Double Letter Name Celebrities 10 Quiz

Answer: Galileo Galilei

Galileo was an astronomer, mathematician and physicist, who wanted to know 'how do things happen?' Galileo is credited with inventing the telescope, which helped him to see Jupiter. He was born in 1564 and died in 1642. Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist. Ampere was a French physicist and founder of the science of electrodynamics, defining flowing current, which was named after him.

Answer: Fannie Farmer

Farmer was the first to use standard measurements instead of "this and that" recipes. The original cookbook was titled "The Boston Cooking School Cookbook" and renamed "The Fanny Farmer Cookbook". The 1918 edition was the last completely authorized by Farmer. Farmer was born in 1857 and died in 1915. The other names are celebrity chefs.

Answer: Sally Struthers

Struthers portrayed "Gloria" during the TV series run of "All in the Family" and also had her own TV series titled "Gloria" that lasted a season. Her voice can be heard in various animated segments such as Pebbles of "The Flintstones" and the 1991 movie "Dinosaurs". She was born July 28, 1948 in Portland OR.

Answer: Farrah Fawcett

Farrah portrayed Jill Munroe in the original TV series "Charlie's Angels" and portrayed victim type roles in (1984) "The Burning Bed" and (1986) "Extremities". Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett was born on February 2, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Answer: Mary Mara

Mary portrayed Inspector Bryn Carson in the first season in five episodes (1996). Since that time, she has guest starred on many TV series including: "NYPD Blue", "Ally McBeal", "Far Scape", "Law and Order", "The Practice", "Judging Amy", "Crossing Jordan", "Enterpise", "The West Wing", "Boston Public", "Nip/Tuck", "Monk" and "7th Heaven".

She also was in the 1998 movie "A Civil Action". Mary was born on September 21st.

Answer: Leslie Landon

Leslie portrayed Miss Plum from 1982 to 1984 on the TV series. She also made a few guest appearances on the show before becoming a regular. Her parents were Michael Landon and Marjorie Lynn Noe. She was born on October 11, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. By the way, Shari and Shawna are twin sisters.

Answer: Keira Knightley

Knightly as Elizabeth, was the governor's daughter, who was captured and experienced real adventure. Keira also starred in the 2005 movie "Pride and Prejudice" as Elizabeth Bennet. The movie was nominated for four Oscars, another five award wins and twelve nominations. Knightley was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her efforts.

She was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and Satellite Award. She was born on March 26 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK.

Answer: Ray Romano

Ray was born in Queens, NY in 1957. He was the middle boy of three sons. As a child, he enjoyed cracking up his family, friends and girls with his jokes. He became a stand up comic and turned it to a full time occupation in 1987. Ray appeared on the "Tonight Show" in 1991, his career took off and he started making regular guest appearances.

In 1995, he was on "The David Letterman Show" and the idea of a sitcom developed. In 1996, "Everyone Loves Raymond" hit the TV air-waves and remained one of the best loved comedies until it went off the air in 2005. That wasn't the end because it was syndicated and on re-runs on various networks. Ray's voice can also be heard in the animated 2002 movie "Ice Age".

Answer: Bo Bice

All of these names did appear on American Idol, but Bice gave a close race to Carrie Underwood in Season Four. Harold Bice was born Nov. 1, 1975 in Huntsville, AL and is from Birmingham, AL. He was very popular during the fourth season and many picked him to win the contest. He still pulled out ahead and had his first record deal with his first album "The Real Thing" (2005).

Answer: Greer Garson

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was born on September 29, 1904 in London, England, UK. She was a favorite actress of Louis Mayer. Her credits include "Good Bye Mr. Chips" (1939), for which she was nominated Best Actress for an Academy Award and "Pride and Prejudice" (1940).

She is well remembered for her role of "Madame Curie" in the 1943 movie, which she was nominated for another Academy Award. Marie was nominated seven times for an Academy Award and won for the 1942 film "Mrs. Miniver". In 1960, she was nominated for Best Actress in "Sunrise at Campobello" but won a Golden Globe Award for her efforts.

She also made a guest appearance on "The Love Boat" in 1982 and was on "The Red Skelton Show" in 1964. She portrayed Aunt Kathryn March in the 1978 TV movie "Little Women".

She died April 6, 1996.