Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Beatles

"Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday."

'Yesterday" was a solo song-writing effort by Paul McCartney, and he was the only Beatle to play on the original recording. It topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1965, but peaked at Number Eight in the UK. "Yesterday" entered 'The Guinness Book Of World Records' as the most covered song ever, with 3,000 recordings at that point. Some of those covers were by the likes of, Ray Charles, Marianne Faithfull, Marvin Gaye, Tom Jones,, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Supremes,, Andy Williams, and Tammy Wynette.

Answer: Jefferson Airplane

"Today" was written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner and appeared on the 1967 album
"Surrealistic Pillow". Formed in 1965, Jefferson Airplane hailed out of San Francisco and were mainstays of the psychedelic rock genre. They had two US top 10 single hits and several Top 20 albums, but faded away by the early 1970s. They lived on through Jefferson Starship.

Answer: Annie

The musical "Annie" was based on the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," and opened on Broadway in 1977. Since then it's toured the world and been back on Broadway and was made into movies in 1982 and 1999. Andrea McArdle, who was then 14, was the first to play Annie on Broadway.

Answer: Born Yesterday

The movie was based on Garson Kanin's play and also starred Broderick Crawford and William Holden. She played the girlfriend to Crawford's ruthless tycoon in a story of an attempt to put pressure on Washington DC politicians. Holden played a tutor and love interest for Holliday. The performance also earned Holliday a Golden Globe.
"Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" was released in 1963; "Yesterday Was a Lie" in 2008 and "Yesterday Once More" in 2004.

Answer: Mother Teresa

Born in Albania in August 1910 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhi, was later famously known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She spent 45 years among the poorest people of Calcutta and died in September 1997. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II, a process that led to the granting of sainthood.

Answer: Pierce Brosnan

This was easy meat for all Bond fans. Brosnan was the agent with a licence to kill in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1987). The others did not play Bond, although Selleck was considered for the role. Tom Cruise was Ethan Hunt in the "Mission Impossible" movie series from 1996 while Rowan Atkinson was 'Johnny English' in the 2003 movie of the same name - a spoof that more than tipped its hat at the Bond genre.
OK Bond fans, no bonus points, but which movie did the quote come from? Give up? It was "Goldfinger" (1964).

Answer: Colin Powell

Born in Harlem, NYC, in 1937, Colin Powell spent a career in the army and ended up a 4 Star general. He became the 65th United States Secretary of State in 2001. He was the first African-American to hold the post. He held the post, under George W. Bush for four years. Previously he had been National Security Advisor, Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Answer: John Denver

"On monarch wings
And birthday wonderings.
Want to put on faces.
Walk in the wet and cold.
And look forward to my growing old.
To grow is to change.
To change is to be new.
To be new is to be young again.
I barely remember when
My memories are stolen by the morning."
Born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. in December 1943, John Denver was a singer and songwriter who, let it be said, divided opinions. He had a number of hit songs and attracted huge audiences to his concerts, but was never seen as 'cool' in certain music circles. His career earned him 12 gold and four platinum albums and 12 Number One singles. His many noted songs included "Leaving On A Jet Plane", "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song" and, of course "Rocky Mountain High" (written with Mike Taylor). Denver died when an experimental plane he was flying solo crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1997.
Trivia note: None of the four mentioned was actually born in Colorado, though Denver lived there for many years.

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910). Born in Missouri, he was he was famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876), and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1885). Twain was also a source of many pithy comments including "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way", "All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure" and "Always do right.

This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Answer: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was one of the most pre-eminent scientists of the 20th Century and probably one of the most famous outside the world of science. Most people have heard of his theory of relativity and the formula E=MC2, even if they do not know what they mean.

A somewhat unkempt appearance made for some pretty notable images. He was also known for clever quips including: "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.