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1. Henry Fonda's face was printed on a series of postage stamps in May of 2005. What was the significance of this date?

From Quiz Henry Fonda

Answer: One hundred years since his birth

Henry Fonda was born on May 16, 1905, in Grand Island, Nebraska. The 37 cent stamp that bears his profile, was part of the "Legends of Hollywood" series, and was released May 20, 2005. It was the eleventh in a line that honoured a number of America's most popular actors. A year after his birth Fonda's family moved to Omaha. This is where he would do his schooling and, eventually become a favoured son. Whilst here he became acquainted with Marlon Brando's family who also lived there. Henry would appear with Dorothy Brando (Marlon's mother) in community theatre productions. That said, the pair (Marlon and Fonda) did not socialise and this was due, mainly, to their differences in age.

From Quiz "Hello, I'm the Doctor": Ncouti Gatwa

Answer: Rwanda

Ncouti Gatwa was born on October 15, 1992 in Nyatugenge, the down town section of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. His father, Tharcisse, was a journalist in Rwanda. The Gatwa family fled Rwanda during the genocide of 1994. Over the course of 100 days in the spring of 1994, the Hutu government of Rwanda murdered between 500 and 800 thousand Tutsi citizens. Given the short time frame, it was a killing machine that exceeded the efficiency of Nazi Germany or the Khmer Rouge. Especially disturbing because much of the killing was done with machetes. It was one of the more significant war crimes in a century filled with them. Ncuti is actually his middle name. His given first name is Mizero, which means "hope" in Bantu.

From Quiz Mr Elton's Much Admir'd Work

Answer: Rik Mayall

In the early 1980s, a group of young comedy performers were making waves at The Comedy Store in London. Some were recruited by the fledgling Channel 4 into a project that eventually became "The Comic Strip Presents...", which was first broadcast on the channel's opening night in November 1982. In response, the BBC brought the group in to develop other projects, the first of which was a subversive sitcom that came to be "The Young Ones". Rik Mayall began working on writing the scripts alongside his then girlfriend, Lise Meyer, and a stand-up comedian called Ben Elton. Elton had attended the University of Manchester at the same time as Mayall (graduating two years later), and in 1981 had been hired to take over from Alexi Sayle as compere of The Comedy Store. The success of "The Young Ones" led to the BBC approach Elton to undertake further projects - in 1985, the year after the end of "The Young Ones", Elton was sole writer on the comedy-drama series "Happy Families", while he also wrote "Filthy, Rich and Catflap", featuring Mayall, Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, all of whom had been in "The Young Ones". The same year saw the start of his collaboration with Richard Curtis as co-writers of "Blackadder".

From Quiz Melanie Griffith

Answer: New York City

Born August 9th in New York, New York. Tippi Hedren is Melanie's famous mother, an accomplished actress best known for her Hitchcock performances in "Marnie" and "The Birds". Melanie is her only child. Her father was Peter Atwill Griffith, who appeared on Broadway a few times as a child actor although his adult career was in advertising. Peter is the father of actress and chef Tracy Griffith, Melanie's half-sister.

From Quiz William Fichtner

Answer: November 27th, 1956

William was born in Long Island on Mitchell Air Force Base.

From Quiz Life of Ryan

Answer: Canada

He was born as Ryan Thomas Gosling in London, Ontario, Canada. He was born on November 12, 1980. His father was Thomas Ray Gosling, a salesman and his mother was Donna. Ryan grew up in Cornwall, Ontario. He has an older sister Mandi with whom he lived after their parents divorced.

From Quiz Anita Gillette, Underappreciated Brilliance

Answer: It was her married name when she started acting.

She was already married when when she began working as an actress, so she used what was her legal name, Anita Gillette. When she divorced Ronald Gillette, ten years later, she was well-established as an actress under the name Anita Gillette, and continued to use it.

From Quiz Lillian Gish, Great Star, Great Lady

Answer: "You get a living, you give a life."

Gish lived for the cinema, and the theater. When she wasn't making films, she was appearing on stage. DW Griffith may well have been thinking of Gish when he came up with this quote. It certainly sums up her life well. The other quotes are from well-known actors: "Acting ... personal process" is from Sir Ian McKellan; "Stillness...." is from Morgan Freeman; and "You should ... not yourself" is from Dame Judi Dench.

From Quiz John Shuttleworth - the Man and the Music

Answer: Portable electronic keyboard

Although he has tried other portable keyboards, John's favourite instrument is a Yamaha PSS680 "Musicstation" electronic keyboard, which he uses to accompany most of his songs. It has the advantage of being easily transportable to all of the venues where he performs. The fact that it sounds terrible doesn't seem to bother him at all.

From Quiz Kirk Fogg, from TV host to Director

Answer: Distortion

"Distortion"(2006) is about a former drug addicted cop in his search for his girlfriend who has been abducted. Kirk Fogg played an ex-cop named Porter.

