The Matter with My Vacuum Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Goldie Hawn's appearances on "Laugh-In" made her a star. But in her career she proved many times that it was just an act; one at which she was very good!

Among her accomplishments were a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1969 for "Cactus Flower", and a Best Actress nomination in 1980, for "Private Benjamin", which she also produced. She also published an autobiography in 2005,
"A Lotus Grows in the Mud".

Answer: Suzanne Somers

Before "Three's Company", Suzanne tried to break into show business by playing minor roles, finding fame as Chrissy Snow on the aforementioned show, in 1977.
That ended 5 years later in a feud with producers over money, and she moved on.

She was on many talk shows and in magazines ("Playboy"), was a Las Vegas entertainer, an infomercial spokesperson, and was on other TV shows. She wrote many books which brought controversy along with more fame and money - books such as "Ageless, The Naked Truth about Bioidentical Hormones", 2006, Crown Publishing Group.

Answer: Marie Wilson

That face! That voice! Who could ever forget them! Marie was a
beautiful woman with a knack for playing dumb blondes. She started in small movie parts as early as 1934, and progressed through the later 30s with bigger
roles. Then came her chance to perform on radio and TV, and the stage. Her last movie role was a memorable one in, "Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation", with Jimmie Stewart, a 1962 release.

Marie was awarded 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one each for Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures.

Although she had a successful career, she was known to sometimes say that she regretted that she had been type-cast as a dumb-bunny, when really, she wasn't!

Answer: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels

The main question many people had about this movie was, "Which one was dumb and which one was dumber"? As far as I'm concerned, it was a toss-up. The movie was a road trip movie about two mentally-challenged buddies, and the hilarious situations that surrounded them.

We could expect such shenanigans from the comedy of Jim Carrey, but the usually more dramatic Jeff Daniels was a surprise - he did comedy very well.

Among many Jim Carrey movies are "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994), and "The Mask" (1994). Jeff Daniels has also made many movies, two of which are "Gettysburg" (1993), and "Something Wild" (1994).
Together they made "Dumb and Dumber" (1994) and "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014).

Answer: Abbott and Costello

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a perfect comedy team, but some fans were surprised to find out that they didn't get along in their private lives. They didn't let that affect their professional partnership, though.

Both partners came from a burlesque background to become the best-loved comedy team in the 1940s and early 50s. They had many comedy routines they performed regularly. "Who's on First" is one of their best, with many versions of varying lengths. The routine was first played for a radio audience in 1938 and in burlesque before that. It was first seen in a movie in "One Night in the Tropics" (1940).

Many hit movies later, they made "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948), and "Abbot and Costello meet the Invisible Man" (1951). Costello had a ball in both, acting scared in his silly way.

After health and other problems, the team dissolved their partnership in 1957.

Answer: The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges was a popular act from 1930 to 1975, Over the years. the first two Stooges were played by Moe Howard (with bangs) and Larry Fine (with wild curly hair). The third comic changed from time to time, with Shemp Howard and Jerome (Curly) Howard as the best known. Later, Joe Besser played the third man as well as Curly Jo DeRita. Other temporary comics were used at times for the role of the third Stooge.

Although they had success in many areas of show business, their greatest popularity was in the movie two-reeler shorts of the 1940s. The Howard boys were all deceased by 1975 when Moe and also Larry Fine, died.

Answer: Costanza

On "Seinfeld", poor George Costanza couldn't catch a break. First, he had odd parents who he was embarrassed by, yet he lived with them. Also, his romances always turned sour. In one romance, George inadvertently killed his fiancée with bad glue - well, you had to be there. He was pretty much a loser.

George's portrayer was Jason Alexander, who was proficient in many areas of show-business; he wrote, he directed, he produced, as well as acted.
As an actor, I was particularly impressed when Jason played a very nasty creep in the TV show, "Criminal Minds". He was truly creepy. No loser was Jason Alexander!

Answer: Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield won the Golden Globe award in 1957 for New Star of the Year. She was also a singer and, as her Hollywood star faded in the 1960s, she had successful nightclub acts and appeared on TV game shows, comedy and drama
shows.

Her famous child was Mariska Hargatay, whom Jayne had with second husband,
body-builder Mickey Hargatay. Jayne died in a 1967 car accident at the young age of 34.

Answer: Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow, after some small parts in the late 1920s, became a star in Howard Hughes' film, "Hell's Angels" (1930)), then became a major star at MGM, starting in 1932. In her career at MGM, she won much acclaim and co-starred
with the studio's biggest male stars; three movies with Spencer Tracy, and six with Clark Gable. She was making "Saratoga" with Clark Gable in 1937 when she fell ill. At first, her condition was misdiagnosed and her condition became worse. She died in 1937 of cerebral edema caused by kidney failure, at age 26.
"Saratoga" was finished with three doubles and it became a big hit, it's popularity was increased by her death.

Answer: Burns and Allen

George and Gracie met in 1922, formed a team and married in 1927. They were a loyal team and stayed together until her death, and beyond. The loveable pair excelled in all major areas of show business. The pair was honored by a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and were inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1988.

Gracie died of heart disease in 1964, and George died 32 years later, at age 100. After Gracie died George remained loyal, flowers were placed on her grave every day and George visited every week. After George died, he was interred next to her, and their headstone reads, "Gracie Allen and George Burns - Together Again".