"H"eck they all start with an "H" Quiz

Answer: "Hugo" (2011)

"Hugo" (2011) received eleven nominations winning five Academy Awards.

"High Noon" (1952) received seven nominations winning four Oscars. "Hud" (1963) received seven nominations winning three Oscars. "How the West Was Won" (1963) received eight nominations, winning three Oscars.

Answer: Honduras

Honduras has the currency of Lempira divided into 100 centavos.

Haiti has the currency Gourde, which is divided into 100 centimes. Hong Kong has its own Dollar and this is divided into 100 cents. Hungary uses Florint which is divided into 100 filler.

Answer: Charlton Heston/Betty Hutton ("The Greatest Show on Earth")

"The Greatest Show on Earth" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1952. The movie starred Betty Hutton as Holly and Charlton Heston as Brad Braden. The movie received five Academy Award nominations winning two.

Rex Harrison partnered Audrey Hepburn (not Katharine) in "My Fair Lady" as Best Picture in 1964. Katharine Hepburn appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Best Picture "The Lion in Winter" (1968) with Anthony Hopkins in his first major film. Richard Harris was not in the movie. William Holden and Audrey Hepburn did appear together in the 1954 movie "Sabrina". It was nominated for six Academy Awards winning just one, but not for Best Picture.

Answer: "Hey There Lonely Girl" (Eddie Holman)

"Hey There Lonely Girl" made it to number two in 1970 on the chart.

"Hey Jude" stayed at the number one spot for nine weeks beginning in September 1968. "Hey Paula" peaked at number one in February 1963. "Hey! Baby" peaked at number one in May 1962.

Answer: Honiara (Solomon Islands)

Honiara (Solomon Islands) sits at 9' 25' 55' S from the equator and is the closet capital city of those mentioned. It was in the Solomon Islands near Honiara that the Battle of Guadalcanal was fought between US and Japanese forces during WWII.

Havana (Cuba) sits at 23' 08' 12' N. Hanoi (Vietnam) is located at 21' 01' 42' N. Harare (Zimbabwe) is the second closest to the equator of the four mentioned sitting at 17' 49' 45' S.

Answer: Heron

ThehHeron is a medium to large sized bird that has a long neck and long legs. When it flies its head is retracted, not out stretched.

The hyena, hippopotamus and hedgehog are all mammals. Mammals have mammary glands in which females produce milk for feeding their young.

Answer: Holden

Holden is an Australian automobile brand that started out as a saddlery manufacturer in South Australia in 1856. The company was founded by James A. Holden initially as J. A. Holden & Co. It was not until 1905 that the company became interested in the automotive industry making upholstery for automobiles and then eventually car bodies. The company became a subsidiary of the United States manufacturer General Motors in 1931.

Hudson was an automobile brand in Detroit, Michigan from 1909-1954. Hillman was a British car model founded in 1907 and the company was acquired by Humber in 1928. The brand name Hillman was used up until the early 1970s in manufactured vehicles. Honda Motor Company, Ltd is a Japanese company that specialises in the manufacturing of automobiles, motorcycles and power equipment. The company was incorporated in 1948.

Answer: James Hunter

James Hunter (1946-1999) was a professional baseball player who had the nickname "Catfish". He played in the MBL as a pitcher from 1965-1979 and was a member of five World Series Championship teams. There is speculation as to how he received the nickname "Catfish", whether it was from his family as a youngster or from a MBL owner.

Ben Hogan (1912-1997) was a professional golfer who won nine major championships from 1946-1953. He is considered one of the greatest golfers of all time. Rogers Hornsby (1896-1963) was a professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played 23 seasons in MLB and was nicknamed "The Rajah". Rickey Henderson is a retired professional baseball player who played MLB from 1979-2003 and earned the nickname the "Man of Steel". He finished his career with 297 home runs and 1,406 stolen bases.

Answer: Hard Times

"Hard Times" is a novel by Charles Dickens which was published in 1854. The novel was a study of the social and economic challenges that faced English society at the time.

"Heidi", the children's fictional novel was published by the Swiss author Johanna Spyro in 1881. "Heart of Darkness" is a novel by the Polish-British author Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). The novel is the story of a voyage up the Congo River to the Congo Free State and was published in 1899. "Hotel" is a novel by Arthur Hailey published in 1965 about an independent New Orleans hotel in which the management were struggling to make ends meet. It was adapted into a movie in 1967 and in the 1980s into a TV series.

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) was a Norwegian adventurer who embarked on a 8,000 km trip across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The journey took 101 days and was accomplished on a hand built craft called the Kon-Tiki in 1947.

Dirk Hartog (1580-1621) was a Dutch sailor and explorer and led the second group of Europeans to land in Australia on the Australian mainland in 1616. Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and together with Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in May 1953. Bjarni Herjulfsson was a 10th century Icelandic explorer who is considered to be the first European to sight the mainland of the Americas in 986. His crew did not set foot on land as they had been blown off course trying to get to Greenland.