A Man for All Seasons Trivia Quiz

Answer: Spring

William Amos Spring, born in Dulwich, played cricket for Surrey during the years 1903 and 1914. He batted in 68 matches and 106 innings with an average of 21.16. His best ever score was 135. He also bowled in 68 matches with an average of 29.48. His best ever performance with the ball was 6 for 38.

Answer: Spring

He was born in Uxbridge Massachusetts, on February 26, 1746. His father was a rich farmer and militia man. He graduated from New Jersey College, known now as Princeton, in 1771. He followed that by studying advanced theology and was licensed as minister in 1774. During the revolutionary war he served as chaplain at the Siege of Boston and the invasion of Canada.

Answer: Spring

His original name was Tom Winter and he was born in Fownhope, Herefordshire, England. He fought during the period 1817 to 1824. His nickname was "The Light Tapper" or "The Old Lady's Maid Fighter" because he had weak hands and was not able to punch with any great power. He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.

Answer: Spring

He was born in Liege on the 6th of March 1848. He worked as a lecturer in mathematical physics and organic chemistry. He took interest in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and in 1886 made a presentation on the distribution of carbon dioxide around the city of Liege and attributed the higher concentration of it, to the burning of coal for heating.

Answer: Spring

He was born in 1859 in Franklinville, New York, USA. He studied law at the Ten Broeck Academy and was admitted to the Rochester Bar in 1884. He became New York Senator in 1915. He died in Baltimore in 1917.

Answer: Summer

Donna Adrian Gaines, was born in Boston Massachusetts on December 31, 1948. She became a singer in a psychedelic band in the early sixties. Later she joined the cast of the German version of "Hair" and worked in Munich for a few years. She started making disco records and became very soon the "Queen of Disco".

Some of her hits include "Love to Love You Baby", "I Feel Love", "Hot Stuff" and "Dim All the Lights". During her career she had 32 songs in the Billboard charts. She died aged 63 from lung cancer.

Answer: Summer

He was a man of many talents that included painting, directing, screenwriting and novelist, to name but a few. Some of his cinematic work included writing the script for "Conan the Barbarian" and "Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon". He also wrote the video game "Conan".

Answer: Summer

Cree Summer Francks, was born in Los Angeles. She voiced several animation films that included "Rugrats", "Tiny Toon Adventures", "Inspector Gadget" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog". On TV she played Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in the NBC sitcom "A Different World". She also took part in various music projects as a singer.

Answer: Summer

She was studying to be a teacher before she turned to modelling and acting. She has appeared in more than one thousand films. She has won various awards in the adult entertainment business. She also appeared on mainstream TV, in various small roles.

Answer: Summer

He was born in Encino, California. He started playing various instruments from a very early age. He studied cello and graduated from Cincinnati Institute of Music. He worked in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for three years. He was the original cellist of the Turtle Island Quartet.

Answer: Fall

He was born in Farmington, New Hampshire, USA. He received a degree from Dartmouth College and taught Mathematics and Physics in various schools. He continued teaching in California, where he moved for health reasons, and also became interested in entomology. He published a paper on beetles in 1893. He studied closely the Coleoptera family of insects. His epitaph reads "A naturalist, whose researches have have built an enduring monument to his name."

Answer: Fall

Albert Bacon Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. He served as senator for New Mexico and as Secretary of the Interior during the presidency of Warren Harding. He was involved in the Teapot scandal and was convicted of taking bribes, serving nine months in jail.

Answer: Fall

Aida Fall is a French/Senegalese born in France in 1986. She played centre for team Reze in the French League 2. She was also member of the Senegalese basketball team that participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Sadly, Senegal lost all five games in Group B and were eliminated at the group stage.

Answer: Fall

He was born in Lokeren on June 9. His first successful single, "The Beach", was released in 2009. Since then, he released more than 30 tracks and also produced work for duo project 'Blend-it'. He has remixed, for international artists, and has had various successful projects.

Answer: Fall

He was born in Albion, New York, on December 13. His first success came as director for the film "Trick". He also directed the film "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" in 2003. In 2000, he directed TV episodes of "Grosse Pointe" and "Damaged Goods".

Answer: Winter

A star blues and rock guitarist who produced award-winning albums for Muddy Waters, John Dawson Winter III was born in Texas and died in Switzerland. He was a talented youth from Texas when he was signed, in 1969, by Columbia Records for a huge, at the time, 600-thousand-dollar contract.

In the same year he appeared at the Woodstock festival. He went on to record a total of 19 studio albums and also recorded 6 live albums. Some of his best albums: the 1969 "Johnny Winter", the 1968 "The Progressive Blues Experiment", the 1969 "Second Winter" and the 1991 "Let Me In".

Answer: Winter

She was active during the silent era and the early sound era. She was born in St Louis, Missouri, and died in Pasadena, California. Her films included "The Thief of Baghdad", Tides of Passion", "The Night of Love" and "The Painted Woman".

Answer: Winter

She was born in Albany, New York and died in Pasadena, California. She was the first president of the Minneapolis Woman's Club and president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Her published work includes the romantic novels "The Prize to the Hardy" (1905) and "Jewel Weed" (1906). She also published "The Business of Being a Club Woman" (1925) and "The Heritage of Women" (1927).

Answer: Winter

Frank David Winter was educated at the Te Aute College. He served as senior court clerk and during WW2 he tried to enlist to the New Zealand Maori battalion, but was rejected on medical reasons. He was chairman of the Ngāi Tahu Maori Trust Board and chairman of the Akapaitiki 'A' Block Incorporation. In 1974 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community.

Answer: Winter

Fred was born in Andover, Hampshire and died in Swindon, Wiltshire. He was the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer. As a jockey he rode 923 National Hunt winners before his retirement in 1964.