Before They Were Stars Trivia

1. "It is I, Arthur Wormold. Or to be precise: that was my first recurring role in the TV series "Christmas with the Stars" (1963-1964) and "Hugh and I" (1965). What is my real name?"

From Quiz Before We Sought the "Fallen Madonna"

Answer: Jack Haig

"It is indeed I, Jack Haig. In "Hugh and I" Terry Scott played a young bachelor, also named Terry Scott, aspiring to get rich without much effort, and he was aided and abetted in his shenanigans by Hugh Lloyd. Hugh played Terry's lodger, and Hugh's character was named .. Hugh Lloyd. You'd never guess, eh? Wallas Eaton (as Arthur Crispin) and I (as Arthur Wormold) played their neighbours. In "'Allo 'Allo!" I played the forger Roger Leclerc, who frequently dressed up as some weird salesman doing errands for the Resistance. Whenever I arrived at René's café, I lifted my glasses and delivered the line "It is I, Leclerc". Of course this was quite superfluous, for every other character recognized me immediately." Jack Haig was born in 1913 and died in 1989. As the role of Leclerc was already planned for the following seasons, Haig's successor Derek Royle was introduced as Ernest Leclerc, brother of Roger.

From Quiz They Started on Reality TV

Answer: Dave Giuntoli

Dave Giuntoli was born in Milwaukee and was discovered by MTV while attending college in St. Louis. He was cast on the twelfth season of the popular MTV reality show "Road Rules". He was one of the original contestants and lasted the entire journey to claim the handsome reward at the end show. He later competed on the spin-off "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: the Gauntlet" which also won as part of the "Road Rules" team. He is best known for his role on the long-running series "Grimm" where he plays Nick Burkhardt, a homicide detective who fights supernatural beings. He also plays Eddie on the drama "A Million Little Things" which is about a group of friends dealing with the aftermath of another friend's suicide.

From Quiz Waiter/Actor/Waiter

Answer: Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, in 1969. John Aniston, her father, is also an actor, originating the role of Victor Kiriakis in the long-running daytime drama "Days of Our Lives". Jennifer was hugely successful as runaway bride Rachel Green in "Friends"; Rachel was a waitress in a coffee shop at one point. In "Office Space", Jennifer played Joanna, a waitress who is annoyed at her restaurant's requirement that their servers embellish their uniforms to demonstrate their flair.

From Quiz NFL Players Turned Hollywood Stars

Answer: Terry Crews

Terry Crews was born in Flint, Michigan and attended Western Michigan University on a athletic, as well as an art, scholarship. He was drafted by the LA Rams in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL draft. He played in the NFL until he retired in 1997. During his career, he also played for the Redskins, Eagles and Chargers. Crews plays President Camacho, who is the leader of the US 500 years into the future. The collective intelligence of the people has gone down in the time set in the movie and the world is in danger of starvation. In "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" he plays Sgt. Jeffords, who is the lovable sergeant in charge of the detectives in the 99th precinct. In addition to his TV and movie roles, he did star in a series of rather humorous Old Spice TV ads. Luke Wilson also appeared in "Idiocracy" but was not an NFL player. Alex Karras was an NFL player-turned actor, but did not appear in either of the mentioned shows. Dirk Blocker plays Detective Hitchcock in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine".

From Quiz Before They Made It Big

Answer: Nicolas Cage

It was a non-speaking part and you only see Cage for a few seconds standing with Brad in the school parking lot, just before Arnold walks up and asks Brad if he could work at All American Burger. In the credits, he is listed as Nicolas Coppola. He is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola.

From Quiz Celebrities Who Stuttered As Children

Answer: Hugh Grant

English actor Hugh Grant was born in London in 1960 into a reasonably aristocratic family. He is famous for such delightful romantic comedies as the 1999 "Notting Hill". With the lovely Julia Roberts as his co-star, it relates the story of a famous American film star, Anna Scott, and her on again, off again romance with William Thacker, a shy bookshop owner in Notting Hill, London. This is a lovely story with a superb cast of characters, and has a perfect ending. Incidentally, Julia Roberts was also a stutterer as a child. Part of Hugh's characteristics in this role are a little hesitancy in speech at times and a slight stutter, characteristics he brings to many films, and for which he has been sometimes panned by the critics. Hugh, however, is not producing those endearing qualities artificially. He overcame a bad stutter as a child, but occasionally these emerge in his many movie roles. Remarkably, he has made them a part of his many portrayals, so much so that, rather than making us aware of same, they slip easily and unobtrusively into our enjoyment of the personality of his characters.

