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Mary Me? Trivia Quiz


The primary connection between the people featured in this quiz is that their name is Mary. Some are more famous than others. Some are known for who they are and some for the events in which they were involved.

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,754
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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1601
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Australian commoner Mary Donaldson married into which country's royal family in 2004? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The English philosopher/novelist William Godwin was not only the husband of a famous 'Mary' but also the father of one too. To whom was he married? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Mary Ann Nichols and Mary Jane Kelly probably never met, and it is unlikely that they said "Mary Me" to the person that connects them, so how are they connected? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was married first to Irish actor Owen Moore for a decade, then for 15 years to Hollywood legend Douglas Fairbanks, and then for more than 40 years until her death to actor and jazz musician Buddy Rogers? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Oscar-winning actress Mary Steenburgen married which regular member of the 'Cheers' cast in 1995? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Born Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes in London, the daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge became England's Queen Consort. By what name is Queen Elizabeth II's grandmother better known? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Mary Tyler Moore is best remembered for her TV sitcoms but she was also an Oscar-nominated actress. What was the name of the character she played in the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" throughout most of the 1970s? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. First published in 1926 under the pseudonym V. Sirin, "Mary" was the debut novel by which writer? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Mary McElroy served as First Lady of the United States during the Presidency of Chester A. Arthur even though she was not married to the President. What was her relationship to him? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Born Mary Doreen Weeden in 1944, she studied chemistry at Oxford and Imperial College London before becoming a lecturer at Cambridge University. One of Britain's leading scientists specializing in solar power conversion, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2012, but to which best-selling novelist is she married? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Australian commoner Mary Donaldson married into which country's royal family in 2004?

Answer: Denmark

Tasmanian native Mary Elizabeth Donaldson met Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik in a bar during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Previously a dual Australian/British citizen, the Danish Parliament enacted "Mary's Law" to make her a Danish citizen when the couple married.

As Frederik is the heir apparent, Countess Mary of Monpezat will become Queen Consort of Denmark if/when he inherits the throne from his mother, Queen Margrethe II. The couple had their first child, Prince Christian, in 2005. Princess Isabella followed in 2007 and the twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine in 2011.
2. The English philosopher/novelist William Godwin was not only the husband of a famous 'Mary' but also the father of one too. To whom was he married?

Answer: Mary Wollstonecraft

William Godwin was married to the feminist philosopher, writer and educator Mary Wollstonecraft. Ten days after the birth of her second child, Wollstonecraft died of puerperal fever, leaving Godwin to bring up his step-daughter Fanny and the baby Mary alone. Mary would eventually grow up to be Mary Shelley, wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and writer of the classic Gothic novel, "Frankenstein".
3. Mary Ann Nichols and Mary Jane Kelly probably never met, and it is unlikely that they said "Mary Me" to the person that connects them, so how are they connected?

Answer: They were killed by the same person

Mary Ann Nichols, nicknamed Polly, was a 43-year old married mother of five and Mary Jane Kelly was a 25-year old of Irish decent. Both were unfortunate to be prostitutes working in the Whitechapel area of London in the autumn of 1888. In August of that year, Nichols become the first victim of the unidentified serial killer nicknamed Jack the Ripper. Three months later, following the murder and mutilation of Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes, Kelly became his last known victim.
4. Who was married first to Irish actor Owen Moore for a decade, then for 15 years to Hollywood legend Douglas Fairbanks, and then for more than 40 years until her death to actor and jazz musician Buddy Rogers?

Answer: Mary Pickford

Born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Canada in 1892, actress Mary Pickford was called "America's Sweetheart, "Little Mary" and "The Girl with the Curls". She was named 24th on the American Film Institute's list of the "greatest female stars of all time". Pickford made her screen debut in April 1909 and made a remarkable 43 films that year, and another 34 in 1910, almost all directed by the legendary D.W. Griffith. By 1916, she was producing as well as acting, and sometimes even writing the scripts too.

