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Quiz about The Dark Side Of Fame
Quiz about The Dark Side Of Fame

The Dark Side Of Fame Trivia Quiz


Many of us crave fame and fortune, but they can be fickle friends! This quiz concerns a mere handful of those whose fame in some way turned its hand against them.

A multiple-choice quiz by AlexxSchneider. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
356,524
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Yolanda Saldívar had tried and failed to become president of a Tejano singer's fan club. However, she tried again with another Tejano artist and succeeded. This ended in tragedy in 1995 as, after being discovered embezzling money from the fan club, Saldívar shot the 23-year old singer, who later died in hospital. Who was this young American singer who met a sticky end at the hands of a woman who admittedly disliked her from the beginning? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The 1976 film "Taxi Driver", and especially the actress who played a pre-teen prostitute in it, had a profound effect on a man named John Hinckley, Jr. Hinckley stalked the actress while she attended Yale, called her several times, and wrote her love letters. In a bid to impress her and become her equal in levels of fame, he stalked President Jimmy Carter across the States with the intention of killing him, and ended up trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Who is the actress, who since was subject to other stalkers at the same university? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This celebrity is a famous pop singer who suffered a nervous breakdown. She attended numerous drug rehab centers and shaved her head bald. Eventually, she was put under the conservatorship of her father, which was later shared with her then fiancé. Who is this singer?

Answer: (Two Words, full name, first name, or surname)
Question 4 of 10
4. When this actor's 911 phone call regarding his brother's overdose was repeatedly aired on the radio and television, the massive intrusion into his life caused him to retreat from the world of acting for a short time. What is the name of this actor, whose stage name included the name Leaf? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This silent film star enjoyed great success as one of Hollywood's highest paid in the industry during the 1910s and 1920s. But a Labor Day party was the beginning of his downfall, when he was accused of raping and killing a young woman, Virginia Rappe, who died days after the party. He was later acquitted of manslaughter, but his reputation was tarnished for the rest of his life. Do you know the name of this ruined actor? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This rock star's problems were not caused by fame alone; many events of his childhood contributed to his withdrawn, defiant, and rebellious nature. But the pressure of fame got the better of him, and, unable to kick his drug habit and depression, he committed suicide at 27 in 1994 by gunshot. What is his name? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This star of "Freaky Friday" and "The Parent Trap" was a well-known child actress and singer, but began to have problems with alcohol and drugs around the age of 20. She has served time in rehab and prison for drink-driving and shoplifting, and several comebacks have failed to place her back on her previous pedestal. Who is this actress? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The Two Coreys, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, were 80's teen idols, starring in "The Lost Boys" together. Haim died at the age of 38, after years of battling drug addiction, which Feldman also had problems with. As young actors, they were vulnerable, and both boys were victims of what crime in their early Hollywood days? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Another member of the infamous 27 Club, celebrities who have died at age 27, this actor was a child actor who starred in "The Neverending Story II" and a TV adaptation of Stephen King's "It". His declining career culminated in his depression and later suicide. Who is the award-winning "seaQuest DSV" star? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This singer and drummer, part of a musical duo with her brother Richard, suffered from anorexia nervosa throughout her career. Therapy failed, although after a hospitalization, she seemed to be on the road to recovery, but her heart was weakened by years of the disease, and she died shortly before her 33rd birthday. Who is this? Hint



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1. Yolanda Saldívar had tried and failed to become president of a Tejano singer's fan club. However, she tried again with another Tejano artist and succeeded. This ended in tragedy in 1995 as, after being discovered embezzling money from the fan club, Saldívar shot the 23-year old singer, who later died in hospital. Who was this young American singer who met a sticky end at the hands of a woman who admittedly disliked her from the beginning?

Answer: Selena

Selena's death came two weeks before her 24th birthday. Saldívar, a registered nurse, claimed that her gun accidentally went off, but it was discovered that this was impossible with the gun in question, which required 11 pounds of pressure to pull the trigger. Saldívar was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to at least thirty years in prison.

The album that Selena had planned to release that summer, "Dreaming of You", was released anyway, and its success was a record-breaker for a Hispanic artist - straight to number one on the US Billboard 200.
2. The 1976 film "Taxi Driver", and especially the actress who played a pre-teen prostitute in it, had a profound effect on a man named John Hinckley, Jr. Hinckley stalked the actress while she attended Yale, called her several times, and wrote her love letters. In a bid to impress her and become her equal in levels of fame, he stalked President Jimmy Carter across the States with the intention of killing him, and ended up trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Who is the actress, who since was subject to other stalkers at the same university?

Answer: Jodie Foster

Poor Jodie! She also had to contend with the media circus in the wake of the failed assassination; journalists followed her around Yale, in a horrible mimicry of Hinckley's habits. Hinckley's bullet did injure the President - he fired six in all - as it ricocheted off his limousine, embedded itself in Reagan's lung. Actually, four other men were injured in the attempt. All it took to injure four men and almost kill the US President was 1.7 seconds - all done to impress a young actress who would not have been brought to Hinckley's attention had it not been for her fame.

Jodie Foster was nominated for an Oscar for her role in "Taxi Driver". Her ability to speak French means that she has been able to provide the dub for her own roles in the French versions. Her role as Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs" won her critical acclaim and an Oscar, although she chose not to star in the sequel. She has dabbled in directing as well, directing an episode of the Netflix show "Orange Is The New Black".
3. This celebrity is a famous pop singer who suffered a nervous breakdown. She attended numerous drug rehab centers and shaved her head bald. Eventually, she was put under the conservatorship of her father, which was later shared with her then fiancé. Who is this singer?

