Playing by the Numbers: Part II Quiz

Answer: Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959) was an English actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 1947 movie "Miracle on 34th Street". He played the role of Kris Kringle, hired to be Santa Claus at Macy's store in New York City in Herald Square/34th Street.

Answer: Kentucky

Eighty Eight is a town in Kentucky (USA). It is in Barren County, near Glasgow. In 1860, Dabne Nunnally, the postmaster, thought that the name "88", would be readable, even in his handwriting. It is understood that the name came from the amount of change he had in his pocket.

There are seven other towns in the USA that have numbers as their name. In Kentucky there are two other cities like this with Twentysix and Seventy-Six.

Answer: Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry is an American singer, songwriter and a pioneer of Rock 'n Roll music. His song "Sweet Little Sixteen" reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1958.

Answer: Tom, Terry, Joe, Roger, Ken, and Jim

Tom Brady, a four-time Super Bowl winner and NFL Hall of Famers, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, Ken Stabler, Jim Kelly all wore the number 12 jersey.

Answer: Musical notes

Most countries of the world use seven notes (naming convention) in music: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si. however, in English and Dutch speaking languages pitch classes are represented by the first seven letters of the Latin alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Seven is also the known as the number of days in the week, seventh Heaven, seven year itch, the deadly sins, the number of continents and colours of the rainbow.

Answer: Edd Byrnes

Edd Byrnes had a starring role as Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III in the TV series "77 Sunset Strip" (1958-1964). The series was about a private detective agency. Edd Byrnes also appeared in the 1978 movie "Grease" alongside John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

Answer: West Virginia

On June 20, 1863, West Virginia became the 35th State to join the Union. It was after Kansas (January 29, 1861) and before Nevada (October 31, 1864).

Answer: Charles Dickens

"A Tale of Two Cities" was a 1859 novel by Charles Dickens. The story is set in London and Paris during the period of the French Revolution (1789-1799). Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and critic who created some of our best known fictional characters in his writings.

Answer: Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings took place on October 14, 1066. The battle was fought between William, the Duke of Normandy with a Norman-French army against an English army lead by King Harold Godwinson. Hastings is in Sussex and with William's victory, thus began the Norman conquest of England.

Answer: Battle of Bannockburn

This was a Scottish victory over the English in the First War of Scottish Independence. Robert the Bruce (King of Scots) defeated a much larger English army led by Edward II, the English king.