Who am I? Robert, Rob, Bob or Bobby Quiz

Answer: Robert Redford

Robert Redford is an American actor, producer and director. He has appeared in numerous movies and he played the role of the Sundance Kid in the 1969 movie
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" opposite Paul Newman. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival.

Answer: Rob Roy MacGregor

Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734) was a Scottish outlaw who later became a folk hero. He received the "Roy" to his name as a youngster due to his mop of red curly hair.

Answer: Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson is a retired professional baseball pitcher who played his whole 17 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals starting in 1959 and finishing in 1975. He won two World Championships with the Cardinals in 1964 and 1967. In 1999 he was selected in the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.

Answer: Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) was an American chess grandmaster and an eleven time World Chess Champion. He captured his first World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972 from the defending champion Boris Spassky of the USSR.

Answer: Rob Petrie

Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and producer. He played the role of Rob Petrie in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961-1966). He was the head writer for a fictional TV comedy show. His wife in the series was Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie. Dick Van Dyke starred in a number of musical films including ""Bye Bye Birdie" (1963) and "Mary Poppins" (1964).

Answer: Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin (1936-1973) was an American singer, actor and songwriter. He had a number of hit songs including "Splish, Splash" (1958) and "Dream Lover" (1959). However, it was his song "Mack the Knife" in 1959 that was his first number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Answer: Bob Hope

Bob Hope (1903-2003) was an actor, singer, dancer and author in a career spanning 80 years. He also entertained US troops overseas in various conflicts from 1941-1991. Although he was never nominated for a competitive Academy Award he did receive five honorary Academy Awards for his services to the motion picture industry.

Answer: Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) attended the United States Military Academy and was an officer in the United States Army and served for 32 years. However, when Virginia broke away from the Union in 1861 he followed his home state. During the American Civil War he was a senior military adviser to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

After the war he signed an oath of allegiance to the Union.

Answer: Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton is an American singer, musician and songwriter. His most memorable song is "Blue Velvet (1963) that reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. He had other number one hits in the USA including "Roses Are Red (My Love)" (1962), "There! I've Said It Again"(1963) and "Mr. Lonely" (1964).

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer, songwriter, musician and writer. He has been influential in popular music for five decades. As a musician he has sold over 100 million records. He has received numerous Grammy awards and an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "Things Have Changed" in the 2000 movie "Wonder Boys".

In 2016 it was announced that he would receive the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

Answer: Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist and is regarded as the national poet of Scotland. His most famous poem (song) is "Auld Lang Syne" written in 1788. His other well known poems/songs include "A Red, Red Rose", "To a Louse", "To a Mouse", "A Man's a Man for a' That" and "Tam o' Shanter".

Answer: Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore (1941-1993) was a former English professional footballer. He was captain of West Ham United and captained England to their 1966 World Cup victory.
He is considered as one of the greatest defenders of all time and was selected in the World Team of the 20th Century.

Answer: Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe is an American actor who was a teen idol in the 1980s. He appeared in a number of movies during the 1980s but after a down turn in his career it was revived by his portrayal of Sam Seaborn in the TV series "The West Wing" (1999-2003). He has since appeared in the TV series "Brothers & Sisters" (2006-2010) and "Parks and Recreation" (2010-2014).

Answer: Bobby Orr

Bobby Orr is a Canadian and former professional ice hockey player. He played 12 seasons in the NHL (10 with the Boston Bruins and 2 with the Chicago Black Hawks). Although a defenceman he was still able to win two league scoring titles with two Art Ross trophies.

He won 8 Norris Trophies (best defenceman) and three Hart Trophies (MVP). He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 at aged 31. He also won two Stanley Cups with the Boston Bruins (1972 and 1974).

Answer: Me and Bobby McGee

Janis Joplin (1943-1970) was an American rock singer and songwriter. She was one of the biggest female rock stars in the 1960s but sadly died of an overdose of heroin at aged 27. "Me and Bobby McGee" was a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster.

It was original released by Roger Miller (1969) but it is Janis Joplin's posthumous version that is the best remembered. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. The song is about two drifters, the narrator and his girlfriend, Bobby McGee.