In 1919, she was a founder member of United Artists along with Griffith, Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. She made her last screen appearance in 1950. Pickford won one of the very first Best Actress Oscars (in 1929) and was awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1975, shortly before her death in 1979 aged 87.
5. Oscar-winning actress Mary Steenburgen married which regular member of the 'Cheers' cast in 1995?

Answer: Ted Danson

Born in Newport AR in 1953, Mary Steenburgen made her screen debut in 1978 and won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama "Melvin and Howard" two years later. That same year, she married "Clockwork Orange" star Malcolm McDowell but they were divorced ten years later.

She remarried in 1995, to Ted Danson who played barman Sam 'Mayday' Malone in the hit TV sitcom "Cheers".
6. Born Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes in London, the daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge became England's Queen Consort. By what name is Queen Elizabeth II's grandmother better known?

Answer: Mary of Teck

Born in London in 1867, Mary of Teck was the daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (King George III's granddaughter) and Duke Francis of Teck. (Teck was a ducal castle in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg in what is now Baden-Württemberg in modern-day Germany).

In 1893, Mary married Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince George, The Duke of York, having earlier been engaged to his older brother, Prince Albert, who had died unexpectedly. When Edward VII ascended to the throne in 1901, the couple became Prince and Princess of Wales. Nine years later, her husband became King George V on the death of his father and she became Queen Mary. Of the alternatives, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg was Queen Consort to King George V of Hanover, another of George III's grandchildren. Mary Duchess of Gloucester & Edinburgh was the last surviving of George III's fifteen children. Mary of Modena was Queen Consort to King James II in the later 17th Century.
7. Mary Tyler Moore is best remembered for her TV sitcoms but she was also an Oscar-nominated actress. What was the name of the character she played in the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" throughout most of the 1970s?

Answer: Mary Richards

Born in Brooklyn NY in 1936, Mary Tyler Moore made her film debut in 1957, but it was as Dick Van Dyke's wife, Laura Petrie, in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" during the early 1960s that she really made her name. In 1970, she began an 8-year run as Mary Richards, a Minneapolis news producer in the "Mary Tyler Moore Show".

She won a Golden Globe and earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1980 for her performance in Robert Redford's "Ordinary People".
8. First published in 1926 under the pseudonym V. Sirin, "Mary" was the debut novel by which writer?

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov

The novel called "Mary" in its English translation, was originally published under the title "Mashen'ka". Its author was Vladimir Nabokov, who is best remembered today for his 1955 novel "Lolita".
Set in a boarding house in Berlin, "Mary" tells the story of Russian émigré Lev Ganin, who discovers that his former wife, Mary (of course), is married to his neighbor. Ganin is convinced that Mary still loves him and tries to find a way to become reunited with her when she arrives to join her husband. The reader never actually gets to meet Mary Alfyorov, except in Ganin's memories.
9. Mary McElroy served as First Lady of the United States during the Presidency of Chester A. Arthur even though she was not married to the President. What was her relationship to him?

Answer: Sister

A former Brigadier General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Chester Alan Arthur became President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield in 1881. Arthur's wife, Ellen Herndon Arthur had died suddenly the year before his election as Vice-President, so his youngest sister, Mary, served as White House hostess during his administration.
10. Born Mary Doreen Weeden in 1944, she studied chemistry at Oxford and Imperial College London before becoming a lecturer at Cambridge University. One of Britain's leading scientists specializing in solar power conversion, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2012, but to which best-selling novelist is she married?

Answer: Jeffrey Archer

Mary Weeden became Mrs Mary Archer in 1966 and she became Lady Archer of Weston-super-Mare when her husband was elevated to the House of Lords in 1992. She has twice given evidence in trials involving the best-selling author and former MP, in a libel case in 1987 and when he was accused (and subsequently convicted) of perjury in 2001.

She earned her DBE in 2012 "for services to the National Health Service as chair of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust".
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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