Born on April 23rd : Volume 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: James Buchanan

James Buchanan, Jr. (April 23, 1791 - June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). He is the only President from Pennsylvania and he never married. As President he he battled Stephen A. Douglas for control of the Democratic Party.

Coincidentally, Douglas was also born on April 23 of 1813, passing away in 1861.

Answer: Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928) sang, danced and was generally cute in many Hollywood movies of the thirties and forties.

Her movies included: "Little Miss Marker" (1934), "Baby Take a Bow" (1934), "The Little Colonel" (1935), "Curly Top" (1935), "Heidi" (1937), "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938) and "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947).

Shirley was named a delegate to The United Nations in 1969 by President Richard Nixon. She served as Ambassador to Ghana (1974 - 1976) then Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989 - 1992).

Sandra Dee WAS born on April 23, 1942, and may have watched a couple of Shirley Temple movies...she never danced with Stepin Fetchit.

Personal note: I had the opportunity to meet Shirley, fleetingly, at a book signing in Philadelphia, on April 23, about twenty five years ago...we wished each other a happy birthday, she signed my book 'Happy Birthday'.

Answer: William Penn

Sir William Penn (April 23, 1621 - September 16, 1670) was an English admiral, and the father of William Penn, founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.

During the First Anglo-Dutch War, he commanded squadrons at the battles of the Kentish Knock (1652), Portland, the Gabbard and Scheveningen (1653).

In 1655 he commanded the fleet that seized Jamaica for England.

Sir William's son, William Penn (October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718) was the founder of Pennsylvania. He was known as an early champion of democracy and religious freedom. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. It is his statue that stands atop Philadelphia's City Hall at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets.

Answer: Duncan Renaldo

Duncan Renaldo (April 23, 1904 - September 3, 1980) played Cisco in many movies and the TV show of the same name. "The Cisco Kid" ran on US TV from 1950 until 1956. The show was filmed in color. The Kid roamed the west on a black and white horse named 'Diablo.' Cisco always helped where needed...he never killed anyone.

Leo Carrillo played Cisco's sidekick and constant companion 'Pancho' who was often heard to cry "Hey Seesco, wait for me!" as he tried to keep up with the faster horse.

Answer: Timothy McVeigh

Timothy James McVeigh was born April 23, 1968. McVeigh was a United States Army veteran and worked as a security guard. He was convicted of bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. He was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing. McVeigh was executed June 11, 2001. His crime killed 168 people.

Answer: King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos I born January 5, 1938, is the reigning King of Spain.

Frederick I (April 23, 1676 - March 25, 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death. He was an active king at the beginning of his 31-year reign, but he soon became uninterested in the affairs of state. He tried to strengthen the power of the King, but after he failed he never had much to do with politics, spending most of his time with hunting and in love affairs.

Alfonso II ruled Portugal from March, 1212 until his death. Alfonso was born April 23, 1185 and died March 25, 1223. He established the state's operation and centralized power with himself. He designed the first set of Portuguese written laws. The laws were mostly concerned with private property, civil justice, and the production of money. Alfonso also sent ambassadors to other European countries and began commercial relations with most of them. He was known as Alfonso 'the Fat'.

Abdul Mejid I (April 23, 1823 - June 25, 1861) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from July, 1839 until his death. His reign was notable for attempting to form alliances with the major powers of Western Europe (United Kingdom and France), who fought with the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War against Russia. Abdul Mejid's biggest achievement was the application of reforms which started the modernization of Turkey in 1839.

Answer: False

Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein and Princess Zein bint Al Hussein were born in Amman, Jordan. Their parents are Princess Muna Al-Hussein and the late King Hussein of Jordan. They are sisters to King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Both sisters were educated in Jordan until eight years of age.

Aisha went to Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, graduating in 1986. She then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom and then completed an undergraduate degree in Modern Middle Eastern History and Politics from Pembroke College, Oxford, England.

Zein attended Westover School in Middlebury, Connecticut, USA,graduating in 1986.

Answer: Jean Paul Belmondo

Paul Belmondo born April 23, 1963 is the son of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1981, Paul gained publicity for becoming the lover of Princess Stephanie of Monaco. He drove in the 1992 South African Grand Prix and the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.

His Father, Jean-Paul Belmondo was born April 9, 1933, is a French actor. His films include: Breathless (1960), The Fingerman (1963) and That Man From Rio (1965).

Answer: Pillbox

Roy Halston Frowick was born April 23, 1932 in Des Moines, Iowa and died March 26, 1990. He was a major womens clothing designer known simply as Halston. He designed the 'pillbox' hat popularized by Jackie Kennedy during her husband, John F. Kennedy's 1961 US Presidential inauguration.

Elizabeth Taylor, Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall and many other women wore his designs.

Answer: Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli was born April 23, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware USA. She was married to Eddie Van Halen from 1981 to 2007, when they divorced. They had one child, a son, Wolfgang "Wolfie" William Van Halen, born on March 16, 1991.

Bertinelli is best known for her role as Barbara Cooper on the long-running television series "One Day at a Time."

Bertinelli is the spokesperson for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program.