Are they Royalty Trivia Quiz

Answer: Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968) was from Hawaii and was an Olympic swimmer and is considered the "Father of Modern Surfing". It was his travelling to the USA and Australia that popularised the sport. As an Olympic swimmer he won three gold medals and two silver medals competing in the 1912 (Stockholm), 1920 (Antwerp) and 1924 (Paris) Summer Olympics. Before introducing surfing to the west coast of USA the sport had only been known in Hawaii.

He visited Australia in 1914 and gave an exhibition near Sydney which is regarded as the start of the sport in Australia.

Answer: Margaret E. Knight

Margaret E. Knight (1838-1914) was an American inventor. It was while she was working at the Columbia Paper Bag Company in 1868 that she designed a machine that folded and glued the flat-bottomed paper bag that we know today. Her other inventions included lid removing pliers, devices that related to rotary engines and a numbering machine. She was the first woman awarded a US patent.

Answer: Prince Rogers Nelson

Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) is better known by his stage name, Prince. He was an American singer, songwriter and actor. He was a musical innovator and his music covered a variety of styles. He won Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.

The Academy Award was won for the Best Original Song Score in the 1984 movie "Purple Rain" in which he starred.

Answer: Patty Duke

Patty Duke (1946-2016) was an American actress of film, stage and television. At the age of 16 years she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1962 movie "The Miracle Worker". She played the role of Helen Keller the deaf-blind woman who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Patty played that same role in the Broadway production and through her acting years she also won Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.

Answer: Earl Warren

Earl Warren (1891-1974) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the Governor of California (1943-1953) and Chief Justice of the United States (1953-1969). A commission was established by the US President, Lyndon Johnson to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Earl Warren was appointed to chair this commission which became known as the Warren Commission.

Answer: Eric Knight

Eric Knight (1897-1943) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He wrote many novels and his novel "This Above All" (1941) was adapted into a movie (1942) of the same name which won an Academy Award. However, he is best remembered for his 1940 novel "Lassie Come Home".

This was also adapted into a movie of the same name in 1943 starring Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. The story is of a rough collie named Lassie who treks many miles to be reunited with the boy she adores.

Answer: Count Basie

Count Basie (1904-1984) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. He formed his own band in 1935 called the Count Basie Orchestra and he led the band for nearly 50 years. He appeared with his band in a number of movies from the 1940s-1970s and he won nine Grammy Awards.

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantès is the title character in the 1844 novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas. The character in the novel (Edmond Dantès) is first a merchant sailor who is imprisoned wrongfully but eventually escapes. Before dying a fellow prisoner tells him of a hidden treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, where he then becomes an aristocrat.

Answer: Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau

Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (1898-1965) was an American professional football player and coach in the NFL. He was the founder, player and coach of the Green Bay Packers. He was a player for the Packers (1919-1929) and coach from 1920-1949. During his time with the Packers he won six NFL Championships.

He was a shipping clerk with the Indian Packing Company in Green Bay and they gave him $US 500 towards player uniforms in 1919. Curly was one of the original inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

Answer: Prince Harry

Prince Harry is officially known as Prince Henry of Wales and with the birth name of Henry Charles Albert David. He also has the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, as this is the personal surname of all the male-line of descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh.