Hey Mr. We're Sisters Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Pleiades

The Pleiades (Messier 45) form an open star cluster clearly visible in the night sky. The mythical sisters for whom they are named - Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope - were nymphs in Artemis' train and nursemaids to the infant Bacchus.

Answer: Sister Sledge

Sisters Debbie, Joni, Kathy and Kim Sledge became stars during the disco era with international hits such as "We Are Family", "He's The Greatest Dancer" and "Frankie". Kathy left the group in 1989.

Shakespears Sister consisted of unrelated duo Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit, The Scissor Sisters are a mixed-sex band and Twisted Sister is an all-male heavy metal band.

Answer: Vietnam

Trung Trac and her younger sister Trung Nhi led a rebellion in 40 AD against the Chinese and ruled for three years. They are regarded as Vietnamese national heroines.

Answer: Serena and Venus Williams

Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title, the US Open, in 1999, a year before Venus won both Wimbledon and the US Open. Each sister has won Olympic singles gold, Venus in 2000 and Serena in 2012, and together they won the doubles gold medal in the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

Soviet sisters Irina and Tamara Press were Olympic track and field champions, retiring just before gender verification was introduced. Manuela and Katerina Maleeva were, along with their sister Magdalena, Bulgarian tennis players, all of whom were ranked in the WTA top ten. Twin sisters Diane and Rosalind Rowe were British table tennis stars.

Answer: Suspicion

Joan Fontaine starred in all of these films and received Oscar nominations for her performances in "Rebecca" and "The Constant Nymph". Olivia de Havilland's Oscar-winning performances were in "To Each His Own" and "The Heiress". She also received Best Actress nominations for her roles in "Hold Back The Dawn" and "The Snake Pit" and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for playing Melanie Wilkes in "Gone With The Wind".

Answer: Girton College

The "Seven Sisters" are Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College and Wellesley College, all founded in the northeastern United States in the nineteenth century as women's colleges. Girton College was one of the first residential colleges for women in England. Founded in 1869, it officially became a college of Cambridge University in 1948.

Answer: Gypsy

Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee and with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Athur Laurents, "Gypsy" debuted on Broadway in 1959. The role of Rose, the ultimate stage mother, was created by Ethel Merman.

Answer: Angela and Maria Eagle

The Eagle sisters were born in February 1961. Angela was first elected to Parliament in 1992 and Maria in 1997. Both served as ministers in Tony Blair's and Gordon Brown's governments and later became members of the Shadow Cabinet.

Answer: Elinor and Marianne

Jane Austen's first published novel, "Sense and Sensibility" appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady".

The other pairs of sisters all appear in "Pride and Prejudice", which was first published in 1813.

Answer: Anton Chekhov

Olga, Masha and Irina, Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters", first appeared on stage in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre. Masha, the eldest sister, was played by Olga Knipper, Chekhov's wife, for whom he had written the role.