Stephen Trivia Quiz

Answer: Stephen Austin

Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836) was a Virginia-born lawyer, politician and businessman who led a successful colony of Americans in Texas and later became known as "The Father of Texas" for his efforts to settle the territory as an American (rather than Spanish or Mexican) territory.

Answer: all of these

"Good King Wenceslas" refers to the Duke of Bohemia (921-935) who is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. The Apostles appointed Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus as the first deacons (Acts 6:5). Stephen is called protomartyr because he was tried by Jewish authorities for heresy, condemned and stoned to death for his faith (Acts 6:8-15; Acts 7:54-60). The Feast of Saint Stephen, on 26 December, is also known as Boxing Day.

Answer: James Joyce

Joyce was most likely alluding to the Greek myths about Daedalus: the man who built the Labyrinth for King Minos to imprison his wife's son Minotaur and who made wings for himself and his son Icarus so they could escape Crete.

Answer: Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of numerous horror, science fiction, suspense and fantasy novels and short stories. He has also produced and directed for television and film. His corpus is larger than it might appear, as he has also written under the names of Richard Bachman and John Swithen.

Answer: giraffe

"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" was the sequel to "Madagascar" (2005). Stephen the Giraffe is voiced by Stephen Kearin who also voiced Gong Pig and Grateful Bunny in "Kung Fu Panda" (2008).

Answer: Stephen Hawking

Hawking suffered from motor neurone disease, a progressive medical condition similar to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease). His disability did not prevent him from twice marrying, having three children, teaching and researching at several universities and proposing significant theories in general relativity and cosmology. Hawking's book for a general audience was "A Brief History of Time" (1987).

Answer: Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music" became a Top 40 hit performed by Judy Collins. Frank Sinatra and Carly Simon separately recorded singles from his "Merrily We Roll Along." He even wrote a song for the movie "Dick Tracy" (1990).

Answer: When Johnny Comes Marching Home

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was written Patrick Gilmore, sung by both Union and Confederate soldiers and played by both Union and Confederate military bands. Some of Foster's lyrics have fallen from popular favour because they are intensely racist.

The U.S. Congress deemed the date of his death, 13 January, as "Stephen Foster Memorial Day" which is an official United States National Observance.

Answer: Are You Being Served?

"Are You Being Served?" was set in Grace Brothers, a fictional London department store. All of the regular cast members were employees working on the men's and women's clothing floor. Captain Stephen Peacock was a supervisor who claimed to have fought in World War II but was actually a non-combatant in the Royal Army Service Corps which provided transportation, materiel and housing to the troops.

The series ran from 1972 to 1985 and has been widely rebroadcast ever since.

Answer: McMillan & Wife

Cannell wrote for the TV series "Ironside" and "Columbo," was co-creator of "The Rockford Files," "Riptide" and "21 Jump Street" and creator of "Baretta," "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "Silk Stalkings." He died in 2010.

Answer: Stephen Maturin

In addition to his role as ship's surgeon, Doctor Maturin is a sort of "other hero" in this series. Paul Bettany played the role of Stephen Maturin in the 2003 movie "Master and Commander."

Answer: Stephen Colbert

Colbert is a multi-talented individual. His comedy writing earned him several Emmy awards. His book "I Am America (And So Can You!)" was a bestseller. His farcical campaign for President of the United States in 2012 attracted serious voters in several states. "TIME Magazine" named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world in 2012 ... for the second time.

He represented the letter Z in a Sesame Street video about the alphabet.

Answer: Babylon 5

"Babylon 5" ran originally from 1994-1998; it was planned as a five-year series from its beginning. In a future society (2258-2281), the cast occupies a giant space station which serves as a center for both trade and diplomacy between earth and races living elsewhere. The role of Doctor Stephen Franklin was played by Richard Biggs, who first played Doctor Marcus Hunter on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."

Answer: Stephen Stills

Stills sought to become part of the musical group The Monkees but was not selected. He was friends with and recorded with Jimi Hendrix. He wrote the song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" based on his tumultuous romantic relationship with singer Judy Collins.

Answer: Stephen Fry

Fry met his original comedy partner, Hugh Laurie, when they were at Cambridge. He produced a documentary -- "Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive" -- based on his own experience with bipolar affective disorder. A devoted fan of cricket, he also produced an animated series explaining its rather difficult rules.