Aces Up Trivia Quiz

Answer: Suzanne Somers

Ace Hardware Corporation paid Somers $200,000 a year for doing the ads back in the 1970s. However, they "decided to cease using any advertising featuring Ms. Somers" after she appeared nude in some "Playboy" publicity photos.

Answer: Easy Aces

"Easy Aces" ran on NBC and CBS from 1930 to 1945. The 15-minutes spots revolved around Goodman and his wife, Jane, who had a curious way of expressing herself. Some of her more memorable lines were, "You could have knocked me down with a fender", "Time wounds all heels", and "I'm his awfully-wedded wife".

Answer: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

The original Four Aces comprised of members Dave Mahoney, Lou Silvestri, Rosario Vaccaro and Al Alberts. The group continues to perform, but with different members, of course. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" was a hit for the Four Seasons.

Answer: Manfred von Richthofen

Von Richthofen (a.k.a. The Red Baron) of Germany reportedly shot down 80 other fighter planes. Billy Bishop of Canada had a score of 72. France's Nungesser had a total of 43. Surprisingly, the famous American pilot, Rickenbacker, shot down a mere 26 enemy planes, but that was the most of any other American pilot in WWI.

Answer: as - an ancient Roman coin

The word "ace" is derived from the French word "as" (plural "asses") meaning "a unit", which in itself derived from the name of an ancient Roman coin. This currency was used during the Republic and Empire periods of Roman history as well as by the Byzantines. A pound of pork cost about 170 asses. The other answers are made-up definitions.

Answer: hockey

The Cornwall Aces were an affiliate of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team in the mid-1990s. After this, they were inactive for three seasons. However, the franchise was brought back in 1999 and re-named the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Answer: Cable TV Programming

This was an award that was given over a 19 year period (1978-97) as recognition for excellence in American cable television programming (ACE = Award for Cable Excellence). It was supposed to correspond to the Emmys which did not acknowledge cable programming during this time.

Answer: Captain America

Ace Comics were published between 1937 and 1949. Other characters that appeared in Ace Comics were Blondie, The Katzenjammer Kids and the Lone Ranger, among many others. Captain America appeared in Whiz Comics.

Answer: Ace Hood

Suzy Bogguss, American country music singer, released her "Aces" album in 1991. This album contained three top hits on the country charts: "Aces", "Letting Go" and "Outbound Plane". The Belgian dance and music act, Ian Van Dahl, released their "Ace" album in 2002 and contained four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK singles chart: "Castles in the Sky", "Will I", "Reason", and "Try". "Ace" was the first album by the Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and was released in 1972.

As of 2011, Ace Hood's albums were entitled "Gutta" (2008), "Ruthless" (2009) and "Blood, Sweat and Tears" (2011).

Answer: Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey portrayed a Miami detective who specialized in finding missing animals in two 1990s movies - "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994) and "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" (1995). The success of these movies spawned an animated version of the character who was voiced by Charlie Schlatter.