Nine Ladies Dancing? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine starred in "A Damsel in Distress" a Fred Astaire film, but the role was changed as her dancing was not good enough.

"The Red Shoes" followed the career of Vicky Page, played by actress and dancer Moira Shearer, from the time she was taken under the wing of ruthless ballet impresario Boris Lermontov, played by Anton Walbrook. Marius Goring played her lover, Julian Craster, who tried to keep Vicky away from Lermontov when he saw how hard he was driving her.

Answer: Rita Hayworth

Both of Rita Hayworth's parents were dancers and both encouraged her to turn professional. Her mother suggested that she became an actress rather than just a dancer. She did both with great success. Despite a tumultuous life off screen, including five marriages and two daughters as well as alcohol and health issues, she is remembered as one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood.

Answer: Petula Clark

Petula Clark, born 15 November 1932, is an English singer and actress who started out as a child star on BBC Radio during WW2 and has since continued for more than sixty years. She danced her way through "Finian's Rainbow", the 1968 musical film.

Petula has hits in Italian, German, French and English. Two of her most famous recordings are "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway".

Answer: Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova toured both Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s and both countries claim to have invented this delicious concoction.

According to Victor Dandré, who was her manager and claimed to be her husband, Anna refused to have a life saving operation that would put an end to her dancing career, by stating "If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead." (Wikipedia)

Peach Melba was created by Auguste Escoffier as a tribute to Nellie Melba, the famous Australian singer.

Omelette André Theuriet was named for André Theuriet, a French writer.

Alexandra of Denmark, wife of King Edward VII, had many foods named in her honour including Gâteau Alexandra and consommé Alexandra.

Answer: Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford, who was born 23rd March (probably 1904) and died 10th May, 1977, was an American actress who started her career as a dancer in a travelling theatrical company. Her career spanned more than forty years.

"Dancing Lady" was a 1933 film where Crawford showed off her dancing talents and Clark Gable played the producer of a Broadway show.

She was voted the tenth greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute in their 1999 "All time list".

Answer: "Barbie Boogie"

"Barbie" first appeared as a fashion doll in 1959. Over the following years she has pursued a number of careers. Her most important career has been supporting Mattel Inc, the manufacturers of "Barbie" and her ever expanding family of friends, family and products.

Answer: Darcey Bussell

"Strictly Come Dancing" has continued to gain fans since it was introduced to the British public in 2004. There were more than 9 million viewers for the first final in July 2004 and every final since then has exceeded 10 million viewers.

Darcey Bussell joined the show as a judge for the 2012 season. She did not take up ballet seriously until she was 13, when she auditioned for the Royal Ballet School and was one of only eight pupils accepted that year. She retired from professional dancing in 2007, aged 38.

Answer: Tom the Dancing Bug

Ruben Bolling is a political commentator and has drawn and produced "Tom the Dancing Bug" since 1990. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded the newspaper strip the "Sigma Delta Chi Award" for editorial cartooning in 2011.

*WARNING* I have had a good look and I can find neither dancing nor bugs in "Tom the Dancing Bug".

Answer: Ginger Rogers

Virginia Katherine McMath had a cousin who could not pronounce her name properly, so shortened it to "Ginga". When her mother remarried to a Mr. Rogers, Ginger took his surname.

Ginger Rogers was voted the fourteenth greatest female star in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute in their 1999 "All Time List".

Answer: Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz in 1899, got his start in vaudeville dancing with his sister Adele. He went on to become a stage star on both sides of the Atlantic. His first film appearance was as himself in "Dancing Lady" with Joan Crawford. He starred in ten films with Ginger Rogers and with many others in a dancing career that lasted for more than seventy years.