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Quiz about Which Day of the Week Is That
Quiz about Which Day of the Week Is That

Which Day of the Week Is That? Quiz


The days of the week turn up as people's names in film, books, reality and more. Do you know which day it is?

A multiple-choice quiz by funnytrivianna. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
337,476
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Actress Susan Ker Weld is more famously known as which day of the week? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. On which television program, directed toward children, did King Friday XIII appear? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which day of the week name did Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban give to their daughter? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who played the part of Sergeant Joe Friday on the television series "Dragnet" (1951-1959)? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who was Thursday October Christian I? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which type of model is Wednesday Mourning? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the video game "Landstalker" (1992), who is the wood nymph friend of Nigel the elf? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I'm sure you know that Friday was a main character in the book "Robinson Crusoe", but who wrote the book? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What are the names of the mother and the daughter in the "Thursday Next" series by Jasper Fforde? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What or who are "The Saturdays"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Actress Susan Ker Weld is more famously known as which day of the week?

Answer: Tuesday

Tuesday Weld was born in 1943. Her birth name was Susan Ker Weld. As children, her cousin could not say "Susan", so she called her "Tu-tu". The name "Tuesday" was a lengthening of that nickname and as a result Susan became known as Tuesday Weld.

Her acting career began at the age of twelve. She appeared in the "The Wrong Man" (1956) as well as other television and film projects. Tuesday Weld appeared in "The Five Pennies" (1959), "High Time" (1960), "Wild in the Country" (1961) and "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965). In 1993 she had a part in "Falling Down".

In 1982 she received a Cable Ace Award for Actress in a Theatrical or Non-Musical Program when she played the part of Lizzie in "The Rainmaker".
2. On which television program, directed toward children, did King Friday XIII appear?

Answer: Mr Roger's Neighborhood (1968-2001)

King Friday XIII was the king of the Neighborhood of Make Believe on the television program "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" (1968-2001). Fred Rogers, the star of the program, was the voice for King Friday XIII.

"Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" was both created and hosted by Fred Rogers and was directed toward preschool children. The opening song "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (1967) was written by Fred Rogers. There were a total of eight hundred and ninety-five episodes filmed. Many characters appeared on the show including some characters such as Mr. McFeely the delivery man, played by David Newell, neighbor Aber played by Chuck Aber, Lady Aberlin played by Betty Aberlin and Officer Clemmons played by Francois Clemmons. The "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" also had it's characters, some of which were Daniel the Tiger, voiced by Rogers, Bob Dog, portrayed by Bob Trow and Lady Elaine Fairchilde, voiced by Rogers.
3. Which day of the week name did Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban give to their daughter?

Answer: Sunday Rose

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban named their daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. Sunday was born on July 7, 2008. Sunday is Nicole and Keith's first child together. Sunday weighed six pounds seven and a half ounces when she was born. Nicole has two other children, adopted by her and former husband Tom Cruise.

They are Isabella and Connor. Kidman and Urban were married on June 25, 2006. Urban did not have any previous children; Sunday was his first. Kidman and Urban announced the birth of their second daughter, Faith Margaret on December 28, 2010.
4. Who played the part of Sergeant Joe Friday on the television series "Dragnet" (1951-1959)?

Answer: Jack Webb

Jack Webb played the part of Sgt. Joe Friday in two hundred and seventy-six episodes from 1951 to 1959. Sgt. Friday always wanted the facts in order to piece together a case, whether it was fraud, murder, theft or otherwise. He was a dedicated law enforcer.

Jack Webb was born John Randolph Webb on April 2, 1920. He died at the age of sixty two, on December 23, 1982, in California. Known primarily for his role as Sgt. Joe Friday on "Dragnet", Webb also took part, as a creator, producer and director, in the television series "Noah's Ark" (1956). Webb was the executive producer for "Adam-12" (1968) and also "Emergency!" (1972). Jack Webb appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" as "Copper Clapper" (1968).
5. Who was Thursday October Christian I?

Answer: The son of HMS Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian

Thursday October Christian I (1790-1831) was the son of Fletcher Christian 1764-1793), the leader of the HMS Bounty mutineers and the founder of the colony located on Pitcairn Island. Thursday's mother was Mauatua Christian. His son, Thursday October Christian II (1820-1911), was the magistrate of Pitcairn Island. Thursday October Christian I was the very first child born on Pitcairn Island.

