People Trivia

8

This actor, who appeared in 87 films and 21 plays in his 76 years of life, won his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 1981, one year before his death. Who was he, and for what film did he win the Oscar?

17

Former President Johnson, his wife and two daughters all had the initials LBJ, which abbreviated what?

4

Which former national leader was sometimes called, "The Iron Lady?"

16

What is the name of the feared Columbian cocaine king and head of the Medellin drug cartel?

14

What was the name of the Secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan who was drummed out of office in 1983 because of his insensitivity to people and the environment?

19

NM: Born in Jerusalem in 1929, in 1948 he moved with his family to the Gaza. Trained as a civil engineer, he received a degree from the University of Cairo and in 1957 moved to Kuwait, where he trained Palestinian commandos and formed the Al-Fatah Fedayee

17

Around 1915, this fur trader witnessed Canadian Eskimos spread their freshly caught fish on the frozen snow, then store the frozen fish for months before thawing and cooking them. This gave him the idea for a frozen-food business which made his name a hou

18

Which artist, engineer, musician, and scientist has been called the most versatile genius of the Renaissance?

18

Around the middle of the 18th century, this Englishman wrote a book of rules and instructions for indoor games, especially card games. Who was he?

8

This music personality rose to prominence in the 1920s in Harlem and Chicago cabarets. He made films, recordings, and toured throughout world until his death in 1971. Who is he?

5

In 1893, fed up with Paris life, this painter left his wife and children and moved to Tahiti, where he lived with a 14-year-old girl. Who was he?

9

For the last 25 years of his life, Howard Hughes was a recluse, and spent the last six years wasting away in a drug stupor, in which islands?

3

What were the first names of the mother and father of the political Kennedy family?

11

In 1972, this Romanian citizen became the first tennis player from behind the Iron Curtain to win the US Open tennis tournament. What was his name?

16

All these people come from the same state: Henry Ford, Gerald Ford, Madonna, and Diana Ross. Which state is it?