May Celebrity Birthdays Trivia Quiz

Answer: Manchester United

David Beckham was born on May 2, 1975, in England. Beckham became one of the most famous players ever to play for Manchester United, helping the Red Devils to several league titles during his stay at Old Trafford. Beckham scored more than 70 goals during his years with Manchester United, but his relationship with team manager Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly began to sour during the early 2000s; Beckham's contract was sold to Real Madrid of the Spanish League in July 2003. Beckham became a celebrity in the USA for two main reasons: his marriage to Spice Girl Victoria Adams and his multi-million dollar contract with the L.A. Galaxy soccer team in 2007.

Answer: Physician

George Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Kentucky. Clooney gained fame in the USA during the 1990s when he appeared as Dr. Doug Ross, a physician on the highly rated television series "ER." Clooney played the character Doctor Ross, a pediatrician who usually worked in the emergency room of County General Hospital in Chicago. Clooney played the role of Dr. Ross from 1994 to 1999 before deciding to leave the series in order to devote more time to his "big screen" acting career.

Answer: Garden Party

Rick Nelson was born on May 8, 1940, in New Jersey. Nelson became a teen idol as a singer in the late 1950s with such hit songs as "Poor Little Fool" and "Travelin' Man." In 1972, Nelson reached the U.S. Billboard charts again with a song entitled "Garden Party." This tune told the tale of an unpleasant concert experience which Nelson had in New York City's Madison Square Garden. Apparently, the audience was not interested in Nelson's new songs; the people just wanted to hear Nelson's former hits. Nelson sang these lyrics:

"But it's alright now
I learned my lesson well
You see you can't please everyone
So you got to please yourself..."

"Never Been to Spain" was recorded by Three Dog Night, "Alone Again Naturally" was a hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan, and "It's Too Late" was performed by Carole King.

Answer: Murphy Brown

Candice Bergen was born in California on May 9, 1946. Bergen starred as the protagonist in the hit TV series "Murphy Brown" from 1988 to 1998. Murphy Brown was a journalist and a news anchor at a leading news magazine. She was a single mother and a recovering alcoholic who wasn't afraid to tackle tough issues on or off the air. During the 1990s, Bergen won several Emmy Awards for her work on the "Murphy Brown" series.

Answer: Rose Sayer

Katharine Hepburn was born in Connecticut on May 12, 1907. One of Hepburn's most famous roles in her illustrious acting career occurred in 1951 when she played the character Rose Sayer in the classic Humphrey Bogart movie "The African Queen." As portrayed by Hepburn, Sayer was a prim and proper missionary who tried to convince a riverboat captain named Charlie Allnut (Bogart) to destroy an enemy ship.

Hepburn was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Rose Sayer. Hepburn played the role of Susan Vance in the 1938 film "Bringing Up Baby." She portrayed Tracy Lord in the 1940 movie "The Philadelphia Story", and she played Tess Harding in the 1942 film "Woman of the Year."

Answer: Believe

Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian) was born on May 20, 1946, in California. In 1998, Cher achieved considerable success with the pop hit single "Believe." In the song, Cher's voice was filtered with a device called Auto-Tune, which gave Cher's vocals an extraterrestrial effect. "Believe" became an international number one hit during 1998-1999 as discos around the world reverberated with Cher's question, "Do you believe in life after love?" This song earned Cher a 2000 Grammy Award. Cher's songs "After All" and "If I Could Turn Back Time" were released in 1989, and "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" became a hit in 1990.

Answer: An Officer and a Gentleman

Louis Gossett, Jr., was born on May 27, 1936, in New York City. In 1982, Gossett earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman." This film starred Richard Gere as an officer candidate in a U.S. Navy boot camp. Gossett played the role of Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, a tough but fair leader who guided his young students through basic military training. "An Officer and a Gentleman" received several Academy Award nominations and was a major box-office success in 1982.

Answer: Egghead

Vincent Price was born on May 27, 1911, in Missouri. Price became famous for his many appearances in horror movies based on Edgar Allan Poe's stories such as "The Pit and the Pendulum." Circa 1966-1967, Price made his debut on the "Batman" TV series as Egghead, the "world's smartest criminal." Egghead used his superior intellect in an effort to dupe Batman and Robin- ultimately, of course, the Caped Crusaders always managed to outsmart Egghead. Price used his distinctive voice and campy acting ability to make Egghead one of the most popular villains on "Batman." Cesar Romero played the Joker, Frank Gorshin was the Riddler, and Burgess Meredith played the Penguin on the "Batman" TV series.

Answer: Why England Slept

President John F. Kennedy was born in Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. While he was an undergraduate student at Harvard, Kennedy wrote a senior thesis paper in which he examined some possible reasons why British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sought to appease Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s. Kennedy's thesis eventually became the book "Why England Slept", published in 1940. Kennedy's book was considered controversial, in that Kennedy did not necessarily criticize Chamberlain for the appeasement policy toward the growing Nazi threat. Kennedy's book "Profiles in Courage" was published in 1955.

Answer: Secret Service

Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930, in California. In 1993, Eastwood played Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan in the film "In the Line of Fire." Horrigan, a veteran bodyguard, was responsible for tracking down an assassin named Mitch Leary (John Malkovich). Eastwood gave movie viewers a powerful performance as an aging Secret Service bodyguard who was trying to atone for mistakes he had made during the assassination of President John Kennedy some thirty years earlier.