People Trivia

13

At the age of twenty-three, in 1740, she became Empress of Austria. During her forty year reign she had sixteen children, one of whom was Marie Antoinette, future Queen of France. Who was she?

20

Can you name the twin sisters whose rival advice columns ran in hundreds of newspapers throughout the English speaking world?

18

What street in San Francisco is named for this person: he donated the land now known as Union Square, he became San Francisco's first elected mayor, in 1850, he was elected governor of Kansas and Pennsylvania?

8

This woman was the first black Miss America, but she was forced to resign her title in a controversial manner in 1984. Who is she, and what caused her to resign?

11

In which country were each of these music makers born? a. Wolfgang Mozart? b. Frederic Chopin? c. Laurence Welk?

8

This US Army medical officer, around 1900, helped discover the causes and cures for typhoid fever and yellow fever. A hospital is named after him. Who is he?

8

Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 at what age, of what reason?

19

Of the three political Kennedy brothers, John, Robert, and Edward (Teddie), which was the youngest?

11

Which Mexican-American labor leader, known for his commitment to nonviolent resistance, organized California food harvesters into the United Farm Workers in the 1960's?

4

Her parents were Zeus and Leda. Legend has it that her exceptional beauty caused the Trojan War. Who was she?

3

Born Jewish in Minnesota in the 1940's, he became a world famous musician in the 1960's, converted to Christianity in the 1970's, but returned to his faith as an orthodox Jew in the 1980's. Who is he?

18

In Playboy Magazine's initial issue, from 1953, which well-known female was the first centerfold model?

17

Born in New York in 1965, she scored her first film success playing a juvenile streetwalker in the film, "Pretty Baby" at the age of 13. Who is she?

12

Which person is responsible for each of the following quotations? a. "We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes." b. "The medium is the message" c. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

9

Today she's a well-known movie star, but as a child in New Mexico in the 1960's she needed an operation to repair her cross-eyes. One of her earliest roles was a coke addict in the 1985 film, St. Elmo's Fire. What's her name?