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1. ACTORS - Father had a long movie career as both comedic and serious actor; he also won 1949 Emmy awards for Best Live TV Show and for Outstanding Live TV Personality. Son was an actor in many notable movies and in television. Between them, father and son performed in the likes of "Mary Poppins," "Dr. Strangelove," and "Dallas." Their surname?

Answer: Wynn

Ed Wynn (1886-1966) and Keenan Wynn (1916-1986). Ed was billed as "The Perfect Fool" on Broadway. Keenan was Colonel "Bat" Guano in the 1964 classic "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Both father and son appeared in the original Disney "The Absent Minded Professor" (the "flubber" movie) in 1961.

2. ACTORS - Mother had the lead feminine role in the highest ranked movie musical of all time (according to Entertainment Weekly). Daughter had the leading female role in the tenth highest rated movie of all time (according to imdb.com). What are their first names?

Answer: Debbie and Carrie

Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia in "Star Wars") is the product of the marriage between Debbie Reynolds (Kathy in "singin' in the Rain) and singer Eddie Fisher. Eddie ("Oh, Mein Papa") was married at one time or another to Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens, Debbie Reynolds, and a couple of other not-so-famous but also very lovely women--making me wish I had taken voice lessons and that I had been blessed with whatever other attractions he must possess . . . .

3. U. S. PRESIDENTS -- Father and son with the same first name; both Harvard-educated; father was a one-term president. What is their last name?

Answer: Adams

John Adams (President 1797-1801) and John Quincy Adams (1825-29) both graduated from Harvard College. The other father-son presidential pair, George Bush (1989-93) and George W. Bush (2001- ), both graduated from Yale (although "Dubya" also holds a Harvard MBA). John Quincy Adams was a great speaker, it is said, and thus the sobriquet "Old Man Eloquent."

4. U. S. GOVERNORS -- Father and son: both governors of states whose names begin with M. Dad was Chairman of the Board of a major, now defunct, American corporation. Their surname is _______ ?

Answer: Romney

George Romney (1907-95) was Chairman of American Motors Corporation. (I surely hope I'm not the only one who remembers Hudson and Nash automobiles--in fact, in my youth I drove both makes--or the AMC Rambler, Pacer, and Gremlin.) George was Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. His son, Mitt Romney, commenced his term as Governor of Massachusetts in 2003.

5. SINGERS - Daughter received a Grammy award as Best New Artist, based on her hugely popular recording of an Oscar-winning Best Song. Dad was a top recording artist of the Fifties (and on) and has starred in a number of movies. Their historic last name:

Answer: Boone

Debby's recording of "You Light Up My Life" was by far the biggest hit of 1977. It was Number 1 on the pop charts for ten weeks in the United States. It was to be Debby's only hit (well, so far). Pat Boone's white buck shoes became his signature item.

His many hits, such as "Love Letters in the Sand" and "April Love," made him the second most popular American singer of the Fifties, right after Elvis the King, of course. By the way, these Boones are direct descendants of American pioneer-explorer Daniel Boone.

6. ACTORS - Both mother and father are notable movie actors, and daughter continues to carry her Dad's last name in her many appearances on the marquee. Dad starred in a classic comedy with Marilyn Monroe; Mom died horribly in a classic thriller. Daughter also knows horror: she has a recurring association with movies in which most of the action takes place the day before All Saints Day. Who is this famous actress daughter?

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis survives horrible things as Laurie Strode each time a "Halloween" movie is produced. Her father,Tony Curtis, was in drag in "Some Like It Hot" and starred in many other great movies of the Fifties, Sixties, and on. Her mother, Janet Leigh (who has been named as one of the 100 sexiest stars in film history by Empire magazine), lost her life, and a whole lot of chocolate syrup (I mean "blood"), in the shower scene in Hitchcock's "Psycho"--and was the major reason so many of us avoided showering for a long while in 1960.

7. SINGERS - He was "born with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other" in 1947, the son of America's most beloved song writer / singer / philosopher - -so says this singer's official web page. There's no doubt that Dad's music helped America keep its heart and its hope through the awful years of the Great Depression. The son's name is ________ ?

Answer: Arlo Guthrie

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) wrote and sang songs about the western United States, about the working man (or, alas, the non-working men) of the Depression, and about New Deal programs (such as "Roll On, Columbia" for the Bonneville Power Administration and the Grand Coulee project). Arlo Guthrie's career exploded in 1967 with the release of the movie "Alice's Restaurant," whose title song he premiered at the Newport Folk Festival, and his music helped to foster a new commitment in the Sixties' generation to social consciousness and activism.

