Famous Partnerships Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hardy

The Laurel and Hardy Museum opened in Harlem, Georgia, birthplace of Oliver Hardy, on July 25, 2000. Laurel was born as Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, England. Both had solo careers before teaming up as a duo for the first time in 1927 in a film called "The Second Hundred Years."

Answer: Jerry Lewis

Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti. His unique singing voice and style resulted in a great musical career. Lewis, born Jerome Levitch, had a notable career as a comedian. After his comedic career he became identified with the Labor Day Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Answer: Allen

George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, teamed up in vaudeville in the early Twenties and were wed in 1926. They moved into radio and movies in the Thirties and made 291 episodes of "The Burns and Allen Show" on CBS television from 1950 to 1958. Each program ended with George saying, "Say goodnight, Gracie." Gracie said a final good night in 1964, while George Burns died at age 100 in 1996.

Answer: Cher

Sonny and Cher began as a singing duo and made it big with "I Got You Babe" in 1965. They showed great comedic talents in a pair of TV shows in the Seventies. They divorced in 1975. Sonny Bono entered politics, eventually becoming a member of the House of Representatives. Cher's music career extended into the 21st Century.

Answer: Costello

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello had television shows and appearances in the Forties and Fifties, but are best known for films like "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein" and burlesque routines such as "Who's on First?" Lou died in 1959 and Bud passed away in 1974.

Answer: Roy

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn are a pair of German-Americans who performed an illusion and magic act in Las Vegas beginning around 1972. A big part of the act were white Siberian tigers. Fischbacher was the magician and Horn was the exotic animal handler of the team. They had originally met in 1959 working on an ocean liner.

Answer: Jeremy

Chad and Jeremy were an English pop duo who joined the "British Invasion" of musical acts to hit the USA in the Sixties. Their top hits were "A Summer song," "Yesterday's Gone," and "Distant Shores." Chad Stuart was born David Stuart Chadwick. He and Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde sang together from 1960 to 1968, then reunited from 1983 to 1987, and finally reunited again in 2003.

Answer: Bailey

In 1881, P.T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth" combined with its biggest rival, the Cooper and Bailey Circus, which had gotten its start in the 1860's. James Anthony Bailey gained full ownership of the Barnum & Bailey Circus by buying out Barnum's widow after the great showman had passed away in 1891.

Then in 1907, the Ringling brothers purchased Barnum & Bailey, giving the circus its full familiar name of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Answer: Ernie

Bert and Ernie are the Muppet equivalent of Laurel and Hardy or Abbott and Costello. They represented the Muppet phenomenon on the "Sesame Street" pilot episode that laid the foundation for the "Sesame Street" series.

Answer: Dean

Among the best-known surfer groups ever, perhaps only behind the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean are known for hits such as "Surf City," "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," and "Dead Man's Curve." Both were born in Los Angeles.