From Quiz When I Was Younger

Answer: Jennifer Lawrence

Before Jennifer Lawrence fell up the steps of the Dolby Theater, while going to accept her first Oscar, she played a mascot on the USA series "Monk". Her first Oscar nomination in 2011 came from the independent movie, "Winter's Bone". In 2013, Jennifer Lawrence accepted her first Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Silver Lining's Playbook".

From Quiz Their Jobs Before Stardom

Answer: Victoria Beckham

Born in 1974, Victoria Beckham nee Adams is a British business woman, fashion designer of sorts, singer and model. She initially rose to fame as one of the members of the singing group, the Spice Girls, but by 2013 was considered to be one of the top 100 richest and most powerful women in the United Kingdom. And to think it all began as a sperm on roller skates, played on the British television show "Body Matters". Imagine the success her life would have been if she remained in that worthy career. Of the other three choices above - those women are American born celebrities.

From Quiz A Blank Canvas

Answer: Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster was born in 1962. Her first acting role was in a 1968 episode of "Mayberry R.F.D." This winner of many awards, including Oscars, has gone on to star, produce and direct. Three of her most famous films were "Silence of the Lambs", "The Accused" and "Little Man Tate". The third of these she starred in and directed.

From Quiz Outside the Actor's Studio

Answer: dishwasher

Jon Hamm was born March 10, 1971. He is probably best known for playing Don Draper on "Mad Men". The information about him being a dishwasher was found at "Before They Were Famous" on the Fox News website.

From Quiz When I Was Young...

Answer: Will Ferrell

Will studied Sports Broadcasting at USC. He graduated in 1990. Will became famous for his many roles on the TV show "Saturday Night Live". He played the lead role in "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" (2004) and one of the leads in "Step Brothers" (2008).

From Quiz Amusing Facts about the Stars

Answer: Bobby Milk

Kids are so awful - and just a little bit funny - at the nicknames they come up with for their classmates. De Niro soon toughened up as a result and began hanging round with other street kids in New York where he grew up. Many of these early childhood friends are still his best friends today, so he couldn't have been too bruised by the nickname. I wouldn't dream of calling this brilliant but rather frightening actor anything but Sir. Born in 1943, De Niro completely absorbs himself in whatever character he is playing. Just as an example of the range of his acting skills, take the terrifying ex-convict out for revenge that he played in the 1991 film "Cape Fear" and then contrast it against his hilarious role as an over the top retired cat-loving CIA operative in the 2000 film "Meet the Parents". De Niro has been nominated very many times for acting awards and won an Academy Award for his roles in the 1974 film "Godfather Part II" and the 1980 film "Raging Bull".

From Quiz What Was My First Job?

Answer: Soap-lather girl in a barbershop

Swedish born Garbo (1905-1990) was one of Hollywood's most beautiful women to ever grace the screen. There was something about her face that drew the camera irresistibly, and her skin had a shimmering translucence to it that was astonishly lovely. The film for which she is best remembered, perhaps, is the 1936 production of "Camille". In this movie she played a dying woman of great beauty who had been the mistress of a rich man, but who had fallen in love with another younger, more or less penniless fellow. This great star, who remained as mysterious as any of her screen characters, indeed started out her working life as a soap-lather girl in a barbershop. It was there she met the son of a famous department store owner who gave her a job, firstly as a clerk and then as a model. From that she graduated to film and massive stardom. In her early forties, tired of Hollywood and the artificiality of its life, she completely retired from the screen, and became a recluse in a secluded New York apartment. She died there, unmarried and childless, at the age of 84.

From Quiz Before They Were Stars They Were 'Horrorable' 1

Answer: Johnny Depp

This slasher film from Wes Craven was released in 1984. Johnny Depp played Glen Lantz, a friend of protagonist Nancy Thompson (played by Heather Langenkamp). Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund) came out of dreams to terrorize the community. This was Depp's debut and he died in the movie. Good thing it didn't end his career or we wouldn't have had years of '21 Jump Street' on TV and all those wonderful pirate movies.

From Quiz From Rags to Riches

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 to June 15, 1996) lived on the streets of New York City when she was a teenager. Home was the streets of Harlem, for about a year. On November 21, 1934, at the age of seventeen, she entered a singing talent contest at the Apollo Theater and won. Her jazz career soared earning her fourteen Grammy awards, one of which was for Lifetime Achievement (1967). This impressive woman, who was awarded several other awards, went from rags to riches with great dignity and respect.

