Celebrities T-Z Trivia

1. What is Tuesday Weld's real first name?

From Quiz But For Me, It Was Tuesday

Answer: Susan

Susan Ker Weld was born on August 27, 1943, in Manhattan, New York City, United States. She started acting in 1955 and continued working until she retired in 2001.

From Quiz Olive Thomas

Answer: Most Beautiful Girl in New York

After she divorced her first husband in 1913, Olive moved to New York City where she worked in a department store. While in the city, she was approached about entering the Most Beautiful Girl in New York contest, which she subsequently won. This opened her career and she quickly became a well sought-after model with artists begging to paint her.

From Quiz Lydia West

Answer: London

Lydia Dorothy West was born June 14, 1993, in Islington, London. She is a Londoner, born and raised. Islington is in the north central portion of London, and dates back to well before William the Conqueror. It has had the modern name since the 1700s. The neighborhood features in the writings of Charles Dickens and Douglas Adams. Notable former residents of Islington include Tony Blair, astronomer Edmund Halley, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Vladimir Lenin, author George Orwell and Salman Rushdie.

From Quiz Get To Know Sofia Vergara

Answer: Margarita

Sofia Margarita Vergara turns fifty years old in 2022. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Sofia's middle name is her mom's first name, Margarita. She's one of six kids and was nicknamed "Toti" by her family.

From Quiz Take My Henny Youngman Quiz... Please!

Answer: The King of One-Liners

Henny Yongman was given the nickname "The King of One-Liners" by columnist Walter Winchell. Youngman was known for his rapid-fire telling of one-line jokes and zingers during his stage performances. A typical Henny Youngman stage performance only lasted fifteen to twenty minutes, but the audiences were blown away by the number of one-liners they heard. An example of Youngman's one-line jokes is "A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bills, so he gave him another six months to live". Another example of Youngman's one-line jokes is "My wife said to me, 'For our anniversary I want to go somewhere I've never been before.' I said, 'Try the kitchen!'".

From Quiz "Oh Brilliant" .... Jodie Whittaker

Answer: West Yorkshire

Whittaker grew up in West Yorkshire, which was created in 1974. It is located in north central England and contains the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. Whittaker specifically grew up in the small town of Skelmanthorpe, and she is by far one of the most famous people from the town. Residents of Skelmanthorpe are nicknamed "shatterers", as their ancestors were miners who shattered rocks; the village dates back to ninth century Vikings. London is the largest city and national capital of the United Kingdom. Liverpool is the fifth largest city in England and home of the Beatles. Cornwall lies at the southwest corner of England and is well known for its beaches.

From Quiz Allons-y!

Answer: "Hello. New teeth."

He continues with "So where was I? Oh that's right. Barcelona." The ninth Doctor had been discussing a holiday to Barcelona - the planet, not the city - with his companion Rose before he died as a result of... well, a very complicated scenario involving a kiss that saved Rose from burning up with an excess of cosmic energy. The tenth Doctor gets straight back to the topic as soon as he's fully formed.

From Quiz A Look at the Life and Films of Dee Wallace

Answer: University of Kansas

Dee graduated with a degree in Education. She put that degree to work at Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas. She was only a teacher for a few short years in the 1970s. The University of Kansas was first opened in 1866. It was built on ground donated by former Governor Charles L. Robinson and his wife Sara.

From Quiz Lee Van Cleef

Answer: Clarence

He was born Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Jr. in 1925. His stage name is a contraction of his middle name.

From Quiz Zhang Ziyi, An Excellent Chinese Actress

Answer: Beijing

Zhang Ziyi was born on 9th February 1979. Her father was a worker of a communication company while her mother was a kindergarten teacher. She has an elder brother (born in 1973), who worked as her agent early in her career. But I often wonder how Zhang Ziyi came to be born under the strict "one child" policy in China.

From Quiz Orson Welles: Before the Movies

Answer: George

George Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6th, 1915. Conceived on a holiday in Rio de Janeiro, he was named after two of his parent's travelling companions, George Ade and Orson Wells. Soon after the birth, Welles' father Dick decided that George was an inappropriate name for a boy of his social standing and began calling him Orson. Richard was the name of both Orson's father and his elder brother. Ives was his mother's maiden name and his brother Richard's middle name.

From Quiz Celebrity Guide: Peter Tomarken

Answer: Olean, New York

Peter was born on December 7, 1942 to parents Barnet and Pearl Tomarken. He was the middle son in the family. Barnet and Pearl owned a jewelry store called Dee's.

From Quiz Donnie Wahlberg

Answer: New Kids On The Block

New Kids On The Block, or NKOTB, was a big 80's group sensation that got their start in Boston, Massachusetts. Maurice Star, a record producer, formed the group which would later become one of the most popular groups in America and all over the world. Eventually the group officially split up 1994. This was how Donnie got his start. But the group got back together in 2008.

From Quiz Not Forrest Gump, Forrest Tucker!

