Although the plot suspiciously became known as the OSTEND Manifesto, this President was NOT a Flemish-speaker, and hailed from New Hampshire rather than Liege or Ypres. Who was he? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This famous North American female singer and mainstay of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, whose maiden name was Wing (and not "Smet" or "MacDonnell") did not have a jaw like a ship's prow, spoke unfractured English, is not known to have married any really old, bald guys, and in fact was notoriously easy on the eyes. Who was (and is) she? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This noted late-night talk-show host, who kept millions of Americans in stitches with sly double-entendre jokes about the "Slauson Cutoff" and the bodily endowments of certain blonde starlets, Carol Wayne among them, hailed from Iowa, and... let us be firm about this... NOT Saskatchewan or Brabant. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This attractive screen star of the 1950s and 60s, who did speak with an accent thought funny in many parts of the USA, is nonetheless never known to have pronounced "about" as "aboat", and probably never learned any Flemish at all growing up in the Bronx. What is this person's real name? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Although he lives suspiciously near "Flanders", and does have a peculiar love of donuts (doughnuts?) this beloved cartoon character
is in fact a tried-and-true American dolt, who almost certainly couldn't find Belgium on a map and would probably think that "Canada" was a city or a province. Who he?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This macho film star, who may in fact have muscles in his ears, still has a thick accent which brings to mind a prominent European country. He beats up and obliterates bad guys in all his films, which have great appeal to the teen demographic. Who is this astonishingly prominent man, whose ancestry is apparently (and amazingly) devoid of any Flem or Walloon blood whatsoever? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Though this famous polymath and 20th-century secular saint did hail from an area in Western Europe that both Germany and France traditionally fought over, and spent time ministering to the sick in the Congo in Equatorial Africa, he was an Alsatian rather than a Belgian, and his hospital complex at Lambarene was in the French rather than Belgian Congo. Who was he? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Beloved kiddie-show host whose polite, avuncular demeanor, and understated average-white-guy persona is fully consistent with Canadian ancestry or Belgitude, but whose "neighborhood" is shockingly devoid of even covert Maple Leaf symbols or red-yellow-black tricolors. He actually hails not from Sault Ste. Marie or Waterloo but from Latrobe, Pa. Who is he? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. He conquered much of the known world by age 28, and yet was apparently not in the least concerned about the witloof harvest, the EU, the Meech Lake accords, the Flem-Walloon divide, or hockey. Who was this famous warrior?

Answer: Alexander the Great

Though the "Yugoslavians" and the Greeks have claimed him, Alexander was in fact a Macedonian-- and NOT a Canadian. He apparently never visited Toronto or Bruges, though if he had he doubtless would have found them "touristy". It is to be stressed that history does NOT record what his views might have been on curling, Eddie Merckx, Maggie Trudeau or the Mannekin Pis.
2. He attended Bard College (NOT, it should be noted, McGill or Leuven/Louvain), played in a college band in which noted non-Canadian Chevy Chase was the drummer, and then joined with Walter Becker (a musician from the country SOUTH of the world's longest undefended border) to form Steely Dan.

Answer: Donald Fagen

Steely Dan's greatest album was probably "Aja", possibly "The Royal Scam", but certainly not "Medicine Hat Gaucho" or "Antwerp Lied". Songs from the "Aja" album such as "Peg" and "Josie" are notable for amazing chord changes and harmonies but completely gloss over the pressing issue of bilingualism. (Of course,Brel is Belgian and Lightfoot and Young are Canadians). Chevy Chase, by the way, was one of the few non-Canadians in the original SNL mix.
3. This exceptionally boring U.S. President had designs on Cuba, and his Secretary of State aided and abetted a plan to offer Spain 120 million for the island and then grab it if she refused. Although the plot suspiciously became known as the OSTEND Manifesto, this President was NOT a Flemish-speaker, and hailed from New Hampshire rather than Liege or Ypres. Who was he?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

The Cuba plan fell apart because northern anti-slavery men saw the plot as scheme to add a slave state, and shouted it down. Pierce, by the way, did at one time have a problem with substance addiction, but this is believed to have related to the consumption of spirituous liquors, and not good Belgian beer or chocolate.
4. This famous North American female singer and mainstay of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, whose maiden name was Wing (and not "Smet" or "MacDonnell") did not have a jaw like a ship's prow, spoke unfractured English, is not known to have married any really old, bald guys, and in fact was notoriously easy on the eyes. Who was (and is) she?

