FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 4 Quiz

Answer: Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a talented kung-fu artist and actor. Sadly Bruce and his son Brandon are no longer with us. Bruce died on July 20 1973 and Brandon died on March 31,1993.

Question by player RuntNJroc

Answer: make-up artist

A blatherskite is someone who talks at length about nonsense, a finifugal means to be afraid of finishing or completing something, and a valetudinarian is someone who is sick and weak. None of these are occupations. But Arlene Silver, a make-up artist, was in her element at the SAG Awards, an evening celebrating actors and actresses. Regarding their age discrepancy, Dick Van Dyke says, "I'm emotionally immature and Arlene is very wise for her age, so we meet in the middle."


Question by player Billkozy

Answer: Italy

Sophia was born as Sofia Villani Scicolone in Rome. She became internationally known after signing for Paramount Pictures in 1958. Among her films are "The Millionairess" (1960) and "A Countess from Hong Kong" (1967). Sophia also recorded some comedy songs with Peter Sellers, notably "Goodness Gracious Me" in 1960.

Question by player rossian

Answer: Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple (b. 1928) began her film career at the tender age of three. She blasted to stardom with 1934's "Bright Eyes" and remained a huge box office draw until 1938. She retired from acting in 1950, but did some television work in the late '50s.

In 1967 she unsuccessfully ran for public office, and in 1969 she was appointed Representative to the 24th General Assembly of the United Nations. This position was followed in the '70s with a posting to Ghana as US Ambassador, and then again in the '80s to Czechoslovakia.

Question by player reedy

Answer: Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine starred in the original "Ocean's 11" with the 1960s rat pack, usually identified as being Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and later, Joey Bishop. Oscar-winner MacLaine starred in "Can-Can", "Cannonball Run II" and others with the popular stage and film crowd, and was considered the only female member of the group, though Angie Dickinson, Marilyn Monroe, and Juliet Prowse were friends with them.

Question by player Godwit

Answer: Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball's first child, Lucie, appeared on the cover of the very first "TV Guide" magazine. She and Desi also had a son, Desi. Katharine Hepburn never had any children. Helen Mirren even went so far as to say that she had "no maternal instinct whatsoever." Although Betty White did not have any children of her own, she was the stepmother to Allen Ludden's three children.

Question by player imahogg

Answer: Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire is a veteran American country music singer. She has been recording and performing since the late 1970s. In 2001, her sitcom called "Reba" premiered on the Warner Brothers network. On the show, McEntire played Reba Hart, a newly single mom of three kids: a pregnant, teenaged prom queen daughter, an angsty pre-teen daughter and a young son.

In addition to her kids, she had to contend with her ex-husband and his new wife. Other stars of the series include Joanna Garcia, Steve Howey and Melissa Peterman.

Question by player guitargoddess

Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Talk-show host, producer, and author Oprah Winfrey earned a B.A. in speech and drama from Tennessee State University, but had no plans to attend graduate school after that, although she became a multimedia tycoon and a philanthropist. In contrast, Sigourney Weaver (star of such movies as 'Alien' and "Galaxy Quest', and 'Avatar') earned an M.F.A. at Yale University, and David Duchovny (who played FBI agent Fox Mulder on the TV series "The X-Files") earned an M.A. at Yale and also began work on a Ph.D. Brian May (lead guitarist for the rock group Queen) outdid them all, finishing his Ph.D. in astrophysics at Imperial College London in 2008.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: His body was almost perfectly preserved.

The Big Bopper's body was found over 1000 feet away from the crash site, leading to speculation that he had survived the impact and had died while crawling away to seek help. In 2007, his body was scheduled to be moved to another part of the cemetery where he was buried to allow a statue to be erected in his memory.

His son requested that an autopsy be performed on the remains; when the coffin was opened, his body was found to be almost perfectly preserved, apart from discoloration of his skin. X-rays showed over 200 fractures of his bones, including massive injuries to the skull, precluding any possibility he had survived the crash.

Question by player daver852

Answer: The Phantom in 'Phantom of the Opera'

As often happens in show business, his role in 'Phantom' came from a chance meeting with the show's producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom he'd met socially before. Webber, who'd seen him perform in 'Flowers for Algernon', informed him of his plans for a new show and that he still hadn't properly filled the male lead (Steve Harley of 'Cockney Rebel' was cast though Webber wasn't happy with the choice). Webber's wife, Sarah Brightman, the female lead suggested that Michael be auditioned for the part. The variety Crawford shows is amazing, from the bumbling incompetent Frank Spencer to his brilliant voice in 'Phantom'.

Question by player madkeen4