...And It Was All A Dream Trivia Quiz

Answer: Martin Luther King Jnr

Martin Luther King Jnr was a pastor at the forefront of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Malcolm X was also involved in the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and was assassinated in Manhattan in 1965. Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Alabama in 1955, protesting at being treated as a second class citizen. Dolores Huerta is a social activist whose efforts helped the organisation of farm workers.

Answer: Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney quoted to the BBC that he woke up one morning with the tune in his head and wrote the song. Paul began his musical career when he joined John Lennon's band The Quarrymen in 1957. After The Beatles split up in 1970, Paul went on to more success with his new group Wings.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by actor John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre, Washington DC in 1865, during the play "Our American Cousin". According to Ward Hill Lamon in his biography of the president, Lincoln dreamt of being assassinated just days before he was killed.

Answer: Joseph

Joseph was a son of Jacob who was renowned for his visions and interpretations of dreams. Job was a good man from the land of Uz, who resisted severe temptation by the devil, hence the phrase "the patience of Job". Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving him his brother Esau's birthright. Joshua, Moses' successor, was a successful warrior whose triumphs included the fall of the walls of Jericho.

Answer: Dallas

"Dallas" was a hugely successful TV series, that ran from 1978, about the fortunes of the fictional, oil-rich Ewing family based in and around the Texas city of Dallas. When Pamela Ewing found her husband Bobby having a shower, his previous death in the series was explained away as her having had a bad dream and just waking up.

Answer: Everly Brothers

Don and Phil Everly had a hit with "All I Have to do is Dream" in 1958. The Walker Brothers were three unrelated American guys who formed a group in the 1960s and had hits, particularly in Britain, with songs such as "Make It Easy On Yourself". Matt and Luke Goss were founder members of the British band Bros along with Craig Logan in the 1980s.

The Righteous Brothers were two unrelated American guys in the 1960s who had hits such as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling".

Answer: Gerontius

"The Dream Of Gerontius" was a poem written by Cardinal Newman in the 19th century, telling the story of the journey of a man's soul after death. Sir Edward Elgar was an English composer renowned for stirring musical compositions that are revisited annually at the Last Night of the Proms concert in London.

Answer: United States of America

The 1992 games were the first Olympics to allow professional basketball players. The USA team featured stars such as Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson and went on to win the gold medal defeating Croatia by 117 points to 85.

Answer: Puck

Puck is also known as Robin Goodfellow, a mischievous sprite who serves Oberon, the king of the fairies. Oberon instructs Puck on whom he should give the love juice to. However, Puck squeezes it into the eyes of another person by mistake causing mayhem.

Answer: Toy Story

"Toy Story" was produced by Disney-Pixar in 1995. "Shrek" won the best animated picture Oscar in 2001. "Transformers" was nominated for an Oscar in 2008. Although Doctor Seuss won six awards none were for "The Cat in the Hat".