FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cherokee

Jack Dempsey, also known as the Manassa Mauler and Kid Blackie, lived from 1895 until 1983. He was the world heavyweight champion from 1919 until 1926, which is a mighty impressive record. His fighting style was a combination of aggression and rapid fire punches.

The crowds loved him. Jack (real name William Harrison Dempsey) had an ancestry of Irish, Jewish and Cherokee, but when he was a young boy, his parents converted to Mormonism as well. How confusing! Growing up he wouldn't have known whether to bless himself, get himself one or two extra wives, cross the Red Sea by foot, or scalp his opponents. Given his fighting style, his Cherokee blood seems to have won out.

Question by player Creedy

Answer: Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin was born in a Russian 'shtetl ' in 1888 and died in 1989 in New York City. He composed over 1,000 pieces. 'White Christmas' is one of the most popular. Washington Irving was an American author. Adriane Lima is a Brazilian super-model, and Allan Houston played basketball for the Knicks.

Question by player alexis722

Answer: Steve

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple in 1976. Apple is now one of the biggest companies in the world, with its famous iPhone and iPod.

Question by player triviaking162

Answer: Marx

Groucho, whose birth name was Julius Henry, was one of the Marx Brothers who won fame for their movie comedies in the 1930s. Karl Marx was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian.

Question by player stardust587

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi is considered one of the world's greatest leaders and the "father" of the Indian independence movement. Even though he came from a wealthy and privileged background, he lived his life in extreme minimalism, possessing little more than his glasses, his bowl for food and a watch.

The way he lived his life and his philosophy is his legacy to all future generations.

Question by player tiye

Answer: Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in the U.S. army soon after the Second World War, having been awarded just about every medal possible. He also won awards for bravery from France and Belgium. He was killed in a plane crash in 1971 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honours.

Question by player Spontini

Answer: New England

Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817 and died in the same town shortly before his forty-fifth birthday. He is widely regarded as one of America's most prominent philosophers, although his interests were wide ranging. Thoreau's work 'Walden', published in 1854, promoted the idea of living in harmony with nature.

Question by player rossian

Answer: Phil Spector

In the early hours of February 3, 2003, Lana Clarkson was shot dead at the home of music producer Phil Spector. Spector claimed it an accidental suicide, but after an initial mistrial he was found guilty and is now serving his sentence at a State Prison in Corcoran, California. Aside from his murderous predilection Spector is best remembered as the originator of the production technique known as "Wall of Sound".

Question by player nickdrew55

Answer: Drowning herself in the River Ouse

Virginia Woolf was always haunted by the idea of killing herself. At the age of 22, she made an abortive attempt to commit suicide by jumping from a window. She died in 1941, drowning herself in the River Ouse. She was 59 at that time.

Question by player indranil49

Answer: Rembrandt

Rembrandt, or Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn to be pedantic, was born the ninth child of affluent parents in the Dutch city of Leiden in 1606. He opened his first studio in Leiden at the age of just 18. In 1631 he moved his flourishing business to Amsterdam. Rembrandt married, and had four children, though only one lived past the age of two months.

His wife Saskia died aged just 29. The Dutch Master's work output was immense, and though figures vary, some say he produced close to 3,000 paintings, etchings and drawings.

He died in 1669, aged 63.

Question by player nickdrew55