Famous People with the Last Name "King" Quiz

Answer: President

38th American president Gerald Ford (1913-2006) was born as Leslie Lynch King Jr. As the 40th vice-president under Richard Nixon, he succeeded Nixon as president who resigned in 1974. He served from 1974 to 1977.

His mother divorced his father and married Gerald Rudolph Ford when he was 4 years old. He formally adopted the name Gerald Rudolph Jr, in 1935.

Answer: 3

William Lyon MacKenzie King (1874-1950) was the tenth Canadian prime minister, who served three non-consecutive terms: 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1940 and 1935 to 1948. He led Canada during the Great Depression and WWII. He was the longest-serving Canadian prime minister, serving more than 21 years.

Answer: Wimbledon

Billie Jean King (born 1943) won the Wimbledon singles six times in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975. She won another six Grand Slam singles: Australian Open in 1968, French Open in 1972 and U.S Open in 1967, 1971, 1972 and 1974. She also won 16 doubles titles and 11 mixed doubles titles in the four major tournaments.

Answer: Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Carole King (born 1942) has been active since 1958. At the age of 17, she wrote her first number one hit "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". She wrote and co-wrote 118 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

"Tapestry" album released in 1972 is her most successful album, winning four Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("You've Got a Friend), Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance for Female. More than 30 million copies were sold. The album remained on the Billboard charts for 313 weeks, the second-longest after "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd (724 weeks).

Answer: Carrie

Stephen King (born 1947) is called the "King of Horror". In 1974, he wrote his first book titled "Carrie". He wrote "Salem's Lot (1975), "The Shining" (1977), "The Stand" (1978), "The Dead Zone" (1979), "Christine" (1983), "Pet Sematary" (1983), "It" (1986) and "The Green Mile" (1996). Many of his books were set in Maine where he was born. "Carrie" was made into a movie 1976, along with many of his books.

Answer: 1964

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) led the civil rights movement in the U.S. from the mid-1950s until he was assassinated in 1968 at Memphis. His movement activities ended the legal segregation of African-Americans in the South and other parts of the U.S.

He became the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which promoted non-violent movements such March of Washington (1963) to achieve civil rights. In 1964, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Answer: Manslaughter

Don King (born 1931) had promoted some of the most prominent boxers in the 20th century, namely Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. He was sued by some boxers for defrauding payments to them. Most of the cases were settled out of court.

In 1954, he shot a man in the back who was trying to rob his gambling house which was ruled a justifiable homicide. In 1967, he was convicted of manslaughter after he stomped one of his employees to death, which he was imprisoned for three years and eleven months.

Answer: 1985

Larry King born as Lawrence Harvey Zeiger (1933-2021) won many awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award. In his career, he conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and TV. His easy-going interviewing style made "Larry King Live" (1985-2010), one of the CNN's most popular programs.

Answer: If Beale Street Could Talk

Regina King (born 1971) was voted by Time magazine in 2019 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She first gained attention playing the starring role in TV sitcom series "227" (1985-1990). She appeared in "American Crime" (2015-2017), "Watchmen" (2019) and "The Big Bang Theory" (2013-2019).

She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the 2018 film "If Beale Street Could Talk".

Answer: Navy

Ernest Joseph King (1878-1956) was an admiral who was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. naval forces and chief of naval operations during WWII. He masterminded the successful military campaign against Japan in the Pacific War.

A few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), he succeeded Admiral Husband J. Kimmel as commander in chief of the U.S. fleet, with the rank of admiral. In 1942, he took over the post of chief of naval operations to become the most important figure in the navy.