When he was sixteen, he married Teraura who was past the age of thirty. They had six children. In 1831, Thursday October Christian I moved to Tahiti and died there from disease. Up until March 2004, Thursday's home on Pitcairn Island had been the oldest building that was still standing there, but sadly, termites had damaged it so badly that it had to be destroyed.
6. Which type of model is Wednesday Mourning?

Answer: Gothic

Wednesday Mourning, born October 28, 1978, has been known as a Gothic model from California, modeling in Goth, Industrial/Gothic Fashion, Artistic, Strange and Unusual fashions. Her nickname as a child was Wednesday. The last name was added on by Wednesday, herself. Wednesday did a photo shoot with Chris Anthony (artist and photographer) for My Chemical Romance's album "Welcome to the Black Parade" (2006).
7. In the video game "Landstalker" (1992), who is the wood nymph friend of Nigel the elf?

Answer: Friday

Nigel, an eighty-eight year old treasure hunting elf, was accosted by a wood nymph named Friday. She and Nigel traveled to Ryuma where Nigel rescued the mayor who had been kidnapped. When he took a lithograph of a dragon, Friday was held captive until Nigel returned the lithograph.

They had to try to defeat Gola, the Dragon God, and eventually Nigel did exactly that. Nigel and Friday embarked on many adventures together only to consider going on even more adventures.
8. I'm sure you know that Friday was a main character in the book "Robinson Crusoe", but who wrote the book?

Answer: Daniel Defoe

Friday and Crusoe met on a Friday, which was why Crusoe named the man Friday. Crusoe discovered the Carib cannibals after he'd been on the island for twenty-four years. Crusoe rescued Friday and they became friends, as Crusoe taught Friday to speak English. Together they saved Friday's father. Friday and Crusoe eventually made it to England.

Daniel Defoe was born some time between 1659 and 1661, and died in 1731. He gained fame for his novel "Robinson Crusoe" (1719) and wrote more than five hundred other books, journals and pamphlets on a variety of subjects. Defoe was credited with being one of the founders of the English novel. His life led him to serving time in prison for things like pamphleteering and political activities. When he was released in 1703, he witnessed a hurricane that greatly damaged London and Bristol, killing over eight thousand people. This event was the subject of "The Storm" (1704), which Defoe wrote as a collection of witness accounts. Defoe is known to have used nearly two hundred different pen names such as Eye Witness, T. Taylor and possibly Captain Charles Johnson.
Other works by Defoe include "Religious Courtship" (1722), "The New Family Instructor" (1727), "A System of Magick" (1726) and "A tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain" (1724-27). Defoe wrote other novels including "Colonel Jack" (1722) and "Moll Flanders" (1722).
9. What are the names of the mother and the daughter in the "Thursday Next" series by Jasper Fforde?

Answer: Thursday and Wednesday

In the "Thursday Next" series, Colonel Next and his wife Wednesday Next are the parents of daughter Thursday and sons Anton and Joffy. Thursday is the main character in the comic fantasy series and was first mentioned by author Fforde in his 2001 novel "The Eyre Affair". Other books in the series include "Lost in a Good Book" (2002), "The Well of Lost Plots" (2003), "Something Rotten" (2004), "First Among Sequels" (2007) and "one of Our Thursdays is Missing" (2011).

In this series of books, Thursday and her pet dodo, Pickwick, embark on many adventures in the world of literature where people in the real world and characters in books can jump from one realm to the other, in and out of novels and reality. Thursday is able to change the plots to various books such as "Jane Eyre" and "Uriah Heep". She even changes Mycroft into the brother of Sherlock Holmes. The police force in the series is called the Jurisfiction and Thursday ends up working for them.
10. What or who are "The Saturdays"?

Answer: British/Irish girl group

"The Saturdays" are a British/Irish girl group who formed in 2007. They have released three albums with their debut album titled "Chasing Lights" (2008) followed by "Wordshaker" (2009) and "Headlines" (2010). They had four top ten singles from their first album, on the UK Singles Chart.

Their latest single "Notorious" has a release date of May 2011. Their music style is pop, dance pop, rhythm and blues and also electropop.
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