It's not Brenda Lee Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee was the son of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, in whose footsteps Brandon followed. Brandon was accidentally killed by a gunshot while filming the 1994 film, "The Crow." He posthumously won a Best Actor award for the film, as well as receiving another Best Actor nomination by another organization. He is buried beside his father in Seattle.

Answer: Mister T

Born Laurence Tureaud, Mr. T. adopted his name at age 18 as a means of gaining the respect he felt due to all Black men, since "Mister" would be "the first word out of everyone's mouth" when addressing him.

Prior to his role of B.A. Baracus on NBC's "The A Team," Tureaud had been a bouncer and bodyguard for ten years, and the winner of two tough-man competitions. During the run of the TV series, Tureaud began a career in the World Wrestling Federation.

A born-again Christian, Tureaud is also a motivational speaker and has recorded educational material in two albums.

Answer: Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee was born in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1943 as Robert Thomas Velline. Among his gold singles in addition to those in the question were "Run to Him", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes", and "Come Back When You Grow Up." His backup band on the last song were identified by the record label as "The Strangers," but that was just the name given to the studio musicians who were working that day. Bobby's actual band had been known as "The Shadows." But when they discovered that Cliff Richards was backed by a U.K. group known as "The Shadows," they adopted "The Strangers" for road appearances with Bobby.

Answer: Lil Swee'Pea

Elzie Crisler Segar's creation Popeye first appeared in 1929 in a cartoon strip named "Thimble Theater." Since then the sailor has been drawn by six other cartoonists. In 1933 Max Fleischer began placing Popeye in theatrical shorts for Paramount Pictures.

His first motion picture appearance was with Betty Boop. Sammy Lerner composed Popeye's theme song, "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man," in 1933.

Answer: Max McGee

Max McGee played his college ball at Tulane and his entire career in Green Bay. Although he only played in one Pro Bowl, he is a member of both the Green Bay Packer and the Louisiana Sports halls of fame. In his rookie season he led the NFL in punting and scored nine TDs while catching 36 passes, although in high school he was the first scholastic player to rush for over 3,000 yards in a career.

While not a member of the NFL Hall of Fame, he was a member of five NFL championship teams (including two Super Bowls) with the Packers.

Answer: Tanith Lee

Born in London in 1947, Tanith Lee published her first children's book, "The Dragon Hoard," in 1971, and her first adult novel, "The Birthgrave," in 1975. She was the first woman to win the August Derleth Award, which is the award for best novel from the British Fantasy Society.

Much of her work was composed of noncomformist takes on fairy tales, myths, and other fantasy genres. Feminism and sexuality themes also appeared often in her work, and she wrote lesbian fiction under the pen name Esther Garber.

She passed away from breast cancer in 2015.

Answer: Trygve Lie

Born in Norway in 1896, Trygve Lie was a Norwegian author, labor leader, and civil servant. He served as Foreign Minister for the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. In 1945 he led the Norwegian delegation in San Francisco for the United Nations conference in 1945.

Although he barely missed being elected President of the UN General Assembly, he was then elected Secretary-General. Author of nine books on government and policy, Lie won Norway's highest civilian award, among several awards and honorary doctorates in the U.S. and Europe.

He died at age 72 from a heart attack in 1968.

Answer: Sandra Dee

Born Alexandra Zuck in 1942, Sandra Dee starred in over 20 silver screen films as well as several made-for-TV movies. From 1960 to 1963, she was rated among the top ten most popular box office stars in the United States. She was married to Bobby Darin for eight years from 1960 to 1967.

Answer: Shi Huang-ti

Years ago he was known in the West as Emperor Ch'in, but since then his name has been rendered in several distant ways. More recently, his name has been written as Qin. He is known for unifying China and beginning of the building of the Great Wall, and most especially today, for the famous Terracotta Army that was discovered in 1974 after being buried 2100 years earlier.

While Qin is his name, from which the West took the name China, "Shi Huang-ti" means "First Emperor."

Answer: Pinky Lee

While best known for his TV series in the early 50s, Pinky Lee got his start in burlesque and appeared in several feature films between 1943 and 1951. He was born in Saint Paul in 1907 as Pincus Leff. He died from a heart attack in 1993 and was survived by his wife of 41 years and a son and daughter.