Answer: Grace Slick

Notably, when Grace famously sang the deathless words "FEED YOUR HEAD" at the end of "White Rabbit", she was NOT referring to Waterzoois, Mae Wests, endives or pancakes. Joni and Alanis are of course bona fide Canadians; Judy Collins was from Seattle, which is sort of LIKE being a Canadian, or at least a British Columbian.
5. This noted late-night talk-show host, who kept millions of Americans in stitches with sly double-entendre jokes about the "Slauson Cutoff" and the bodily endowments of certain blonde starlets, Carol Wayne among them, hailed from Iowa, and... let us be firm about this... NOT Saskatchewan or Brabant.

Answer: Johnny Carson

Carson's monologues certainly might have been, shall we say, enhanced by the odd reference to Lester Pearson or King Baudouin, but he apparently passed up such golden opportunities on repeated occasions. The outlined figure at whom Ed Ames threw the infamous hatchet was, it should be stressed, NOT depicted holding a hockey stick or riding a bicycle.
6. This attractive screen star of the 1950s and 60s, who did speak with an accent thought funny in many parts of the USA, is nonetheless never known to have pronounced "about" as "aboat", and probably never learned any Flemish at all growing up in the Bronx. What is this person's real name?

Answer: Bernard Schwartz

Better known as Tony Curtis, who as Sidney Falco in "The Sweet Smell of Success" was largely concerned with getting his clients' names into J.J. Hunsecker's column, rather than with Alberta's untapped oil reserves, the decolonization of the Congo, the "Anne of Green Gables" house on PEI, or loud, obnoxious Dutch and German tourists.
7. Although he lives suspiciously near "Flanders", and does have a peculiar love of donuts (doughnuts?) this beloved cartoon character is in fact a tried-and-true American dolt, who almost certainly couldn't find Belgium on a map and would probably think that "Canada" was a city or a province. Who he?

Answer: Homer Simpson

Homer has amusing encounters with George Bush and Gerald Ford, but to my knowledge has never come head-to-head with Jean Chretien or King Leopold... though one must note in passing that his son is named BART! Nonetheless, Homer is much too impolite and boorish to be a Canadian, and his weak language skills would never pass muster in Belgium. Tintin and the Smurfs are indeed Belgian creations, however.
8. This macho film star, who may in fact have muscles in his ears, still has a thick accent which brings to mind a prominent European country. He beats up and obliterates bad guys in all his films, which have great appeal to the teen demographic. Who is this astonishingly prominent man, whose ancestry is apparently (and amazingly) devoid of any Flem or Walloon blood whatsoever?

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ah-nult, who is probably known (at least in Flanders and Wallonia) as the poor man's Jean-Claude, has not been married several times (certainly never twice to the same woman), does not actually have the last name "Van Varenburg", and has never been asked by a journalist whether he is in fact the world's most famous Belgian. Austria is more mountainous than Belgium, has better weather and worse food.
9. Though this famous polymath and 20th-century secular saint did hail from an area in Western Europe that both Germany and France traditionally fought over, and spent time ministering to the sick in the Congo in Equatorial Africa, he was an Alsatian rather than a Belgian, and his hospital complex at Lambarene was in the French rather than Belgian Congo. Who was he?

Answer: Albert Schweitzer

Schweitzer did have a big mustache, but to the best of my knowledge he didn't WAX the thing, and he certainly never solved any fictional murders of Richard Widmark transpiring on the Orient Express. He was a philosopher and Biblical scholar without equal and arguably one of the greatest men who ever lived, but one searches his writing in vain for even a passing reference to Magritte, Delvaux, or Ensor.
10. Beloved kiddie-show host whose polite, avuncular demeanor, and understated average-white-guy persona is fully consistent with Canadian ancestry or Belgitude, but whose "neighborhood" is shockingly devoid of even covert Maple Leaf symbols or red-yellow-black tricolors. He actually hails not from Sault Ste. Marie or Waterloo but from Latrobe, Pa. Who is he?

Answer: Fred Rogers

The kiddies love him, and grownups find him strangely amusing, but he enchants his audience by taking the high road, and not by resorting to cheap jokes about Joe Clark, Walloons, Newfies or the boring old EU.
Source: Author Coolupway

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