Not Born In The USA Either Trivia Quiz

Answer: Certaldo, Italy

Born in Italy in 1973, she moved to the US when she was 10.
Her first acting role was in an episode of the sitcom "True Colors" in 1990.
Seldom without work on TV or the silver screen after that, she appeared in 112 episodes of "Charmed" from 2001 to 2006. She starred as one of three sisters who were 'good witches' and battled the forces of darkness and evil in San Francisco.
In 2014 she joined the action thriller "Chosen".
Trivia note: McGowan has a tattoo of a woman on her right shoulder.

Answer: London, England

Born in 1972, Elba had a busy career on television in the United Kingdom, including the soap opera "Family Affair".
In 2001 he appeared on US television for the first time in "Law & Order".
The following year he began a three-season run as a drug dealer in HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire".
He returned to British television in the title role as "Luther", an uncompromising detective. It earned him Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie in 2016.
He also had numerous big screen roles.
Trivia note: Elba performs as Disc Jockey under the name Big Driis the Londoner.

Answer: Angeles City, Philippines

Birth name Vanessa Minnillo, she was born in Angeles City in 1980, where her father was serving in the US Air Force.
She was crowned Miss Teen USA in 1998 and went on to host MTV's "Total Request Live" ("TRL") from 2003 until 2007.
She also hosted "True Beauty" (2009) and "Wipeout" (2010).
As an actress she was in eight episodes of "The Bold and the Beautiful", and had the lead role in "Dads" (2012 & 2013) and "Truth Be Told" in 2015.
Trivia note: Vanessa was a high school varsity cheerleader and Universal Cheerleading Association All-Star.

Answer: Haverfordwest, Wales

Bale was born in 1974 and was aged 13 when he appeared in Steven Spielberg's movie "Empire of the Sun" (1987).
He played a serial killer in "American Psycho" (2000).
The Dark Knight trilogy was comprised of "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), and "The Dark Knight" Rises (2012). Bale played Bruce Wayne and his alter-ego, superhero Batman.
Trivia note: Bale's first screen role was in 1983 in a British commercial for Pac-Man cereal. He was nine years old.

Answer: Haifa, Israel

Birth name Chaim Witz, he was born in Haifa, Israel, in 1949.
As a teenager in New York City he was involved in a number of bands. Eventually Kiss came to fruition in 1973. Their elaborate face-painted make-up allied to hard rock brought a lot of attention. (They abandoned the make-up in the 1990s.)
Simmons had numerous movie roles and on television in both drama appearances as himself and appearances on factual or reality shows. He was also a guest judge on "American Idol" in 2005.
Trivia note: Urban had a way with languages, speaking Hungarian, Hebrew, German, Japanese and English.

Answer: Horsham, Australia.

Birth name Amanda Lee Rogers, she was born in 1973 and became known as Portia DeGeneres after her marriage to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres.
DeRossi was a child actor in Australian commercials and her first drama experience was in the Aussie TV series "Sirens" (2­014).
In the USA, she was in "Too Something" in 1995 and 1996, and joined the main cast of "Ally McBeal" in 1998, remaining with the show until its run ended in 2002. She shared a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
From 2003 to 2006 and again in 2013 she was in "Arrested Development".
DeRossi also enjoyed a busy movie career.
Trivia note: She studied law at the University of Melbourne but gave it up for an acting career.

Answer: Northland, New Zealand

Although born in New Zealand in 1967, Urban's family moved to Australia and it was there he began a career in music.
After releasing several songs in Australia, he moved to the USA. Initially he played with a band called The Ranch, but went solo and his 1999 album "Keith Urban" was certified platinum for sales in the US.
"But for the Grace of God" in 2000 was his first number one in the Billboard Country Charts. Thirteen more were to follow over the next 20 years, while others regularly hit the top 20.
He was a judge on "American Idol" in seasons 12 to 14, from 2012 to 2016.
Trivia note: In an interview, Urban said the first song he learned was "House Of The Rising Sun".

Answer: Drogheda, Republic of Ireland

Born in 1953, Brosnan was largely brought up in London and studied drama there.
After an early career on the stage, he began to appear regularly in movies and on television.
His acting breakthrough in the USA came with the 1981 mini-series "Mannions of America", before starting a successful run in the espionage series "Remington Steele" in 1982.
Between 1994 and 2002 he was the fifth actor to play James Bond. He appeared in "GoldenEye" (1995); "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997); "The World Is Not Enough" (1999); and "Die Another Day" (2002).
Trivia note: Brosnan claims that the first film he ever saw was "Goldfinger" (1964) - a "James Bond" movie, of course.

Answer: Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland

Cumming was born in 1965 and later became a naturalised US citizen.
From 1984 he had roles in several television series based in Scotland.
In 1992 he appeared in his first film role in "Prague" and in 1995 he appeared as a computer programmer in the "James Bond" movie "GoldenEye".
His first US TV role was in 1992 and he had guest appearances in successful shows such as "Sex and the City", "Frasier", and "3rd Rock from the Sun" over the next few years.
He had a recurring role in the first season of "The Good Wife" and was a main cast regular for the next six seasons.
He hosted "Masterpiece Mystery!" on PBS in 2008.
Cumming also worked regularly in the theatre and took a one-man show to the Edinburgh Festival in 2016.
Trivia note: He has his own cologne called "Cumming."

Answer: Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Neeson was born in Ballymena, Co Antrim, in 1952, but later became a naturalised US citizen.
His acting career started with the Lyric Theatre in Belfast and he made his movie debut in "Pilgrim's Progress" in 1977.
After a time working in Dublin, he moved to London to appear in the movie "Excalibur" in 1980.
That began a long run of movies starring with noted silver screen actors such as Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons.
In 1993, Steven Spielberg cast him in the title role in "Schindler's List", a true story of a German businessman who saved thousands of people from death in Holocaust camps by employing them in his factories. The movie won several Oscars, and Neeson was nominated for the Best Actor accolade.
In 2008, he starred in "Taken" as a retired CIA operative tracking down his kidnapped teenage daughter.
In 1996, he starred as the ill-fated Irish leader Michael Collins in the movie of the same name. Collins was one of the negotiators of Ireland's break from Britain, but was killed in 1922 in an ambush involving rival groups vying for power in their new country.
Trivia note about Liam: He turned down the role of James Bond, 007.