United States of Non Americans Quiz

Answer: Grace Kelly

Albert's citizenship was passed down "jus sanguinis" or by right of blood as all children born to an American citizen automatically inherit citizenship, until they are of an age to be able to renounce it if desired. Should Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have children, they will also be USA citizens too, regardless of where they are born unless Markle gives up her American citizenship. Albert's mother, Grace Kelly was a movie star who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in April 1956 and died following a car accident in 1982.

Answer: Basketball

Brabender was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967, but instead chose to go and play for Real Madrid's basketball team. with whom he would spend the next 16 years, winning 13 Spanish League championships. He also represented Spain in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.

Answer: British

Eliot is probably most famous for "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", but also some wonderful poetry such as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) and the incredible piece "The Waste Land" (1922). Eliot was very active in his church and became a warden of his London parish church in the same year that he became a British citizen.

Answer: London, UK

Johnson, commonly referred to as BoJo, was born in New York City to British parents and gained both UK and USA citizenship. He is a descendant of King George II, also has French ancestry and his actual full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. While Mayor of London, Johnson implemented a cycle hire scheme across the city, with the 13,600 cycles commonly referred to as "Boris Bikes".

Answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus

Gilliam was the the non British member of the Monty Python gang which also included John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Within the group, he was chiefly an animator whose creations loosely linked the show's sketches together but is also remembered for his portrayal of Cardinal Fang in the hilarious Spanish Inquisition sketch.

Answer: Ice Dancing

Born to a Japanese mother and American father, the brother and sister pairing won the novice ice dancing title at the U.S. Championships in 2006, following which they decided to represent Japan at senior level, starting with the 2006-07 season. Cathy retired in 2015, aged 27, while Chris began a new partnership with Kana Muramoto.

Answer: Switzerland

Turner began dating German music executive Erwin Bach in 1985, and moved to Zürich, Switzerland with him in 1994, having her application for Swiss citizenship approved in April 2013. Famously born in Nutbush, Tennessee, she now lives in the Zurich suburb of Küsnacht, although has yet to record a song entitled "Küsnacht City Limits".

Answer: Facebook

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while they were at Harvard College in 2004 and was initially limited to use by students of the college. Saverin and Zuckerberg had a very public falling out, resulting in court cases, which were settled out of court in 2009, but did confirm Saverin as a co-founder of the company.

Answer: Maria Callas

Callas. who died in 1977, left us with some of the best interpretations of the works of Puccini and Verdi in particular her performance in Verdi's "Aida" in Mexico in 1950 when she hit a top E-flat note, described as one of the most legendary moments in opera history. Callas left her husband in 1959 to have a relationship with shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and her decision to renounce her American citizenship was believed to be partly fuelled by her desire to marry Onassis in a Greek Orthodox church, where only Greeks may marry.

Her desires came to nothing however, as in 1968, Onassis ended the relationship as he began a new one with Jacqueline Kennedy.

Answer: Portsmouth

Wallop moved from his original UK to become a naturalised American citizen in 1891, and as well as being a rancher in Wyoming, also served in the Wyoming State Legislature. His four elder brothers had all died without heirs by 1922, so he returned to UK to take on his ancestral title as Earl of Portsmouth in 1925, renouncing his citizenship of USA in 1933 to take his seat in the House of Lords.

Answer: Edward Wilson

Wilson's debut novel was very well received and the author found it a great cathartic experience. He followed it with "The Envoy" in 2008 which was set against the backdrop of the British secret service and introduced characters which appear in later novels. His works have been described as similar to the great spy novelist John le Carre which is quite the compliment.

Answer: Tupperware

Tupper could afford his new lifestyle as he had just sold Tupperware to Rexall for an incredible $16 million, which is pretty good money just 20 years after start up. Tupperware were the first major company to hold party plan selling events and I know of few kitchens throughout the world that don't contain some of Mr. Tupper's product.

Answer: Poker

Bilzerian gave up his citizenship after his father, Paul, a corporate takeover specialist was found guilty of market manipulation and served a 13 month prison sentence. He also added that he was worried about the path the USA was taking under George W. Bush and has also written a book about his concerns, titled "America: love it or leave it - so I left" (2010).

Answer: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The other three possible answers all earned Huston Oscar nominations, but it was for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) that he walked away with awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. He did eventually return to live in USA, in Rhode Island, where he died in 1987, but Ireland was always close to his heart, with daughter Anjelica saying that her father's final film, "The Dead" (1987) was his love letter to Ireland and the Irish.

Answer: Queen Noor of Jordan

Halaby took the name Noor Al-Hussein prior to becoming the fourth wife of Jordan's King Hussein as well as converting to Sunni Islam. Her Syrian heritage helped her greatly in being accepted by the people of Jordan who viewed her as an Arab coming home rather than an outsider and she is much loved by Jordanian citizens.