Famous People Named Carolyn Trivia Quiz

Answer: Morticia

Lisa Loring played Wednesday Addams. Blossom Rock played Grandmama. Yvonne de Carlo was Lily on "The Munsters" Carolyn Jones was born April 28, 1930 in Texas. In 1983, she died from cancer of the colon. Her career (while she had some parts and was on a soap opera, "Capitol" for a year before her death) never really took off.

Answer: "The Gift of the Magi"

"The Gift of the Magi" was written by O'Henry. Heilbrun was born on January 13, 1926. In 2003 she committed suicide by asphyxiation. Carolyn Heilbrun wrote many of her novels under the pen name Amanda Cross. Heilbrun was also a feminist.

Answer: Carolyn Cassady

The other Carolyns were all politicians. Carolyn Elizabeth Robinson was born April 28, 1923. In 1948 she married Neal Cassady. They divorced in 1968 but she kept his last name. She died from unspecified causes on September 20, 2013.

Answer: sordid to tell

The poem starts off "He was believed by his peers to be an important poet." Kizer was born December 10, 1925. She died October 9, 2014 of unspecified causes. She was active in writing from 1961-2001. She often struggled with her relationship with her father.

Answer: computer hacking

People have complained about her books saying they don't accurately reflect computer hacking. In 1996, she was a target of the "Unamailer". He was "e-mail bombing" which means sending a large number of emails in an attempt to overwhelm the recipient's system.

Answer: Abby Grant

She was Jenny in 1971 on "Take Three Girls". She was Zoey from 1992-1993 on "Quantum Leap". She was Lady Anne in a movie entitled, "I Witness". Seymour was an English actress, born in Buckinghamshire. "Survivors" was a show on BBC. "Take Three Girls" was also on BBC.

She later moved to America where she had many small roles in American television shows. Her best known role was the role of Grace Gurney in "The Ruling Class" staring Peter O'Toole.

Answer: 2005

Murphy was born August 11, 1975 in Florida. She was an endorser for Estee Lauder cosmetics. In 1998, she was named model of the year by Vogue/VH1. In 2012 she ranked number 9 on "Forbes" list of top-rated models earning over $3 million in one year.

Answer: Nora Manning

She played Julie Hatchett in "Apache Territory" (1958) and Ginny Clay in the 1957 movie, "Fury at Sundown" and later Lacey Lynnton in the 1950 movie, "Giant".

Answer: "Come to the Pavilion"

Leigh was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1985. She is best known for her song "Young at Heart". She most often collaborated with song-writer Cy Coleman to write songs. In 1983, she died of a heart attack.

Answer: Syracuse, New York

She was born January 30, 1938. In 2004, she married Thomas M. Reavley who is also a judge. While acting as judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals her chambers were out of Houston, Texas. She earned her degree in law in 1962 at Yale Law School. The D. in her middle name stands for Dineen.