Celebrity Scars Trivia Quiz

Answer: Catherine Zeta Jones

When she was a little girl, Catherine Zeta Jones suffered an illness which resulted in the necessity for a tracheotomy. This procedure cuts into the neck to the windpipe to help the person breathe when there is an obstruction in the windpipe. She starred in such films as "The Rebound" (2009) and "Ocean's Twelve" (2004).
Elizabeth Taylor, star of such films as "National Velvet" (1944) and "Cleopatra" (1963), had a tracheotomy done in 1960, when she suffered double pneumonia.
Sharon Stone, star of "Basic Instinct" (2006), ended up with a scar on her neck which happened when she was riding horseback and ran into a taut cord.
Tina Fey, star of "30 Rock" (2006) and "Baby Mama" (2008), received some facial scars which occurred when she was five years old. She was slashed, with a pen, by an attacker.

Answer: Seal

When Seal was a teen, he suffered from discoid lupus erythematosus. This is a condition which causes the immune cells of the body to attack various other body tissues. As a result, he ended up with facial scars on both of his cheeks. He is known for many songs including "Kiss From A Rose", released as a single in July 1994.
Johnny Knoxville, from "Jackass: The Movie" (2002) got marked with a scar on his head when he was punched by Butterbean while filming a segment of "Jackass: The Movie".
Keanu Reeves, from "The Matrix" (1999), was scarred on his abdomen from a motorcycle accident. He crashed his motorbike into the side of a mountain. He broke some ribs and also ruptured his spleen in this crash.
Tommy Flanagan, from "Smokin' Aces" (2006) and "Braveheart" (1995) was leaving a pub in Scotland when an attacker stabbed him in the face.

Answer: Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford lost control of his car when he was trying to put his seat belt on. He crashed into a telephone pole. This injury happened in 1962 when he was twenty years old and it left him with a scar on his chin. Some of his films include "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) and "Crossing Over" (2009).
DMX, star of "Cradle2 the Grave" (2003), received a scar on his left wrist from the time a fan tried to rip his watch from his arm.
Pierce Brosnan, from "Mamma Mia" (2008), "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993) and his roles as James Bond, got marked by a scar on the right side of his upper lip. He was hit by a stunt man, by accident, during the 1997 filming of "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997).
Bruce Willis, of the "Die Hard" films, broke his arm at age 17 and had to have surgery which caused a scar.

Answer: Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay played the character Detective Olivia Benson in the television series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999 to 2009). She ended up with a zig-zag shaped scar down the side of her head. This scar resulted from a car accident on June 29, 1967, when she was only three years old. Sadly, this crash killed her "bombshell" actress mother, Jayne Mansfield.
Sandra Bullock, star of such films as "Speed" (1994), "Miss Congeniality" (2000) and "The Proposal" (2009), took a tumble when playing at a creek. She was only eleven years old, at the time. The tumble resulted in a scar above her right eye.
Anastacia, who sang "Love Is Alive" from "Coyote Ugly" (2000) and acted in a 2001 episode of "Ally McBeal", received a scar on her abdomen. She had to undergo surgical removal of part of her small intestine due to Crohn's disease.
Madeleine West, who starred in six episodes of "Underbelly" (2008), was hit by a bus in 2002 as she was waiting to cross the street. She was at a charity event in Sydney, Australia. She had surgery done to cover scars to her face.

Answer: Will Ferrell

When Will Ferrell was a baby he had pyloric stenosis which is the medical term for a narrowing of the part of the stomach that empties into the intestines. One of the symptoms is frequent vomiting. He had to have abdominal surgery to treat this condition and ended up with a scar on his abdomen. Some of his credits come from "The Producer" (2007) and "Blades of Glory" (2007). He appeared in 140 episodes of "Saturday Night Live" from 1995 to 2006.
50 Cent, a rap singer and star of "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" (2005), received scars from nine gunshot wounds.
Leonardo DiCaprio, from "Titanic" (1997) and "The Aviator" (2004), ended up with acne scars from his teen years.
Brad Pitt, who starred in films such as "Se7en" (1995) and "Fight Club" (1999), also ended up with acne scars.

