Is it an E, F, G or H? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Vince EDWARDS

Vince Edwards (1928-1996) was an American actor of film and television, director and singer. He is best remembered for his role of Ben Casey in the medical drama TV series "Ben Casey" (1961-1966).

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Truman Capote in the 2005 movie "Capote". Colin Firth is an English actor who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "The King's Speech" (2010). Clark Gable (1901-1960) was an American actor and although starring in over 60 movies won his only Oscar for Best Actor in the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night".

Answer: Guyana

The capital city of Guyana is Georgetown which was first established in 1781 under the control of the Dutch, and then the French, with different names. It was the British who renamed the city Georgetown in 1812 honouring King George III.

In Fiji, it was decided to make Suva the capital city in 1877. The capital city of Estonia is Tallinn (originally known as Reval until 1918) and was first established as a town in 1248. The capital city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa which was founded in 1578 by the Spanish and became the capital city in 1880.

Answer: "Hello, Dolly!" (Louis Armstrong)

"Hello, Dolly!" by Louis Armstrong reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week on May 9, 1964 knocking the Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" off the number one spot.

"Ebony Eyes" was a 1961 hit by the Everly Brothers that peaked at number eight. "Ferry Cross the Mersey" was a hit that reached number six on the US chart in 1965 by the Liverpool group, Gerry and the Pacemakers. "Galveston" by Glen Campbell reached number four in 1969.

Answer: Echidna

The Australian animals, the echidna and the platypus, are known as monotremes and are the only living egg-laying mammals. The echidna are sometimes known as spiny anteaters. The ferret, hedgehog and gerbil produce newborn litters.

Answer: Rutherford B. HAYES

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893) was the 19th President of the United States from 1877-1881. Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) was the 13th US President from 1850-1853. James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th US President from March 4, 1881 until his assassination on September 19, 1881. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) was the 34th US President from 1953-1961.

Answer: East River, New York (USA)

The East River, New York, USA is only 26 kms in length. The following rivers and their length are the Forcados River, Nigeria (198kms), the Hopkins River, Australia (271kms) and the longest of them all is the Ganges River, India (2,535kms).

Answer: Bjarni HERJOLFSSON

Bjarni HERJOLFSSON was a 10th century Norse-Icelandic explorer. He was headed from Iceland to Greenland and was blown off course and sighted land covered in trees and mountains. They knew this was not Greenland and it is understood that the land he sighted was Newfoundland, Labrador and Baffin Island. He and his crew did not set foot on land but they are believed to be the first Europeans to sight the Americas.

Leif ERIKSON (970-1020) was a Norse explorer from Iceland and had heard about Herjolfsson sighting another land west of Greenland. He even visited Herjolfsson and purchased his boat. Around the year 1000 was the first European to set foot on the Americas at Baffin Island and Labrador. Simon FRASER (1776-1862) was an explorer and fur trader who was the first European to build a settlement in British Columbia, Canada. Vasco da GAMA (1460s- 1524) was a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by sea and therefore set up a sea link between Europe and Asia.

Answer: Gentleman's Agreement

"Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) starred Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield. The movie was nominated for eight Oscars, winning three including Best Picture.

"Funny Girl" (1968) starred Barbara Streisand who won the Oscar for Best Actress and although the movie was nominated for Best Picture it lost out to "Oliver!". "Elmer Gantry"(1960) starred Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy and Shirley Jones. The film was nominated for five Oscars winning three. It was nominated for Best Picture but lost out to "The Apartment". "High Noon" (1952) starred Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Lloyd Bridges. It was nominated for seven Oscars, winning four, and lost out on the Best Picture category to "The Greatest Show on Earth".

Answer: Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills is an English actress who won the Academy Juvenile Award for her role in the Disney film of 1960 "Pollyanna". The Academy Juvenile Award was intended to reward performers under the age of 18 years. The first recipient was Shirley Temple in 1935 and Hayley Mills was the last recipient in 1961. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland had also been winners of the award.

Elizabeth Taylor(1932-2011) was a British- American actress who started her career as a child actress in the 1940s. Besides her eight marriages she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress. Frieda Pinto (b. 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared in many British and American films. She took up acting at an early age and received international recognition for her role in "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008). Gwyneth Paltrow (b. 1972) is an American actress who started her acting career in 1989 and has won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Shakespeare in Love" (1998).

Answer: Finland

The national flag of Finland is a blue Nordic cross on a white background.

The national flag of Hungary is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and green. The national flag of Egypt is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and black bands. The national flag of Gambia is made up of three horizontal red, blue and green bands separated by two thin white bands.