Interesting Facts About the Famous Quiz

Answer: Jerry Van Dyke

In an unfortunate career choice, Jerry Van Dyke turned down the role of Gilligan and instead chose the lead role in the ill fated series "My Mother The Car".

Answer: Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach was always uncomfortable with the label of "The Ugly" when he played the character Tuco in Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (1967), but in an acting career that spanned many decades it may be his most remembered role.

Answer: He was shot and killed at age 31 over a fifty dollar debt.

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer was never a popular figure with his producers, directors or co-stars. After The Little Rascals he tried his hand at several other endeavors with little success. He had many enemies and was eventually killed in a minor dispute.

Answer: David Geffen

Mitchell wrote the song while on a trip to France with her friend David Geffen in the 1970s. On the flight he was telling her about the pressure he felt about the decisions he had to make. He longed for the earlier days when :
"There was nobody calling me up for favors and no one's future to decide. You know I'd go back there tomorrow but for the work I'm taking on. Stoking the star-making machinery behind the popular song."

Answer: She was born inside the Statue of Liberty.

Her pregnant mother was on the stairs when she went into labor. She gave birth before reaching the bottom of the Statue. Jessica was the first person to actually be born inside the Statue.

Answer: General Motors

Durant sold carriages in the late 1800s. By the early 1900s he had moved up to selling cars, when he became president of Buick. He soon acquired Oldsmobile and Cadillac and soon thereafter started Chevrolet.

Answer: Bamboo Harvester

Although Mr. Ed was listed in the credits as being played by "himself", the talking palomino only used it as his stage name.

Answer: She accidentally drove her car into a neighbor's pond and wasn't discovered until years later.

Milt Pappas had the dubious distinction of being involved in one of the worst trades in baseball history when the Reds traded future hall of famer Frank Robinson for the Oriole pitcher. His wife in later years had an alcohol problem and is believed to have been drinking and mistook a neighbor's driveway for her own. The car plummeted over an embankment and was submerged in the pond. The car, with her body inside, wasn't found until five years later.

Answer: Grow a beard

In her letter she said that his face was too thin and hinted that he would get more votes if he had facial hair.

Answer: It was the second time he was a victim of a terrorist organization.

A Brink's guard, in 1981 he barely survived a shooting during a robbery in which three other guards were killed, carried out by the Weather Underground.

Answer: Roman Gabriel

Gabriel played 11 seasons with the L.A. Rams, won the 1969 Most Valuable Player award in the NFL, and was considered the first of the "large" quarterbacks.

Answer: Harry Nilsson

Nilsson often loaned out his London flat to his entertainer friends while he was away. After the second tragedy at his home he sold it to Keith Moon's band-mate Peter Townshend.

Answer: Brian Keith

Keith is probably most identified with his role as the single dad on the T.V. series Family Affair. His stepmother, Peg Entwistle, was a former Broadway actress. Keith himself committed suicide in 1997 two months after his daughter Daisy had also committed suicide.

Answer: James Arness

James Arness ( originally Aurness ) was a decorated WW2 hero, and went on to play Marshall Matt Dillon for years in the successful series Gunsmoke.

Answer: Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop is probably best remembered for his hit song "Fooled Around and Fell In Love". Bishop's daughter Selina and her mother were caught up in a bizarre extortion scheme in which Selina may have actually taken part.

Answer: Karl Malden

The man claimed he had found the Oscar in a dumpster as a child and had owned it for 27 years. When officials called the 94 year old Karl Malden and asked if his Oscar was missing he replied "No, I'm sitting next to it right now." Malden won the 1951 award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Answer: Andy Griffith and Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, while Andy Griffith had a decades long acting career. To my knowledge they never appeared together in T.V. or film.

Answer: Redd Foxx

Foxx was so famous for his "fake" heart attack routine from his "Sanford and Son" days that when the real thing happened, his co-star Della Reese and the crew of "The Royal Family" believed it was a joke.

Answer: Dana Carvey

Beset by medical problems ever since, Carvey claimed in an interview that he donated all the money to charity.

Answer: Juliet Prowse

The Muppet Show was a British spin-off of the hugely successful American series Sesame St. Launched in 1976 it still featured many of Jim Henson's original Muppets.