In Praise of Old Dogs and New Tricks Quiz

Answer: Sydney Greenstreet

Known as 'the Fat Man', Greenstreet worked in a tea plantation in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) before hitting the British stage in 1902. He worked with luminaries like Lunt and Fontaine for many years before his transition to movies. He suffered for many years from diabetes, which finally claimed his life in 1954.

Answer: Grandma Moses

Anna Mary 'Grandma' Moses picked up her first paintbrush in the 1930s (she was already in her late 70s by that time) and reached world renown, especially in Europe and Japan. She continued painting until her death in December of 1961, when she was 101.

Answer: 'Papa' John Creach

Creach (1917-1994) learned to play violin at his home in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He tooled around the Midwest before ending up in California where he spent time on a cruise ship and even did a couple of movie roles. He met drummer Joey Covington, who introduced him to the members of the Airplane.

Answer: Clara Peller

Peller asked 'Where's the beef?' in a commercial for the Wendy's food chain in 1984. That catchphrase got her a supporting role in two movies, a quickie-made music single, a guest appearence at 'Wrestlemania 2' and 'Saturday Night Live' and her phrase used by presidential hopeful Walter Mondale. Peller died in 1987.

Answer: Richard Farnsworth

Farnsworth's first uncredited foray into film was doing riding stunts in 'A Day At The Races' with the Marx Brothers in 1938 (he was only 17 at the time). His first credits came in 1966 for the movie 'Texas Across The River'. He was co-founder of the Stuntmen's Association in 1961 and entered into the Cowboy and Western Heritage Hall of Fame in 1997. Once he got the acting bug, his smooth well-meaning character was seen in such movies as 'Misery', 'The Grey Fox' and 'The Natural'. Shortly after 'Story' was released, Farnsworth was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

He opted to take his own life on October 6, 2000. His son, Diamond Farnsworth, continues his father's legacy in the stunt realm.

Answer: Harlan Sanders

With his trademark 'southern gentleman' white suit and black bow tie, the image of 'Colonel' Sanders (1890-1980) can still be seen on the millions of buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) sold every year. Kroc started the McDonald's chain, former KFC chef Thomas founded Wendy's and Woodruff was the innovater of the secret formula for Coca-Cola.

Answer: Gloria Stuart

Stuart, one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild, was 87 at the time of her gig with Cameron, DiCaprio and Winslet. She got her start in 'The Old Dark House' (1940) opposite Boris Karloff, then later retired from acting in her 40s. The Titanic was not the only doomed ship Stuart acted upon.

In 'Here Comes The Navy' (1934) she did scenes aboard the USS Arizona, which exploded and sank in the attack on Pearl Harbor seven years later.

Answer: Goethe

The classic tale of the struggle for one man's soul, 'Faust' is considered the magnum opus of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), who spent over 60 years on the two-part project.

Answer: Jack La Lanne

With phrases like, 'If it's man made, don't eat it', La Lanne has been endorsing proper living, weight training and natural nutrition since the 1930s.

Answer: George Burns

Burns and Gracie Allen were the stars of radio and television for many years. After she died in 1964, he went through a sort of renaissance period, re-emerging for his Oscar-winning role for 'The Sunshine Boys' with Walter Matthau (Burns replaced his ailing friend Jack Benny for the role).

After that came the 'Oh God' movies, along with a hit album and a Vegas stage show. He died March 9, 1996, 49 days after reaching his 100th birthday.