People K-L Trivia

1. Meyer Lansky was not born in the USA. In fact, he came there to escape persecution from Russia. However, when asked, where did Lansky say he was from, his family's ancestral roots?

From Quiz Career of Evil

Answer: Poland

Meyer Lansky was born Meier Suchowlañski in Grodno, Russia (it was part of Poland from 1919 to 1939). His family left Russia after the violent pogroms against the Jews in the early 20th century. His father had already left for the USA in 1909 and Meyer Lansky followed suit in 1911. He came along with his mother and his brother Jacob and they all settled down in Manhattan.

From Quiz The Lowell Family

Answer: Tuesday Weld

Joan Lowell and Carey Lowell are also actors. Amy Lowell is a Pulitzer-prize winning poet. Born Susan Ker Weld, Tuesday Weld had a role at the age of 12 in the Alfred Hitchcock film, "The Wrong Man." She had been a model. Among notables she appeared in films with were Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen and Dick Clark.

From Quiz 'Diary' of Jeff Kinney

Answer: Maryland

Jeff Kinney came into the world on February 19, 1971 at Malcolm Grow Medical Facility on Andrews Air Force Base. He was born to Air Force officer Brian Kinney and his wife Patricia. Jeff had two older siblings and one younger sibling.

From Quiz Lonesome Traveler - The Life of Jack Kerouac

Answer: Rheumatic Fever

Jack was heavily impacted by his brother's premature death. It is reported that Gérard, while on his death bed, had visions of the Virgin Mary, and was considered a saint by local nuns. Jack later mentioned his brother in the novel "Visions of Gerard".

From Quiz Francis Scott Key

Answer: Red earth

Terra Rubra is a historic home that the National Register of Historic Places listed in 1978, located near Keysville, Maryland. In addition to being the birth site Francis Scott Key, it is an excellent example of the Federalist style. It was built in the 1850s to replace the orginal residence that had become badly deteriorated. The original house was built in the 1770s by Francis Key for his son John.

From Quiz Jonathan Larson

Answer: February 4, 1960

Jonathan Larson was born on February 4, 1960 to Nanette and Al Larson. He also had a sister named Julie.

From Quiz The Life of Frida Kahlo

Answer: Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón

Frida Kahlo was born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón in July 6, 1907. The name Frieda comes from the German word Friede, which means peace. She dropped the e from her name around 1935, and subsequently became known as Frida.

From Quiz John Keats

Answer: John Keats

The publication of the 'Lyrical Ballads' in 1798 by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge is considered the beginning of Romantic movement in English literature. But, in reality, the movement was heralded by poets like William Blake, James Thomson, etc. in the sixties and seventies of the 18th century. Of all the leading Romantics, John Keats was the youngest. His poetic career was a brief one of only five years and a half. He died at 25.

From Quiz Dennis Lehane

Answer: Boston

He was born on August 4th, 1965 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. Fieldston Beach in Marshfield was the location of his summer vacations. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. They both came to the United States by emigrating. He has around 100 first cousins.

From Quiz Jack Kevorkian: Activist or Criminal?

Answer: Pontiac

Born Murad Kevorkian to Armenian parents, Jack graduated from Pontiac Central High School. He gained his medical degree in pathology from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1952.

From Quiz Charles Kettering, Inventor

Answer: The inventor of freon refrigeration and quick-drying paint for automobiles held 140 patents.

Among the other inventions used in the incorrect answers, Kettering only invented the printing cash register and leaded gasoline. (The pop-top beverage can was invented by fellow Dayton resident Ermal Fraze.) However, according to "USA Today," in 2005 neither Edison nor Kettering was the top inventor. That honor went to Donald Weder of Highland, Illinois. Quoting from the December 6, 2005 edition of "USA Today," Weder is "a man who, in contrast to the stupendous impact of Edison, has mostly used his inventive powers to give the world better floral arrangements. "This is as deflating as finding out that Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak has been surpassed by a stadium peanut vendor. "Weder, who is still alive and whose family runs floral packaging company Highland Supply, has his name on 1,321 patents. Almost all have to do with items you'd find at a florist."

From Quiz The Life of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD

Answer: Psychiatrist

Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross had originally wanted to be a pediatrician at Columbia Presbyterian. However, she had become pregnant which prevented her from practicing, so she chose to specialize in psychiatry instead.

From Quiz All About Juliette Low

Answer: Halloween

Juliette Low was born on October 31, 1860. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. Her parents were William Washington Gordon II and Eleanor Kinzie Gordon.