From Quiz Do You Know Rupert Grint?

Answer: August 24, 1988

Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint was born on August 24, 1988 in Hertfordshire, England.

From Quiz Irresistible Isla Fisher

Answer: Oman

Isla was born in the capital, Muscat, in 1976, where her father was working as a banker for the United Nations. Her family moved to Australia in the early 1980s and, at only nine years old, she began to feature in TV commercials over there.

From Quiz Stepin Fetchit

Answer: Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry

Lincoln Perry was born in Florida in 1902, to parents who came to the USA from the Caribbean, most likely from The Bahamas and Jamaica. Lincoln left home aged twelve when he literally "ran away to join the carnival" and made a living as a tap dancer and singer. It is uncertain where his stage name came from, although Katz's "The Film Encyclopaedia" (1979) claims it was chosen because "he won some money once, on a horse with that name".

From Quiz All About Ralph Fiennes

Answer: 1962

Ralph's full name is Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and he was born in England on 22 December, 1962, into an aristocratic family. He has six siblings, three of whom also work in the film industry; sister Sophie is a filmmaker, sister Martha is a director, and brother Joseph is an actor. His other brothers are Magnus, a composer, Jacob, who is a conservationist, and foster-brother Michael, who is an archaeologist. Perhaps surprisingly, Ralph is pronounced like RAYF, which is the original, earlier pronunciation of the name.

From Quiz Lovely Laura San Giacomo

Answer: New Jersey

Laura San Giacomo was born to MaryJo and John San Giacomo. She grew up in Denville, New Jersey. She graduated from Morris Knolls High School and then went to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, where she earned a degree in fine arts.

From Quiz Adam Garcia

Answer: Australian

Adam is Australian, as he was born in Wahroonga, New South Wales on 1st June 1973. His surname comes from the fact that his father is Colombian.

From Quiz Farrah Fawcett

Answer: Ferrah Leni Fawcett

Farrah was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas until 1968 when, at the age of 21, she left for California.

From Quiz John Grierson : Documentary Film Maker

Answer: 1898

He was born in 1898, in Deanston, Perthshire, one of eight children. His father was a school teacher and encouraged his children to think for themselves.

From Quiz Corey Feldman

Answer: Susie Sprague

He married Susie in October of 2002 and they had a son in 2004. Vanessa Marcil was his previous wife. Meredith Salenger was his co-star in "Dream a Little Dream" (1989). Martha Plimpton was his costar in "The Goonies" (1985).

From Quiz Kenny Everett - All In The Best Possible Taste

Answer: Maurice Cole

Kenny was born on Merseyside on 25 December 1944. He took his stage name from actor Edward Everett Horton, who was a childhood favourite of Kenny's.

From Quiz All About Jenna Fischer

Answer: Regina Marie Fischer

Jenna Fischer was born March 7, 1974. She was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parent's are Jim and Anne Fischer. She has one younger sister named Emily.

From Quiz All about Jake Gyllenhaal

Answer: Paul Newman

Not only is his godfather Paul Newman, Jake received his first driving lesson from the legendary actor. Not to be forgotten, his godmother is Jamie Lee Curtis.

From Quiz Do You Know Ricky Gervais?

Answer: When they both worked at London radio station, Xfm

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant met in 1996 when both of them were working at the London radio station, Xfm. Since then, they have collaborated on the majority of Ricky's projects.

From Quiz Show Me The Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Answer: Bronx, New York

Cuba was born in the Bronx and later moved with his family to Los Angeles, California. Two years later his father abandoned the family and he was raised by his single mother while he attended four different high schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood.

From Quiz Tom Green

Answer: Canada

Tom Green was born Michael Thomas Green in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada on 30th July 1971.

From Quiz Jenna Elfman

Answer: Jennifer Mary Butala

Jenna married Bodhi Elfman on February 18, 1995. She then started going by Jenna Elfman as her screen name. Jenna was born on September 30, 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

From Quiz Britt Ekland

Answer: Stockholm

Britt was born Britt Marie Eklund on 6th October 1942.

From Quiz Vivica A. Fox

Answer: Indiana

Vivica A. Fox was born July 30, 1964. She was born in Indianapolis, but at the age of 18 she moved to California where she attended Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California.

From Quiz Facts of Joseph Fiennes

Answer: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK

He was born on May 27, 1970 to Mark and Jini Fiennes.

From Quiz Aussie Actors - Peter Finch

Answer: Frederick

Born, Frederick George Peter Ingle-Finch, in September 1916, in London, England, his Australian parents divorced when he was two. After living in France and India he was sent to live with relatives in Sydney, Australia at the age of ten, or so many sources say, but, even Peter's own accounts of his youth were very variable!

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