FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 21 Quiz

Answer: He is a top box office draw.

"A-List" actors are ones with the highest rating on James Ulmer's Hot List. His Ulmer Scale is a system for measuring an actor's bank-ability.

Question by player Walneto

Answer: Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke played these characters. In his television career, Dick Van Dyke played Dr. Mark Sloan in "Diagnosis Murder". From Van Dyke's movie career, Caractacus Potts is a character from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", and Cecil is a character from "Night at the Museum". Additionally and perhaps most famously, Van Dyke was Rob Petrie from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and Bert/Mr. Dawes from the movie "Mary Poppins".

The other Van Dyke, Jerry, is the younger brother who acted in television shows such as "Coach" and, infamously, "My Mother the Car". Dick Van Patten is known for the show "Eight is Enough". Craig T. Nelson played in the television series "Coach" and the movie "Poltergeist".

Question by player RollTidewinner

Answer: George Clooney

George Clooney received two Emmy nominations for his work on the television medical drama "ER" as Dr. Doug Ross. He was on the show from 1994 to 1999. Moving from television, he starred in "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1996), the vampire horror movie written by Quentin Tarantino.

He has also starred as Danny Ocean in the 2001 remake of "Ocean's Eleven". He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Syriana" (2005) and a Best Picture Oscar for producing "Argo" (2012). He supports countless causes including the Not On Our Watch Project, which works to try to prevent mass atrocities.

He also organized the telethon, "Hope for Haiti Now", following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Question by player ramonesrule

Answer: Jackie Chan

When his parents moved to Australia, 7 year old Jackie Chan stayed behind in Hong Kong and boarded at the China Drama Academy. For 10 years he underwent rigorous training in martial arts, acrobatics, drama and singing. However, he was never taught to read and write.

It would be much later in adulthood before he learned to read and write. He used to memorize his lines from movies by someone reading the script to him.

Question by player Squisher

Answer: Angelina Jolie

As a child, Jolie made her screen debut alongside her father Jon Voight in "Looking To Get Out" (1982). In 1993, her career began with the low-budget production "Cyborg 2".

Question by player MsJohs200

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

A good business man and well respected in Hollywood for his business acumen, Fairbanks Sr. with his best friend, Charlie Chaplin, his then wife, Mary Pickford, and movie mogul D.W.Griffith also formed the motion picture company, United Artists.

Question by player Irishrosy

Answer: He had stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Trebek announced the diagnosis of his cancer and vowed to fight it, despite the poor odds for beating this particular cancer. He said he would not only pursue a cure but would continue working. He quipped that he has no choice but to beat cancer, despite the grim statistics, "because under my contract, I have to host 'Jeopardy' for three more years."


Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Vice President Al Gore

Jones attended Harvard on a need-based scholarship, ultimately earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. As a freshman, he roomed across the hall from future Vice President Al Gore, and as upperclassmen, Jones and Gore were roommates.

Question by player OH_Lee

Answer: Portia de Rossi

Comedienne and television personality Ellen DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in 1997, during an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's talk show and then on her own sitcom "Ellen". She and Portia de Rossi began their relationship in 2004, and became engaged in 2008 when same-sex marriage became legal in California.

They had a small wedding ceremony in August 2008, and their marriage was ruled as valid by the Supreme Court, despite the fact that Proposition 8, declaring only opposite-sex marriages valid in California, passed in November 2008.

Question by player guitargoddess

Answer: Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools have been together since they were seventeen. Jools told "MyLondon" magazine, "They [the children] all have more than one name because I couldn't decide...I'm not sure where Petal Blossom Rainbow came from - apparently it's a "My Little Pony"! I wanted to call her Rainbow but Jamie told me to calm down..."With Buddy it was quite fun choosing a boy's name as I hadn't done it before. And I hate people's opinions on names. Whatever you call your baby is your decision." Their fifth child and second son River has almost a conventional name and origin.

He is named after the restaurant Jamie was working in as a sous chef, the River Cafe when he was discovered by the BBC in 1997.

Question by player 1nn1