Answer: Indiana

Here's an interesting sidenote - his career included Broadway musicals and he toured in the road company of "The Music Man". The libretto happens to include a paean to another city in Indiana - Gary! Forrest Tucker had a film career spanning over 30 years. His films included many genres, from major films to less expensive, "campy" B-Movies. His start was in westerns, but included science fiction and comedy. He acted in some of the top movies released in the 1940s and 50s, and starred in a few B movies along the way.

From Quiz Forest Whitaker

Answer: Texas

Forest was born in Longview, Texas. His father Forest Whitaker jnr sold insurance, whilst his mother, Laura, taught special education. Forest was the second of four children, his siblings being Deborah, Kenn and Damon.

From Quiz The Many Lives of Patrick Warburton

Answer: Seinfeld

For eleven episodes in 1998, Patrick played David Puddy, an auto mechanic turned car salesman who dated Elaine in season six of "Seinfeld". David appeared in the final episode of "Seinfeld" to tell Elaine that he wouldn't wait around for her while she and the others went to prison.

From Quiz Carry on Kenny - The Life of Kenneth Williams

Answer: Lithography

His father insisted that he 'learn a trade' and so Kenneth went to the School of Lithography in 1940 at the age of 14. His training and career were interrupted first in 1940-41, when he was evacuated out of London because of World War II. In 1944, having been declared unfit to join the War Effort as a soldier, he was sent to a training camp in Cumbria to toughen up and was later enlisted in the Royal Engineers where he worked in Surveying and Map Reproduction. After the Japanese surrender in August 1945, he managed to get transferred into the 'Combined Services Entertainments' division. He was finally demobbed from the Armed Forces in December 1947. He only returned to lithography for a few more months in 1948. He seemed to enjoy the work but his diary notes a certain amount of office bullying related to his sexuality.

From Quiz Victoria Wood

Answer: New Faces

Although she won her original heat, Victoria didn't do as well in her Winners show, (held every eight weeks during the series), and thus failed to secure a place in the Grand Final. She managed to get some club bookings on the strength of her appearance on the programme, but fame was still a long way off.

From Quiz Everything Shaun White

Answer: September 3, 1986

Shaun Roger White was born on September 3, 1986 in San Diego, California. He has two siblings, a sister named Kari, and a brother named Jesse. His parent's are Roger and Cathy.

From Quiz It's Rainn-ing Wilson

Answer: January 20, 1966

Rainn Dietrich Wilson was born January 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington. His parent's are Robert G. Wilson and Shay Cooper.

From Quiz Milo Ventimiglia

Answer: Anthony

Milo Anthony Ventimiglia was born July 8, 1977 in Anaheim, California.

From Quiz Facts About Casper Van Dien

Answer: Catherine Oxenberg

Catherine and Casper have worked together on several different projects, including a TV series they produced and starred together in for Lifetime Television called "I Married a Princess" (2005).

From Quiz Emma Thompson

Answer: Phyllida Law

Her father was English actor, television presenter and producer Eric Thompson, who died in 1982. Sophie Thompson is Emma's sister. Blythe Danner is Gwyneth Paltrow's ("Emma") mother. Vanessa Redgrave is actress Natasha Richardson's mother.

From Quiz Edward D. Wood Jr, Director

Answer: Poughkeepsie, New York

Edward Davis Wood Jr was born on October 10, 1924. As a young boy Ed loved pulp magazines, comic books, Westerns, and films dealing with the occult. Many a school day would be spent at the local movie theatre. However a dark secret lingered in the Wood's household. Ed's mother Lillian, would dress Ed up in little girls clothes. She always wanted a little girl, and this went on until he was twelve.

From Quiz The Life of Bill Watterson

Answer: Washington, D.C.

Watterson was born on July 5, 1958. He was born in Washington, D.C., where his father (James G. Watterson) worked as a patent examiner while going to law school.

From Quiz Channing Tatum

Answer: Step Up

In "Step Up" (2006) Channing played the role of Tyler Gage who was really good at hip-hop dancing. His character got in trouble and was sent to a ballet school to do community service work as a janitor. He met Nora, a privileged ballet dancer, who was in desperate need of a dance partner for her senior showcase. Nora was drawn to Tyler's dancing skills and sparks flew between them. Tyler realized he had just one chance to prove that he can step up to a life far better than he ever imagined.

From Quiz Stephen Tobolowsky

Answer: Dallas, Texas

Stephen attended Kimball High School and was a champion debater before attending Southern Methodist University.

From Quiz David Thewlis

Answer: Remus John

A lot of secrets were revealed about Professor Remus John Lupin, such as his connections to Harry's parents, "The Prisoner of Azkaban" Sirius Black and his being a Werewolf.

From Quiz Gabrielle Union

Answer: Nebraska

Gabrielle Union was born October 29, 1973 in Omaha Nebraska.

From Quiz Marvelous Mamie Van Doren

Answer: Joan Lucille Olander

She was named after Joan Crawford.

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