Name Your Colour Trivia Quiz

Answer: Patrick White

Patrick White (1912-1990) was an Australian writer who between 1935-1987 wrote numerous novels, plays and short-story collections. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973.

Charlie White is an American ice dancer who won gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Ice Dance with partner Meryl Davis. Snow White is the principle character in the German fairy tale by the Bothers Grimm "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Barry White (1944-2003) was an American singer and song-writer who had a distinctive bass-baritone voice. His hit songs were "You're the First, The Last, My Everything" and "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe".

Answer: Dik Browne

Dik Browne (1917-1989) was an American cartoonist who created the comic strips "Hägar the Horrible" and "Hi and Lois".

Charlie Brown plays the lead role in the comic strip "Peanuts" created by Charles M. Schulz. Herbert C. Brown (1912-2004) was an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979. Joe E. Brown (1891-1973) was an American actor and comedian. He was most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. One of his last movie roles was in the 1959 romantic comedy "Some Like It Hot" opposite Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.

Answer: Graham Greene

Graham Greene (1904-1991) was an English novelist. Over his career he wrote numerous novels including "Brighton Rock", "The Power and the Glory", "The Quiet American" and "Our Man in Havana". He wrote the screenplay for the 1949 British film "The Third Man" starring Joseph Cotten, Olson Wells and Trevor Howard. The musical score "The Third Man Theme" featuring only the zither, became a hit on many international music charts.

Lorne Greene (1915-1987) was a Canadian actor and singer. He is best remembered as Ben Cartwright in the western TV series "Bonanza" (1959-1973). His hit song "Ringo" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts in December 1964. Herbert Green (1946-2018) was an American professional golfer who won the U.S. Open (1977) and the U.S. PGA Championship (1985). Belinda Green is an Australian beauty queen who won the Miss World title in 1972.

Answer: Luzerne "Lu" Blue

Luzerne "Lu" Blue (1897-1958) was an American professional baseball player from 1921-1933. He played with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers. In 2001 he was voted the 77th best first baseman of all time.

Vida Blue played 17 years in MLB as a pitcher and was a three time World Series winner with the Oakland Athletics 1972-74. Dennis Viollet (1933-1999) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United, Stoke City and the England National team. Pete Rose was an American baseball player who played in MLB for 23 years from 1963-1986. He played mainly with the Cincinnati Reds and was a three time World Series champion.

Answer: Karen Black

Karen Black (1939-2013) was an American actress, singer, songwriter and screenwriter. She played an acid-tripping prostitution in "Easy Rider" (1969) and the waitress girlfriend of Jack Nicholson in "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in numerous films in the 1970s playing opposite Kirk Douglas, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, Robert Di Niro, George Segal, Christopher Plummer and Robert Duval to name just a few.

Cilla Black (1943-215) was an English singer, actress and television presenter. She had hits in the 1960s including "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World". Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014) was an American actress, dancer, singer and diplomat. She was a very successful child actress in the 1930s and as an adult became a US Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. Cara Black is a professional tennis player from Zimbabwe who has won ten Grand Slam tennis titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Answer: Golden Richards

Golden Richards is a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears. It was with the Dallas Cowboys against the Denver Broncos (Super Bowl XII - 1978) that he received a 29 yard pass for the game clinching touchdown.

Sterling Golden was a name sometimes used by the professional wrestler, Hulk Hogan, in his early years as a wrestler. Arthur Golden is an American writer best known for his novel "Memoirs of a Geisha" (1977). James S. Golden (1891-1971) was a Republican and a Member of the US House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1949-1953.

Answer: Eva Green

Eva Green is a French actress and model and played the role of Vesper Lynd (an Agent for HM Treasury) in "Casino Royale" (2006).

Innis Green (1776-1839) was a Democratic Member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1827-1831). Betty White (b. 1922) is an American actress and comedian who is best remembered for her role as Rose in the TV series "The Golden Girls" (1985-1992). Her acting career has spanned 80 years. Cameron White is an Australian international cricketer who is a powerful middle order batsman and leg spin bowler.

Answer: Mary Jayne Gold

Mary Jayne Gold (1909-1997) was an American heiress and socialite who at the outbreak of WWII was living in Paris. As the German Army entered Paris she fled to Marseilles and during the period 1940-41 she helped, through contacts, numerous Jews and intellectuals escape to Spain and onto freighters headed for North Africa or South America. One such person she helped escape was Otto Meyerhof, a Nobel Prize winner in 1922. Jonathan Gold (1960-2018) was an American music and food critic.

He became the first food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2007. Arielle Gold is an American Olympic snowboarder who won a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics in 2014.

She won a gold medal at the FIS Snowboard World Chamionships in 2013. Gracie Gold is an American figure skater and two time US National champion in 2013 and 2016.

She won a team bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Answer: Fred Scarlett

Fred Scarlett is a former English rower who won an Olympic gold medal in the rowing eight at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He also won a silver medal in the 1999 World Rowing Championships in Canada.

Will Scarlett is a prominent figure ballads depicting Robin Hood and His Merry Men. He is mentioned in one of the oldest Robin Hood ballads, "A Gest of Robyn Hode" written approximately 1450. James Yorke Scarlett (1799-1871) was a British Army officer and a hero of the Crimean War. It was during the Battle of Balaclava (1854) that he led the successful Charge of the Heavy Brigade. Scarlett Pimpernel is actually a character in a novel of historical fiction titled "The Scarlett Pimpernel" written by Baroness Orczy and published in 1905. The novel takes place during the era of the French Revolution, late 1700s. The story has been adapted to the stage, film and musical.

Answer: Redd Foxx

Redd Foxx (1922-1991) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was very popular as a night club act during the 1950s and 1960s. He performed on more than 50 records in his career and therefore was known as " The King of Party Records". He is also remembered as Fred G. Sanford in the TV series "Sanford and Son" (1972-1977).

Red Skelton (1913-1997) was an American actor and comedian. He career covered radio, film and television. His comedy and variety show "The Red Skelton Show" ran on television from 1951-1971. Red Faber (1888-1976) was an American pitcher in MLB and played his entire career with the Chicago White Sox from 1914-1933. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. Red Buttons (1919-2006) was an American actor and comedian. His career covered stage, film and television with his own TV variety show "The Red Buttons Show" in the early 1950s. It was in the 1957 Korean War drama "Sayonara" opposite Marlon Brandon that Red Buttons won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor portraying airman Joe Kelly.