People Trivia

20

After the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, architect Julia Morgan was called upon to rebuild the interior of which San Francisco hotel?

4

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

2

Born in Arkansas in 1922, she published her first book, "Sex and the Single Girl," in 1962. Three years later she became chief editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Who is she?

2

In February, 1979, which national leader said, "This is the first day of the government of God."

3

Although she had no prior experience in publishing, in 1988 she used part of her $100 million divorce settlement from her TV producer husband to found a women's magazine that bears her name. Who is she?

16

Terry Gilliam is the only American member of what troupe of comedic performers?

5

What ruler was margarine invented for?

18

One was a former Olympic gymnast who won the Gold in the 1984 Olympics, the other a perennial tennis champion. They were the first two women athletes to appear on the box of Wheaties cereal. Who are they?