Bow to Your Partner Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brad Pitt

Born December 18, 1963, Brad Pitt has long been a leading man. Pitt's early work included roles as the handsome drifter in "Thelma & Louise" (1991) but his acting talents quickly developed into meatier roles like "Interview with the Vampire" (1994) and "Legends of the Fall" (1994). Pitt's skill as an actor has continued to grow, earning multiple award show nominations as he's pushed the envelope to work outside of the pretty boy norm.

Considered one of the world's most beautiful people, Pitt eventually began a relationship with his "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" co-star, Angelina Jolie. The pair have several children together.

Answer: Richard Gere

Born August 31, 1949, Richard Gere rose to acting prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s. Some of his best known roles include "An Officer and a Gentlemen" (1982) and "Pretty Woman" (1990). Gere's performance in 2004's "Shall We Dance?" came two years after he highlighted his singing and dancing prowess in 2002's "Chicago".

His work in "Chicago" earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

Answer: John Travolta

Born February 18, 1954, John Travolta hails from a performing family of singers and dancers. His career was kick-started after he dropped out of high school and joined a touring musical group. His work there developed into a minor singing career and major roles in the musicals "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease". Capitalizing on his "Saturday Night Fever" fame, the studios went to work on another dance movie featuring John Travolta. That movie was a 1980's country western flick "Urban Cowboy".

Answer: Christian Bale

Born January 30, 1974, Christian Bale was a child star and teen heartthrob who successfully grew into more challenging roles. Well before his "Dark Knight" days, Christian Bale burned up the dance floor in "Newsies" and 1993's "Swing Kids". In "Swing Kids", Bale plays a swing dancer torn between the dance that he loves and Nazi propaganda. Bale's character eventually sells out to the Nazis to the chagrin of his swing dancing friends. "Swing Heil", ya'll.

Answer: Sean Connery

1983's "Never Say Never Again" featured the dashing Sean Connery as James Bond dancing the tango with Kim Basinger, as he sought her help to recover stolen warheads. I had no doubt that someone as cultured as 007 would know how to dance.

Born August 25, 1930, Connery breathed life into the character of James Bond, carrying the franchise for seven films. Prior to James Bond, Connery had acted only in bit roles or as an extra. It was James Bond that launched his career into greatness, but he soon tired of the series, seeking other roles. This move eventually proved wise leading to his first Oscar for his work in 1987's "The Untouchables".

Connery retired from acting in 2004 and from public appearances in 2011, focusing primarily on his health and small amounts of voiceover work.

Answer: Fred Astaire

Although I'm dancing cheek to cheek with the great one, Fred Astaire, the song is from one of my musical favorites, 1935's "Top Hat". This was another great pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Born May 10, 1899, Astaire's first great dance partnership was with his sister, Adele. The duo danced for years until 1932 when Adele married. Astaire performed in a variety of movies with varying partners until 1935 when he was first paired with Ginger Rogers. The pair would eventually dance together through ten RKO studio productions.

Answer: Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas starred in 2006's "Take the Lead" as a ballroom instructor determined to change the lives of some troubled students. However, this was not his first foray into singing or dancing in film. He starred alongside Madonna, singing in "Evita" (1996) and smoldered through a tango with Catherine Zeta Jones in "The Mask of Zorro" (1998).

Banderas' work in "Take the Lead" earned him a Imagen Awards, given to actors positively portraying Latinos.

Answer: Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg plays the arrogant, yet talented, Mr. Randall Ipswitch in the 2005 movie "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School". The movie actually stars Robert Carlyle and Marisa Tomei as two lost individuals who find themselves and love on the dance floor. Wahlberg, however, steals the show with his outrageous persona, demanding attention any time he's on the screen.

Born August 17, 1969, Wahlberg is no stranger to singing and dancing, having found huge success in the early 1990s with the boy band, New Kids on the Block.

Answer: Al Pacino

The tango in question was featured in 1992's "Scent of a Woman". The movie stars Al Pacino as a blind Army veteran and his assistant, Chris O'Donnell.

Born April 25, 1940, Pacino has had a long and successful career playing mobsters and other tough guys. He received critical acclaim starring along side Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" series. However, it was "Scent of a Woman" that gave him his first Oscar for best actor.

Answer: Patrick Swayze

No dance partner list would be complete without 1987's smash hit, "Dirty Dancing". The movie starred the late Patrick Swayze as a dance instructor at a resort in the Catskill Mountains, and Jennifer Grey, a lovesick dance wannabe who moons after Swayze.

Oddly, ballroom wasn't Swayze's first dance love, that honor goes to ballet. Swayze's mother was a dance instructor, so naturally her son was heavily involved in dance. Swayze eventually moved to New York City where he finished his dance training at the famed Joffrey Ballet.