Answer: Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi, from "The Big Lebowski" (1998) and "Rage" (2009), was stabbed in his throat, arm and his head when a barroom brawl erupted in North Carolina. This unfortunate event took place in April, 2001. Buscemi recovered but the injuries left scars.
Howard Hughes, the producer of such films as "Jet Pilot" (1957) and "Vendetta" (1950), crashed his plane into some homes in Beverly Hills in 1946. This crash left him with scars from burns. He also suffered some broken ribs and a broken collarbone.
Stephen King, author of such books as "Cujo" (1983) and "The Shining" (1977), received some scar tissue in his lungs from pneumonia. He had this scar tissue removed in 2003. He also produced and acted in a television miniseries called "Kingdom Hospital" (2004).
Johnny Cash, country singer known for "Walk the Line" (1955) and "Folsom Prison Blues" (1956), had a scar on his mouth from when he tried to remove a cyst, on his own.

Answer: Parminder Nagra

The "ER" actress, Parminder Nagra, played the role of Dr. Neela Rasgotra for 129 episodes from 2003 to 2009. In 1982 she suffered a childhood burn, at the age of seven, when her pants caught fire while preparing a meal on the gas stove. She was left with a scar on her right leg. When she starred in the film "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002), the scar was worked into her role.
As a result of three Caesarian section surgeries, Victoria Beckham, from the singing group Spice Girls, ended up with a strip of scar tissue on her stomach.
Sheryl Crow, known for singing such songs as "Soak Up the Sun" (2002) and "All I Wanna Do" (1993), was bitten by a dog, when she was a child, which resulted in a scar to her lower lip.
Padma Lakshmi, starred in films such as "Glitter" (2001) and "The Mistress of Spices" (2005), was in a car accident at the age of fourteen, which shattered her arm and left her with a very large scar.

Answer: Daniel Powter

Daniel Powter was 22 years old when he got hit by a car in 1993. He ended up with a large scar on his head.
Elijah Wood, best known for his role as Frodo Baggins in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy films (2001, 2002 and 2003) received a scar under his eyebrow, while filming "Hooligans" in 2005.
Gene Kelly, known for "Brigadoon"(1954) and "Singing In the Rain" (1952) had a half-moon shaped scar, on his left cheek. This happened in a bicycle accident when he was a boy.
Viggo Mortensen, from "Good" (2008) and "The Lord of The Rings" films (2001, 2002 and 2003) received a scar on his upper lip when he scratched his face on some barbed wire, as a child during Halloween.

Answer: Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed, who played the role of Proximo in "Gladiator" (2000), was in a bar brawl in 1963 which caused cuts to his face. He had to receive 63 stitches and was left with several scars as a result of this incident.
Paul McCartney, singer from The Beatles, received a scar on his upper lip from a motorcycle accident.
Richard Nixon, former USA president, fell from a horse-drawn carriage when he was three years old. A wheel ran over his head which caused some scars.
Goran Visnjic, played Dr. Luka Kovac in 185 episodes of television's "ER" from 1999 to 2008. He ended up with a large abdominal scar due to surgery for a gastric ulcer.

Answer: Patsy Cline

In 1961 Patsy Cline, clung to life after a head-on collision. She went through the windshield and was left with a jagged scar on her forehead. She suffered a broken wrist and a dislocated hip, resulting in a month of hospitalization.
"The Bionic Woman" (1976) Lindsay Wagner received a scar on her right upper lip from a 1977 car crash.
Sir Ian Holm, know as Bilbo Baggins in "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy (2001, 2002 and 2003), was nicked with a sword, by his stage partner Laurence Olivier in 1959. This caused a scar on his finger.
Holly Marie Combs, from "Charmed" (1998), walked into a table when she was just a toddler. This caused a scar on her eyebrow.