From Quiz Mastermind of the Mob: Lucky Luciano

Answer: smallpox

Salvatore Lucania was born November 24, 1897, in Palermo, Italy to Antonio and Rosalia. His father's primary source of income for the six-member family was a low-paying job working in the sulfur pit mines. In 1906, the Lucania's sailed to America and settled in an American-Jewish location in New York City's Lower East Side, known today as, Manhattan's East Village. The affliction of smallpox marked his face with an acne-scarred facial feature. After medical treatment, he returned to normal health, although the scars were distinct for life. In 1929, his Sicilian face was further disfigured after he endured a vicious and brutal attack. Historical reports indicate that Lucania was standing on Sixth Avenue when a limousine drove up and three men forced him in at gunpoint. They severely beat him, stabbed him repeatedly with an ice pick and knife, slashing his face, and then dumped him on a Staten Island beach to die. Lucky lay on the ground unconscious, and woke up nearly an hour later. He struggled to walk for over a mile before he made it to the Tottenville Police Precinct. An officer immediately took him to a nearby hospital, although, all he wanted was for someone to call him a taxi. After he survived the remarkable near-death ordeal, he earned the nickname, "Lucky" Luciano. The cruel attack left him with his renowned droopy right eye. Lucky never provided any names of his attackers, instead, had his own investigation done by Meyer Lansky. Lansky found out that Masseria, also known as, "Joe the Boss", was the one who had ordered the hit on Luciano.

From Quiz Timothy Leary

Answer: West Point Military Academy

Tim Leary was charged with breaking the Honor Code for not being present at reveille in the 1940s and he was "silenced" which forbade his fellow cadets to talk with him. The other distinguished schools listed Leary never attended.

From Quiz Fela Kuti: He Who Carries Death In His Pouch

Answer: Afrobeat

Afrobeat sounds like Parliment/Funkedelic with African chants, and biting lyrics. It definitely moves your feet, but hidden in the middle of these ten minute or longer songs, there are political messages that tried to change the face of Africa.

From Quiz John Keats - Poet

Answer: London

He was born in the heart of the City of London, in Moorgate, in the pub where his father worked. Keats travelled a great deal, but settled for some time in Hampstead where he met Fanny Brawne.

From Quiz Ginger Lacey after the Battle of Britain

Answer: Pilot Officer J H Lacey

According to the book 'Ginger Lacey, Fighter Pilot' by Richard Townshend Bickers, he only became an officer because holders of the DFM (which he was) got a £20 cash bounty on leaving the service. Being discharged and becoming an officer was the quickest way to get the cash! Despite his famous nickname, his wife and close friends all called him 'Jim'.

From Quiz Gerda Weissmann Klein

Answer: Bielitz

Bielitz is now called Bielsko, and was actually part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before 1919. Before World War II began, Bielitz had a Jewish population of more than 8,000.

From Quiz Frida Kahlo

Answer: July 7, 1910

She gave her birth date as July 7,1910, but her birth certificate shows July 6, 1907.

From Quiz The Tragic Death of Sylvia Likens

Answer: Cookie

Sylvia was known as 'Cookie' and reportedly had a 'lively sense of humor.'

From Quiz The Life Of Helen Keller

Answer: June 27, 1880

Miss Keller was born in a small, two-room house next to her main house. She only moved out of this house after her illness.

From Quiz Edmund Kemper, Serial Killer

Answer: 6' 9"

Edmund was to eventually tower over people at the height of 6'9". Even so, he was a sullen boy who never got over his parents' divorce, and was afraid of being bullied by other boys. He exhibited strange behavior at an early age, torturing animals and having violent sexual fantasies. Being hard to handle, he was sent to live with his paternal grandparents on their farm. He fantasized about killing his grandmother, and eventually shot her to death. He then shot his grandfather in what he deemed an act of mercy to spare him finding his wife murdered. For this he was sent to Atascadero mental facility at age 15. He was released several years later and moved back in with his mother although the doctors did not approve of this. Not long after, he began picking up hitchhikers and concocting his methods of what he would do to the ones he would eventually kill. On May 7, 1972, he picked up two hitchhikers and murdered, beheaded and dismembered them. This is a pattern he would use for the rest of his crimes, often keeping the heads in the trunk of his car so he could gaze upon them. His spree ended with the murder of his mother (who he thought was a terrible nag) and her friend. Beginning with his grandparents, he would eventually kill a total of ten people, including six hitchhikers. He was sent to Folsom prison with a life sentence.

From Quiz Portait of Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954

Answer: Magdalena

She was born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Calderon. She was born on the 6th July 1907 as the third daughter of Matilde Calderon de Kahlo and Wilhelm Kahlo.

From Quiz The Life of Dean Koontz

Answer: Florence & Ray

From Quiz Ephraim Kishon

Answer: Israel

Kishon emigrated to Israel from Hungary in 1949. He passed away in 2005.

From Quiz Strolling Through The Kierkegaarden

Answer: 1810s

Kierkegaard was born on May 5, 1813 and lived until November 11, 1855.

From Quiz Bela Kiss

Answer: Hungary

In 1912, he moved to a small town Czinkota with his wife Marie.

From Quiz Rene Lalique - The Man and His Art

Answer: Aucoc

In 1876 (at age 16) Lalique began an apprenticeship with the famous jeweller Louis Aucoc. Rene's father had died and it was thought best that he learn a trade. He attended the College of Decorative Arts in Paris at the same time. Rene had shown artistic talent at an early age when he won an award for a drawing he did at age 12.

From Quiz The Last Ascent

Answer: Frederick, Maryland

He was born in 1958 and died on October 5, 1999 in an avalanche on the slopes of Shishapangma in Tibet.

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