WorldWide Wizards Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Historia Regum Brittaniae" by Geoffrey of Monmouth

"Historia Regum Brittaniae" is an imaginative account of British history widely regarded by modern scholars as fiction with a bit of fact thrown in. It tells the story of the kings from the founding of the nation to the 7th century.
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Answer: Elton John

The multi-talented Elton John portrayed the role of the "Pinball Wizard" in The Who's 1975 rock opera film, "Tommy." John, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, is a Grammy and Academy Award winning music legend who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.
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Answer: Gene Sarazen

In 1935 Gene Sarazen scored the first double eagle (albatross) on Augusta National's 15th hole, aka Fire Storm. His "shot heard round the world" enabled him to make up three shots on Craig Wood. Sarazen defeated Wood in a playoff the next day.
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Answer: Chicago Packers

Throughout their history, the Washington Wizards have been known by all of the names listed, starting out as the Chicago Packers in the 1961-1962 NBA season.
The Washington Bullets became the Washington Wizards in 1997 when team owner Abe Pollin wanted to move away from the violent association of the Bullets nickname.
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Answer: Canterbury

On September 17, 1974 a man dressed in a black gown with a wizard's hat and staff climbed on a soapbox in Christchurch's Cathedral Square and became an institution of the city for the next thirty years. Ian Brackenbury Channell was appointed the first Wizard of New Zealand in 1990.
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Answer: Thomas Edison

The Menlo Park laboratory was the first purpose built industrial research laboratory in the world. Among the many inventions that came out of Menlo Park were the phonograph and electric light bulb. The Raritan Township area in New Jersey where the laboratory was located was renamed Edison in the inventor's honor.
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Answer: Brant Parker

Along with Johnny Hart, Brant Parker is a creator of the funny and popular comic strip "The Wizard of Id". Johnny Hart also created the "B.C." comic strip.

Dik Browne is the creator of "Hagar the Horrible", Gary Larson is the creator of the sometimes surreal "The Far Side" and Murat Bernard "Chic" Young is the creator of "Blondie".
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Answer: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Ozzie walked on to the baseball team at Cal Poly, and went on to set team records in career stolen bases and career at-bats. He retired from baseball in 1996 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame seven years later.
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Answer: Ray Bolger

Originally cast as the Tin Man, Bolger swapped roles with Buddy Ebsen of "The Beverley Hillbillies" fame to become the Scarecrow. He also played the part of Kansas farmworker Hunk.
Ray Wallace is famous for faking footprints of Big Foot.
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Answer: Richard Harris

Richard Harris portrayed the great Wizard in the first two Harry Potter movies before losing his battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2002. He was also well known for his role as King Arthur in Camelot.
Replacing Harris as Dumbledore was an arduous task and the role was finally offered to Sir Michael Gambon who has gone on to portray the great Wizard in the rest of the movies to date.
Daniel Radcliffe plays Harry Potter and Alan Rickman gives an excellent performance as Professor Severus Snape.
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