Pride and Joy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Barack Obama

Stanley Ann Dunham held a Ph.D in anthropology, and spent much of her career in Asia. Sadly, she died of cancer in 1995, aged just 52.

Answer: Madonna

Madonna's mother Madonna Louise died of breast cancer when her youngest child, also Madonna Louise, was just five years old.
Madonna went on to become the most successful female solo recording artist of the 20th century, and continued her career into the 21st century.

Answer: Neil Armstrong

Viola married Stephen Armstrong in the late 1920s, and they lived in over 20 different towns in the State of Ohio due to his work for the State Department. Neil was their eldest child, and he learned to fly before he learned to drive a car.

Answer: John Wayne Gacy

John was named for his father John Sr, and was born in 1942. In 1994 he was executed after being found guilty of 33 counts of murder in 1980. Tragically, some of his victims have never been identified, although with modern advances in forensic technology, the authorities hope to name them all eventually.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

Born Francis Albert, Frank was born in 1915. His first break into the entertainment industry came in 1935 when the Hoboken Four, of which he was a member, won a talent show and got a six month tour contract for their prize.
His album "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" was the first record ever to be number one on the UK Album Chart when it was instigated in 1956.

Answer: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela's childhood name was Rolihlahla, and his family were royalty in their native tribal lands in South Africa. He was just nine years old when his father died of tuberculosis. His long awaited release from prison, in February 1990, was one of the most widely broadcast television events of all time.

Answer: Nobel Prize

Bronislawa and Wladyslaw's daughter was of course Marie Curie. She won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with her husband Pierre and Henry Becquerel. In 1911 she was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
After the death of Pierre in an accident when their daughters were still very young, she continued their work alone and was the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Answer: Elvis Presley

Elvis remained an only child, and moved with his parents to Memphis Tennessee when he was thirteen. His first record "My Happiness" was a gift for his mother, and he recorded it at the now iconic Sun Records shop.

Answer: Mr T

Laurence was the youngest of twelve children born to Nathaniel Tureaud Snr and his wife.
Perhaps his best known film role was that of boxer Clubber Lang in "Rocky III" (1982), and he is also remembered for playing B.A. Baracus in "The A Team" TV show from 1983-87.

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to be Prime Minister of the UK. She served from 1979 until 1990 when she was succeded by John Major.
Her older sister was named Muriel, and she was four years older than Margaret.