Stand By Your Man Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elton John

'Rocket Man' and 'Daniel' are just two of numerous classic singles that make up Elton John's world-famous discography. Elton John was given the name of Reginald Dwight at the time of his birth in England, a few years after the end of World War II and at a young age he started to play the piano.

His talent shone and the piano lifted him from his working class roots in Middlesex to both fame and fortune. Elton John entered into a civil partnership in 2005 with David Furnish and the couple, who are quite familiar to the British public, married in 2014.

Answer: How I Met Your Mother

'How I Met Your Mother' was a long running sitcom (2005 - 2014) that was essentially a recap of the life of Ted Mosby as told by Ted Mosby to the children of Ted Mosby, though the story does progress beyond this in later seasons! It doesn't take much imagination to deduce that how Ted Mosby met his wife, and the events that foreshadowed it, featured heavily in the show's output in Season 1. One of the main characters of 'How I Met Your Mother' was the unapologetic womaniser Barney Stinson, played by Neil Patrick Harris.

This is in stark contrast to the real world personal life of Patrick Harris, where he entered into a relationship with David Burtka, settled down and married him in 2014.

Answer: George Takei

George Takei is the much loved actor who played the part of Hikaru Sulu in the original iteration of TV's 'Star Trek', though in the original series he was only known as Sulu. The character was the senior helmsman of the USS Enterprise but the very first episode of 'Star Trek' hinted that he had a background in physics.

Takei is a keen LGBT activist and spoke on behalf of the "coming out project" organised by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). He married Brad Altman in 2008, just shortly after same-sex marriage was legalised in the US state of California for the first time. Steps to universal acceptance are often small ones and a small step was made when Takei and Altman became the first gay couple to feature on the "The Newlywed Game".

Answer: Modern Family

'Modern Family' explored the day-to-day goings of very different, though connected, families in Los Angeles, California. One of the characters of the show was Mitchell Pritchett, played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who was in a long-term relationship with Cameron Tucker; one of the dynamics at play between the two was the uptight nature of Mitchell versus the more flamboyant care-free ways of Cameron.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, born in Montana in 1975, married his lawyer boyfriend Justin Mikita in 2013. Ironically or otherwise, Jesse Tyler Ferguson's character in 'Modern Family' is also a lawyer.

Answer: Cheyenne Jackson

I do apologise if that clue was particularly heavy-handed! 'United 93' was an Oscar-nominated film of 2006 that told the fateful story of United Airlines Flight 93, a flight that was hijacked during the chaotic and devastating events in New York City on the eleventh of September, 2001. One of the main characters of the film, which received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Film Editing, was Mark Bingham (Cheyenne Jackson) who was one of the passengers aboard the flight who attempted to take control back from those who had hijacked it.

Cheyenne Jackson married his second husband, Jason Landau in 2014. This came a year after his divorce to long-term partner and first husband Monte Lapka in 2013.

Answer: Figure Skating

Johnny Weir was a successful figure skater who loved all things Russian. Somewhat unsurprisingly his partner, Victor Voronov, was Russian and the two entered into a marriage in 2012; this relationship eventually broke down and the pair filed for a divorce. Weir was a flamboyant character and this, coupled with his high profile, led to much speculation about his sexual orientation. Sport is considered by many as being one of the last realms of society in which it is difficult to be openly, or even secretly, gay (though it must be said there are many such realms). With that in mind, it is often newsworthy when an athlete "comes out of the closet" and Weir did just that in 2011. One of the gauges of how accepted gay people are in society is whether or not a gay person coming out is deemed notable or newsworthy.

Answer: Fashion Designer

Michael Kors was very much a designer who was en vogue with the stars and this includes a First Lady of the United States. Michelle Obama was wearing an elegant black dress designed by Michael Kors in one of her first official portraits. Kors has also designed pieces of clothing that have notably been worn by singer Alicia Keys (worn at Barack Obama's inaugural ball) and Jennifer Garner (worn when she presented the 2006 Academy Award for Best Sound Editing), amongst many other famous women. Kors has featured on the television show 'Project Runway'.

Michael Kors, who was born Karl Anderson, Jr., was a New Yorker born to his model mother, Joan Hamburger. In 2011, Kors tied the knot with Lance LePere in a ceremony that took place in Dune Beach, Southampton, NY.

Answer: New York

Nate Berkus is an interior designer and television personality who made many appearances on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' before moving on to front his own programme, 'The Nate Berkus Show'. 'The Nate Berkus Show' aired for two seasons (2010 - 2012) before the plug was pulled. Berkus was born in Orange County, California in 1971 and grew up in the midwestern state of Minnesota.

He resided for a time in Manhattan, New York and it was in New York City that he got married to his partner Jeremiah Brent in 2014.

Answer: Pop Art

Lance Bass is a well-known figure from the world of boybands after his stint in the group NSYNC, which also made use of the vocals of Justin Timberlake. Bass married Michael Turchin around Christmas time in 2014, in a ceremony that took place in Los Angeles. The wedding was covered by television station E!.

Michael Turchin created many pieces of art that fall within the pop art movement, with his work being exhibited in 2014 at an art gallery in Tampa, Florida.

Answer: Indiana

Ryan Murphy, whose name is now most widely recognised in relation to the hit television show 'Glee' (2009 - 2015), attended Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) where he wrote for the institution's newspaper, the 'Indiana Daily Student'. Alongside his endeavours in the arena of journalism, Murphy was a member of a choir which would later turn out to be an influence with respect to 'Glee'. Murphy married his photographer boyfriend, David Miller, in 2012 and the pair became fathers via surrogacy.