FunTrivia Celebrities Mix: Vol 5 Quiz

Answer: Tennessee

Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was a radio disk jockey, a recording artist and television host. He was born in Bristol, Tennessee, and adopted the nickname while hosting a country-Western music radio programme. His most successful recording was of "Sixteen Tons". Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was an American playwright born in Columbus, Mississippi.

He adopted "Tennessee" as his nom de plume in 1939 for unknown reasons ('tho many have been suggested). He is well-known for "The Glass Menagerie" (1944), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947), "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955), and "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1959).

He bequeathed his literary rights to the University of the South, an Episcopal college in Sewanee, Tennessee.

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Answer: Paul Newman

Paul Newman won an Oscar for "The Color of Money" (1986), and won an Emmy in 2005 for "Empire Falls". As a race car driver he won four national championships while participating in "Sports Car Club of America" contests. He acted with Robert Redford in "The Sting" (1973), as well as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).

He was married to Joanne Woodward in 1958 and became famous for his answer to the question of why he never fooled around when he said, "Why would I settle for hamburger when I have steak at home?"

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Answer: Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin starred as Ben Rumson in Learner and Lowe's musical "Paint Your Wagon". "Wand?rin' Star" is one of the songs from the musical.

Marvin played Major John Reisman in "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), an officer charged with managing a group of ne'er-do-wells in a suicide raid on a meeting of high-ranking German officials, codenamed "Project Amnesty". The mission was successful.

The 1965 movie, "Cat Ballou", told the story of Catherine (Cat) Ballou, whose father was killed by Tim Strawn (played by Marvin). She hired Kid Shelleen (also played by Marvin) to extract vengeance, but found that she needed to take the law into her own hands when she discovered he was perpetually drunk. They joined forces and Shelleen killed Strawn (whom Shelleen revealed was his brother) and the group (after a series of adventures) rode away presumably to live happily ever after.

Marvin was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries received in World War II.

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Answer: They were all born in Canada.

These three actors and one singer were all were born in Canada. Anne is a country music icon in Canada and Shatner was Captain James T. Kirk on "Star Trek". Aykroyd and Candy both had many movie credits; Candy's included "Planes Trains and Automobiles" with Steve Martin, and Aykroyd's included the "Blues Brothers" as well as "Ghostbusters 1 and 2".

Question by player alucard9798

Answer: John Lennon

Although all four people named were murdered by gunmen, it was Lennon who came up with this quote whilst being interviewed in the 1960s, when he was still a member of the Beatles. Lennon was shot by an obsessive fan, Mark David Chapman, in New York in December 1980.

Question by player Huw27

Answer: Rebecca Miller

Rebecca Miller was born in 1962 in Connecticut to playwright Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath. After Arthur Miller's famous marriage to Marilyn Monroe, Rebecca's parents were married in 1962 and stayed married until Inge's death in 2002. Rebecca met British actor Daniel Day-Lewis on-set of the film production of "The Crucible" and the two married in 1996.

She first received success as an independent filmmaker with her first feature film "Personal Velocity" (2002).

Question by player napierslogs

Answer: Mickey Rooney

The son of an acting family, Rooney broke into acting at the age of 15 months. He also starred in the popular "Andy Hardy" movie series and often paired with fellow child star, Judy Garland. Rooney was nominated five times for Academy Awards and won two - a special Juvenile Award which he shared with Deanna Durbin in 1939, and one in 1989 for 50 years of "memorable film performances".

He was married nine times and fathered eight children. Good thing he was wealthy enough to buy gifts for all those people.

Question by player debodun

Answer: Smith Brothers

William Wallace Smith (1830-1913) and his brother, Andrew Smith (1836-1895) were the makers of cough drops and lozenges, and were recognized by their tradmarked packaging. William and Andrew (both bearded) were shown in profile, facing each other with 'Trade' and 'Mark" under each picture.

The company, headed by William's son Arthur (after Wiliam's death) developed menthol cough drops in 1922, and wild cherry in 1948. The other three sets of brothers have been highly regarded fixtures in the entertainment industry.

Question by player doorsfan58

Answer: Mary Ann Mobley

Mary Ann Mobley starred with Elvis in "Harum Scarum" (1965). Typical of Elvis, he sang as he plotted his rescue of Mobley, playing the part of Princess Shalimar. Mobley would go on to have a feature role (for two years: 1985-1986) on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978-1986). Also, she and her husband, Gary Collins, were the co-hosts of the 1989 Miss America pageant.

Question by player cowboybluedog

Answer: Drew Barrymore

After her performance as Gertie in "E.T.", Drew Barrymore's next role was as Charlene "Charlie" McGee in the movie "Firestarter" based on the Stephen King novel. "Whip It" was produced and directed by Drew Barrymore and she portrayed Smashley Simpson in the movie.

Her latest role is as a zombie wife and mother named Shelia Hammond in "Santa Clarita Diet".

Question by player miker68