People Named Dave or David Trivia Quiz

Answer: He broke four knuckles

David Clark was born on December 15, 1939, in England. In 1950, he taught himself how to play the drums and formed a skiffle band, a type of folk band in which instruments usually are homemade or improvised, to raise money for his football team to go to The Netherlands.

The band eventually became The Dave Clark Five. In 1970, they broke up, and, in 1972, Clark quit drumming after he broke four knuckles while tobogganing.

Answer: Son of Sam

Richard David Falco, later renamed David Richard Berkowitz, was born on June 1, 1953, in the USA. He served in the U.S. Army from 1971-1974, when he was honorably discharged.

In a letter to the police, he said, "But I am a monster. I am the Son of Sam." He later said that Sam was a dog that was controlling him and making him kill. In 2015, he claimed the media made that up, and he heard the voice of Samhain, a druid devil. On August 10, 1977, Berkowitz was arrested for killing at least six people. He was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder and is serving six life sentences.

Answer: Lithuania

David Apotheker was born on August 28, 1855, in Lithuania. He was a humorist, poet, journalist, and printer. His books were influenced by Moshe Leib Lillemblum, who Apotheker studied under in Lithuania. His book "Ha-Nevel" ("The Harp") came out in 1881, and contained Hebrew and Yiddish poems.

He came to the United States in 1888 and tried, without success, to start a communist colony. He died on October 23, 1911, in the USA.

Answer: Vikings and Broncos

David Eugene Garnett was born on December 6, 1970, in the United States. He was a linebacker in the NFL from 1993 to 1996. He played college ball while at Stanford University.

Garnett, wearing number 54, played with the Minnesota Vikings from 1993-1994, and then again in 1996, wearing number 52. In 1995 he played with the Denver Broncos, wearing number 46.

Answer: Jonathan

It says in 1 Samuel 18:3 in the King James Version, "And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself." All the choices knew David, but Jonathan was his best friend.

In the following verse, Jonathan gives David his robe, tunic, sword, bow, and belt. However, while David and Jonathan were best friends, King Saul, Jonathan's father, wanted to kill David.

Answer: Yes

Dave Goelz was born on July 16, 1946, in the United States. Since childhood, he has been interested in puppets. In 1977, he met Frank Oz and, not long after, showed his portfolio to Jim Henson and was hired by the Henson Association. He was not only a puppeteer; he also designed and created puppets. Goelz designed and performed the puppet Gonzo the Great.

Answer: Dave Coulier

David Alan Coulier was born on September 21, 1959, in the United States. He has done a lot of voice work for cartoons. including "Scooby-Doo" and "The Real Ghostbusters." In 1986 he was cast as a "Saturday Night Live" cast member but was let go due to how similar he was to Dana Carvey.

"Out of Control" ran from 1984-1985. It was a children's show on Nickelodeon. The show was a sketch comedy, much like "SNL," but the focus was a fictional news show. The title came from the concept of a control room at a news studio.

After that, he was cast as Joey Gladstone on "Full House," which ran from 1987-1995. Joey's catchphrase, "Cut it out," was originally the catchphrase from "Out of Control." Coulier also appeared as a recurring cast member of "Fuller House."

Answer: biochemist

David Sidney Feingold was born on November 15, 1922, in the USA. In 1944 he graduated from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). A few years later, he continued his chemistry studies in Switzerland. He then moved to Israel and earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Upon returning to the United States after getting his Ph.D., he worked at the University of California, helping with research. In 1960, he became an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Six years later, he became the Professor of Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Feingold retired in 1993, and died in 2019 at the age of 96.

For his research efforts with Shlomo Hestrin, and Gad Avigad, they all were given the Israel Prize in exact sciences. The Israel Prize is the Israeli equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Answer: Jones

David Robert Jones was born on January 8, 1947, in England. He changed his name early in his career to not be confused with Davy Jones from The Monkees. He chose the name Bowie after James Bowie and the Bowie knife. He released his first hit, "Space Oddity," in 1969. By 1972, he became a glam rock star and also created his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.

Bowie was also an actor and stared in the 1976 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth" which was a science fiction movie. Bowie played Thomas Jerome Newton who was an alien that fell to earth. In 1986, he played Jareth in "The Labyrinth." He claimed he had to sing "Magic Dance" and do the gurgles for the baby in the film because "the baby couldn't string two gurgles together."

In 1977, Bowie appeared on Bing Crosby's final Christmas special, "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas." He and Crosby did "Peace on Earth/LIttle Drummer Boy." Crosby mainly sang "The Little Drummer Boy" while Bowie sang "Peace on Earth." The song has since become a Christmas favorite in the US and UK. In 1981, he worked with Queen to produce the single "Under Pressure." This song was also a big hit. In 1992, Bowie married his second wife, model Iman, to whom he was married until his death on January 10, 2016, from liver cancer.

Answer: Letterman

David Michael Letterman was born on April 12, 1947, in the United States. Letterman attended Ball State University in Indiana, his home state. As an average student, he noticed scholarships tend to go to the brilliant kids and later created one for "C Student" kids. After he graduated from Ball State, Letterman became a weatherman for a TV station in Indiana. During this time, he "congratulated a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane." He had other antics, such as this while he was a weatherman.

In 1975, he moved to LA, California, hoping to be a comedy writer. Once there, he also began doing stand-up at The Comedy Store. In 1978, he guest starred on a season one episode of "Mork and Mindy" entitled "Mork Goes Erk." He also became friends with Johnny Carson and was a regular guest host for him. By 1980, he has his own show in the morning on NBC called "The David Letterman Show," which won two Daytime Emmy Awards. However, it was cancelled a couple of months later.

In 1981, "Late Night with David Letterman" debuted on NBC. Letterman interviewed guests, and had other segments such as "Stupid Pet Tricks" and the "Top Ten Lists." It was also not uncommon for non-guests to appear, such as Regis Philbin and Tony Randall. In 1992, Letterman moved to CBS, and the show was changed to "Late Show with David Letterman." On CBS the show was filmed in the Ed Sullivan Theater, the same place where Ed Sullivan had his show. Letterman left the "Late Show" in 2015 after hosting 6,080 shows between the NBC and CBS talk show.

The "Top Ten List" featured a common theme such as "The Top Ten Words That Almost Rhyme With Peas," which was his first "Top Ten" list. Sometimes, such as the episode with Tom Cruise shortly before Letterman retired from his talk show, guests would bring their own list and read it. Tom Cruise's list was, "The Craziest Things People Say Abut Tom Cruise on the Internet."