From Quiz Who's On What and What's On Next?

Answer: The West Wing

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez was the birth name of Martin Sheen who was born in 1940. He is the father of a very impressive family of actors which includes Charlie Sheen, and Emilio and Ramon and Renee Estevez. He is also the brother of actor, Joe Estevez. The TV series, "The West Wing" in which he played the role of the President of the United States, ran for seven years, from 1999 until 2006.

From Quiz The Stars of "Glee": What They Used To Do

Answer: Hairspray

"Hairspray" had a long history, starting as a 1988 John Waters movie, becoming a musical in 2002 (the one that Matthew was in) based on the original movie, then again becoming a different movie in 2007 based on the musical. The musical dealt with the racial integration of an "American Bandstand"-like show in the 1960s. Matthew Morrison has demonstrated his singing and dancing ability on "Glee" numerous times, so it is no surprise, given his youthful looks that he fit right in to the teen idol role of Link Larkin.

From Quiz Smarty Stars

Answer: Maggie Gyllenhaal

She graduated from Columbia University, where she earned Bachelor of Arts in English. Her first film was "Waterland"(1992). It was directed by her father, Stephen Gyllenhaal.

From Quiz Before They Were Stars

Answer: Rudy

"Rudy" is based on the true story of a young man's dream to play football at Notre Dame. The movie stars Sean Astin and Ned Beatty. Vince Vaughn plays the part of Jamie O'Hara. Vaughn was born in Minneapolis in 1970, and was accepted into Yale University, but never attended.

From Quiz Oscar Winners & Nominees Who Were On Soap Operas

Answer: Marisa Tomei

Marisa's win for Best Supporting Actress as Mona Lisa Vito in "My Cousin Vinny" has often been considered a fluke, and many disparaging comments have been made about her acting ability. Being nominated again in 2001 as Natalie Strout in "In The Bedroom" did nothing to dispel these rumours.

From Quiz Today's Stars in Yesterday's Films

Answer: Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her work in "Far From Heaven" (2002). She was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for "The Hours" (2002).

From Quiz Famous Celebrity Sackings

Answer: he couldn't drive

Fortunately Poitier went on to act in such classic films as: "Blackboard Jungle"(1955), "The Defiant Ones"(1958), "Porgy and Bess"(1959) and "In The Heat Of The Night"(1967).

From Quiz Previous Jobs Of The Rich And Famous

Answer: Sylvester Stallone

The film was later re-titled "The Italian Stallion" giving him his nickname. Sly actually received Oscar nominations for "Rocky" in 1976 for acting and screenplay.

From Quiz Before They Were Famous

Answer: Tom Hanks

Hanks also appeared on "The Love Boat" and in the 1980 horror movie "He Knows You're Alone". More than a decade later he would win back to back Oscars for 1993's "Philadelphia" and 1994's "Forrest Gump".

From Quiz Actors' Other Lives

Answer: Policeman

Once claimed in an interview that as a Chicago cop he was such a bad shot, he earned the nickname "The Great Wounder."

From Quiz Celebrity Pitchmen

Answer: Mamie Van Doren

"I get a warm romantic notion when you use aqua velva lotion - that's how our romance began. Because there's something about an aqua velva man." She convinced me.

From Quiz Famous High Schools & Celebrities

Answer: Junior

They were juniors from 1990-1992 and finally graduated in the 1992-1993 season.

From Quiz Not Just A Pretty Face

Answer: Lisa Kudrow & Kudrow

Lisa's father was a physician. When she graduated from college she thought that she wanted to pursue a career in research and she worked for a while with her father. Then the acting bug struck! The rest is history!

From Quiz Previous Jobs of the Stars

Answer: Hugh Beaumont (Leave It To Beaver)

Beaumont held an M.S. in Theology and was ordained in 1946. He continued to both study and practice divinity until his death in 1982 while on a trip to Munich.

From Quiz Before They Were Famous...

Answer: Dunkin' Donuts

Madonna first worked behind the counter at a Dunkin' Donuts when she first came to New York City. She has, of course, went on to become one of the most famous people to ever grace the earth. However, at the premiere of the James Bond film, "Die Another Day" (in which she has a cameo as a lesbian fencing instructor), Madonna was introduced to Queen Elizabeth. The Queen took Madonna's hand and said, "So you sing, do you?" Apparently the Palace does not have radio or television.

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