Vera's "Best" Quiz

Answer: Ringo Starr

Pete Best was the Beatles' drummer, replaced by Ringo Starr.

Keith Moon was the irreplaceable drummer for The Who. Steven Stills almost became a Monkee and Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen.

Answer: Richfield, Minnesota

Best Buy, the electronics superstore, is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1966 as Sound of Music, an audio specialty store, the company changed its name to Best Buy Co., Inc. in 1983.

Wal-Mart is located in Bentonville AR; Coca-Cola in Atlanta GA and Microsoft in Seattle WA.

Answer: Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker won the Oscar for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland".

Will Smith was nominated for "The Pursuit of Happyness," O'Toole for "Venus," and DiCaprio for "Blood Diamond".

Answer: Nestle's

I heartily disagree, but the Nestle Company used the jingle "N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestle's makes the very best...chocolate" in their commercials in the 1950s-1960s. A brown puppet named Farfel, ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson and a dummy named Danny O'Day were featured in these commercials. Farfel was a frequent guest on the "Mike Douglas Show".

Answer: Chief Assistant

The main definition for a Best Boy is the chief assistant to the gaffer. The gaffer is the chief lighting technician on a film or television crew.

Answer: Michael Jackson

Eddie Fisher was Best Man when Liz married Mike Todd. After Todd died, Liz later married and then divorced Fisher.

Michael Jackson gave Liz away at her wedding to Larry Fortensky which took place at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Her hairdresser, Jose Eber, was Best Man.

Barron Hilton was the brother and Best Man to Conrad "Nick" Hilton, Jr., Liz's first husband.

Answer: Queen

Penned by Queen member John Deacon, "You're My Best Friend" was on the "Night at the Opera" album which took its title from the Marx Brothers movie of the same name. The album was released in 1975 and included the classic "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Answer: Friends Forever

I've also heard BFF as Best Female Friend. "Texting" is often done on cellular phones.

Answer: Eugene Levy

Cookie (Catherine O'Hara) twisted her ankle right before the final showing, so her husband Gerry, with his two left feet, had to take Winky around the final circle. Other quirky mockumentary movies of Christopher Guest include "A Mighty Wind," "Waiting for Guffman," and "For Your Consideration".

Answer: Robert Young

Written by Ed James, the series started as a radio program in 1949 with Robert Young starring as Jim Anderson. When the series moved to television in 1954, Young continued his role. Jane Wyatt played his wife and the children were played by Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Laure Chapin. Young later starred as the title character on "Marcus Welby, M.D." in the 1960s-1970s.

The other choices were also stars of sitcoms from the 1950s: Danny Thomas was on "Make Room for Daddy," Betz played Dr. Alex Stone on "The Donna Reed Show," and Hugh Beaumont played Ward Cleaver on "Leave It to Beaver".