8. SINGERS - Mama and Papa were members of one of the signature folk/pop groups of the late Sixties, one since inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Papa was the singer and prolific songwriter who headed the group. Mama added a sweet soprano voice to the group, The Mamas and the Papas. Who is their singer daughter?

Answer: Chynna Phillips

The two daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Chynna, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, comprise Wilson Phillips, a very successful contemporary "California girls' singing group."

9. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - The incredible Boone family is the first to produce three generations of all-star caliber MLB players: Ray (played 1948-60), Bob (1972-90), Brett (1992- ), and Aaron (1997- ). Which Boone has the most Gold Glove awards (the annual award given in each League for the best defensive, error-free, performance at each playing position)?

Answer: Bob

Ray Boone's career pretty much pre-dated the Gold Glove Award; it was initiated by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company for the 1958 season. Brett Boone has three consecutive American League Gold Gloves at second base for the Seattle Mariners, 2001-03. My-oh-my! But his father, Bob, a catcher, is the first player to win a Gold Grove in each League--in fact he has five from the National League and two from the American League.

10. SINGERS, A SPECIAL CONNECTION -- this one is not exactly a parent-child relationship: Rosemary Clooney, popular and jazz singer who died in 2002, has a by-marriage relationship with another notable singer. Who is Rosemary's Grammy-award-winning singing daughter-in-law?

Answer: Debby Boone

Debby in 1979 married Gabriel Ferrer, one of Rosemary's five children by actor Jose Ferrer. We know that Rosemary is also related somehow to that actor guy, George Clooney--but we'll save that one for another day. The Clooneys are a very interesting family, deserving of an entire FunTrivia quiz on their own.

11. COLLEGE FOOTBALL -- Father became the winningest head coach in NCAA Division 1A history, after nearly thirty years at the same University. Son became a successful young head football coach at a rival University. What is the last name of this outstanding family in American football?

Answer: Bowden

Bobby Bowden has more than 25 years at Florida State University, and in 2003 his cumulative record of wins there made him the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division 1A history. Son Tommy is the incresingly successful coach at Clemson University, a FSU rival in the Atlantic Coast Conference. And you can catch another of Bobby's sons, Terry, on TV--he is an ABC Network football studio analyst.

12. ROYALTY -- Children of kings and queens often become kings and queens themselves, of course. In Europe before World War I, it seemed that international cross-marriage had resulted in most of royalty being related. One particular Queen, for example, saw her oldest daughter marry the ruler-in-waiting of a different country that was became the enemy in The Great War half a century later. Daughter was Empress of Germany. Her mother was Queen ___________ ?

Answer: Victoria

Both Queen Victoria (her husband was Prince Albert, apparently named for a popular brand of pipe tobacco) and her daughter Victoria (Vicky) died in 1901, missing by ten years or so that horrible mess yet to come. Vicky became Empress of Germany when she married Frederick (Fritz) of Prussia, in 1858.

The vilified "Kaiser Bill" of WWI was Wilhelm II, Vicky's firstborn and Queen Victoria's darling little grandson.

13. AUTOMOBILE RACING -- Which driving legend raced against his two driver sons, Jeff and Michael, in the 1991 Indianapolis 500?

Answer: Mario Andretti

Mario's nephew John Andretti drove in that race as well. But it was Rick Mears who won the day; Michael Andretti finished in second place.

14. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - Near the end of the 1990 MLB season, Ken Griffey, Senior and Junior, were the first father-son combination to play in a game on the same team. What team?

Answer: Seattle Mariners

Home games were played in the now-demolished Seattle Kingdome. On September 14, 1990, Junior and Senior hit back-to-back home runs in a game against the California Angels. My-oh-my!

15. ENGINEERING -- The designer of the Brooklyn Bridge died after an accident at the bridge site, so his son took over the project and saw it through to completion.

Answer: True

John Roebling died of tetanus ("lockjaw") after an accident in which his foot was crushed. This happened just as construction was beginning. Washington Roebling succeeded his father as Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge project, and then nearly died himself of decompression sickness ("the bends") from working inside the underwater caissons.

The disabled Washington Roebling stayed at home, watching construction progess through a telescope, and his wife Emily communicated his wishes to the builders. Total length of the project: fourteen years.

Source: Author fritzer

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