Answer: Britney Spears

Despite her ups and downs, Britney's career always went from strength to strength, Her fifth album, "Blackout" was released in the same year she began to break down, 2007, but it charted almost as well as her previous efforts, despite its change of musical style. Britney lost custody of her two sons during that tumultuous time, and they were placed under the care of their father, Britney's ex-husband, Kevin Federline.

In the years after this, Britney began to recover, guest starring in an episode of "Glee", releasing several successful albums, and becoming a judge on the US "X Factor" show.
4. When this actor's 911 phone call regarding his brother's overdose was repeatedly aired on the radio and television, the massive intrusion into his life caused him to retreat from the world of acting for a short time. What is the name of this actor, whose stage name included the name Leaf?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin and his siblings were all involved in the entertainment industry from a young age, in order to make money for the family to survive. As a child actor, Joaquin's first few credits were under the name Leaf Phoenix; he apparently chose Leaf to fit in more with the nature names of his sisters and brother (River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer). River died in 1993, at the age of 23, three days after Joaquin's nineteenth birthday.

Although he took a break from acting after the media debacle, this was only for a year, and since, Joaquin has starred in several successful films such as "Gladiator" and "Walk The Line", and been nominated for several Oscars and a Grammy.
5. This silent film star enjoyed great success as one of Hollywood's highest paid in the industry during the 1910s and 1920s. But a Labor Day party was the beginning of his downfall, when he was accused of raping and killing a young woman, Virginia Rappe, who died days after the party. He was later acquitted of manslaughter, but his reputation was tarnished for the rest of his life. Do you know the name of this ruined actor?

Answer: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Arbuckle was put on trial three times for the rape and manslaughter, and his films were banned from public consumption. His weight and drinking habits contributed harshly to his bad health. He disliked the nickname Fatty intensely, but his real name had its own negative connotation - it was given to him by his father, naming him after a politician he hated, Roscoe Conkling, due to his belief that the child was not his; Roscoe's weight at birth was 13lb, and his father and mother were both slender-built. Arbuckle's health declined quickly, not helped by the scandal, and he died of a heart attack at the young age of 46, right on the verge of a comeback deal he'd made with Warner Brothers that very day.
6. This rock star's problems were not caused by fame alone; many events of his childhood contributed to his withdrawn, defiant, and rebellious nature. But the pressure of fame got the better of him, and, unable to kick his drug habit and depression, he committed suicide at 27 in 1994 by gunshot. What is his name?

Answer: Kurt Cobain

Kurt felt uneasy at his band, Nirvana's, success, feeling exposed with his issues so publicized. His turbulent marriage to Hole singer Courtney Love intensified Kurt's problems - both had issues with substance abuse, particularly heroin (Love later admitted to taking heroin during her pregnancy) and attempted suicide.

They have a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. Kurt's Nirvana bandmate, Dave Grohl, said in an interview with "NME" magazine that it felt inevitable that Kurt would die at a young age, but it was still very much a shock to him when it happened.
7. This star of "Freaky Friday" and "The Parent Trap" was a well-known child actress and singer, but began to have problems with alcohol and drugs around the age of 20. She has served time in rehab and prison for drink-driving and shoplifting, and several comebacks have failed to place her back on her previous pedestal. Who is this actress?

Answer: Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay's time in the public eye became courtrooms, mugshots, and parties instead of movie premieres. In 2012 she appeared in "Playboy" magazine and played Elizabeth Taylor in the TV movie "Liz and Dick", but her planned career revival did not work out so well.
8. The Two Coreys, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, were 80's teen idols, starring in "The Lost Boys" together. Haim died at the age of 38, after years of battling drug addiction, which Feldman also had problems with. As young actors, they were vulnerable, and both boys were victims of what crime in their early Hollywood days?

Answer: Sexual abuse

Feldman released a book in 2011 detailing the experiences he and Haim went through as children; a Hollywood mogul raped Haim at the age of 11, and Feldman was abused by an assistant of his father. He cites this man as the one who introduced him to drugs as well. Feldman calls pedophilia "Hollywood's biggest secret".

Other actors have been the victims of sexual assault on the casting couch, such as Thandie Newton and Susan Sarandon.
9. Another member of the infamous 27 Club, celebrities who have died at age 27, this actor was a child actor who starred in "The Neverending Story II" and a TV adaptation of Stephen King's "It". His declining career culminated in his depression and later suicide. Who is the award-winning "seaQuest DSV" star?

Answer: Jonathan Brandis

Jonathan was a teenage hearthrob in the 90s; he received thousands of fan letters a week and had security escorts. In his later years he dabbled in directing and screenwriting. In November 2003, Jonathan's friend called the police after he found him hanging.

He was rushed to hospital but died the next day from his injuries. Friends talked of his heavy drinking and depression. His role in "Hart's War" being taken out of the final cut was something that was said to have upset him a lot, as he was counting on the appearance to kickstart his comeback. Sadly, it was not to be.
10. This singer and drummer, part of a musical duo with her brother Richard, suffered from anorexia nervosa throughout her career. Therapy failed, although after a hospitalization, she seemed to be on the road to recovery, but her heart was weakened by years of the disease, and she died shortly before her 33rd birthday. Who is this?

Answer: Karen Carpenter

Karen was The Carpenters' drummer and singer; on stage she progressed from singing behind her drum kit to standing at the front of the stage while a fellow musician played the drums. She became more and more the band's focus. Richard became addicted to the drug methaqualone, and when he took a year off from the band, Karen released solo material.

Karen began dieting shortly after she and Richard recorded their first songs. Heart failure was the primary cause of death on her death certificate, with anorexia nervosa a secondary cause. After her death, other celebrities suffering from eating disorders went public with the news, and awareness for both anorexia and bulimia became widespread.
Source: Author AlexxSchneider

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