KNOW-IT-ALL/The Other Ten Trivia Quiz

Answer: Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was married to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was an author in her own right, penning the Gothic novel "Frankenstein" in 1818.

Shelley Winters (1920-2006) was a Hollywood movie star for over 50 years. She won two Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards for "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959) and "A Patch of Blue" (1965).

Answer: Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey is the only male choice, despite the fact that he played 'The Church Lady' on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986 through 1990. Did you know that the 'Church Lady' has a name? Her named is Enid Strict and she always wore a blue and purple sweater/dress set, along with visible knee-high stockings and horn-rimmed glasses.

She would first 'praise' her guests ("Isn't that SPECIAL?"), and wind up admonishing and damning them ("Could it be...SATAN?"). The other choices include actress Dana Wynter, rapper Dana Owens (known as Queen Latifah) and Dana Plato, the doomed young actress who played Kimberly Drummond on "Diff'rent Strokes".

Answer: Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates has been acting on television and in movies since the 1970s. She won a Best Leading Actress Academy Award for her very scary portrayal of the psychotic former nurse Annie Wilkes who happens to 'rescue' writer Paul Sheldon from a severe car accident on a snowy road.

She is his "Number One Fan" and she forces him to rewrite his latest novel or face the dire consequences. "Misery" was released in 1990 and is from a Stephen King story. On the short-lived TV show "Harry's Law" (2011-2012) created by David E. Kelley, she played tough lawyer Harriet Korn.

She also portrayed Molly Brown in the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic".

Answer: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. is celebrated on the third Monday in January to honor Reverend King's birthday on January 15, 1929. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, but it wasn't observed until January 20, 1986. In the year 2000, the holiday was officially observed by all 50 states for the first time.

Despite his assassination in 1968, his "dream" lives on and is more powerful than ever. The incorrect choices are not part of the eleven official federal holidays.

Answer: Andrews

Archie Andrews is a fictional character from the "Archie" comic strip created by Vic Bloom and Bob Montana in 1941 (boy! he sure looks good for his age). He goes to Riverdale High and is still trying to decide between Betty and Veronica. In a recent series, "Life with Archie", it shows him as older and, in the July 16, 2014 issue, Archie is killed! It seems he took a bullet saving his gay friend, Kevin Keller, marking the end of the grown-up renditions of Archie. Also in the 1940s, but this time in real life, there was a very popular trio of sisters. i.e., Patty, Maxene and Laverne Andrews, known as The Andrew Sisters, who did "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" before Bette.

Answer: Panama

In 1903, with the help of the United States (and our interest in building the Panama Canal), Panama seceded from Colombia; in doing so, Panama was no longer a part of South America. Instead, it became part of Central America which is on the North American continent.

Not only did North America gain an additional country but in 1904 the United States took over the building of the Panama Canal which connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean) to the Pacific Ocean. It took 10 years to complete the canal which opened officially on August 15, 1914.

The US controlled the canal and the surrounding Panama Canal Zone until 1977 when it reverted back to Panama.

Answer: baseball cards

The word cartophily comes from the French 'carte' for card and 'phily' from the Greek word philos for 'loving'. Originally they were called 'cigarette cards' because tobacco manufacturers enclosed them with cigarettes in order to stiffen the packaging and advertise their brands in the 1930s. Collecting the baseball cards became extremely popular with kids (remember those pokemon cards?); this meant a change was needed in marketing, and the baseball cards were later packaged with chewing gum. In 1952 Topps acquired the rights to sell cards with gum; the cards are highly collectible and could be valuable.

They are still sold by Topps, Upper Deck and Panini.

Answer: Carlos Santana

Mexican songwriter and guitarist, Carlos Santana, was the first musician to blend rock, jazz and Latin American music as part of the band 'Santana' in 1967. Included among his many hits are "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman" from the 1970 album "Abraxas", and "Smooth" from the 1999 album "Supernatural".

In 2003, 'Rolling Stone' magazine listed Santana at #15 on their list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won many Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio in 1998.

Answer: Hedonism

Since Asceticism is defined as "severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence", it would totally contradict the tenets of Hedonism which is the pursuit of pleasure and self-indulgence. Asceticism is similar to anhedonism, except that the latter represents a psychological disorder of a person who is unable to experience pleasure, while the former is chosen.

As for the other choices: Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions; atheism is a rejection of the belief that God exists; as far as agnosticism goes, who knows?

Answer: Donkey Kong

The inaugural class of inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame located in Rochester, New York are: Pong (1972), Pac-Man (1980), Tetris (1984), Super Mario Bros (1985), Doom (1993) and World of Warcraft (2004). The rationale behind these choices is "all have significantly affected the video game industry, popular culture, and society in general".

There were 15 finalists; the 9 who were not inducted were: Angry Birds, FIFA, The Legend of Zelda, Minecraft, The Oregon Trail, Pokemon, The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Invaders...but there's always next year!