A Good Egg Trivia Quiz

Answer: W. E. Disney

These words were written by Walt Disney and can be found on a plaque as you enter Main Street in Disneyland. Disney touched the lives of everyone through his lovable characters, catchy music and happy endings. His legacy has carried on long after his death in 1966. He was a GOOD egg!

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Answer: Morecambe and Wise

Their popularity enabled them to invite a number of high profile guests on to their shows, including Princess Anne, Cliff Richard, Laurence Olivier, John Mills, the Dad's Army cast, Glenda Jackson, Tom Jones, Elton John and The Beatles. Morecambe and Wise remain one of the most consistently high-rating acts of all time on British television, regularly topping the weekly charts during their heyday. They were most certainly GOOD eggs.

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Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Remarkably, Margaret Thatcher won the leadership of the British Conservative party in 1975 and became the nation's first woman Prime Minister in 1979. It was a tough job then because of trade unions trying to disrupt government, but she overcame that and in debate was known for her phrase "This woman is not for turning." Her speech to the House of Commons after she was outflanked by party members is one that will be remembered for a long time. Confident to the last she leant on the despatch box and said "I'm enjoying this."

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Answer: Fred Astaire

This charming and unassuming man was the very epitome of elegance and style with his graceful and brilliant dancing, and incorporated many innovations in his films that displayed dancing to the very best. He danced with a host of beautiful women in these productions, but is usually identified with the lovely Ginger Rogers when one speaks about him. He truly was like watching poetry in motion and I remain glued to the set when any of his old films are shown on television. The elegant Mr Astaire died in 1987 and his last words to the world were to thank his many fans for their lifelong support. A gentleman to the last.

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Answer: Marilyn Monroe

This troubled actress proved she could play dramatic roles in her later films. My favourite serious role of hers was Rose in the movie "Niagara" (1953). She also won praise for her very last completed film "The Misfits" (1961) with Clark Gable as her leading man. She was certainly a good egg whose life ended so early and tragically.

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Answer: Florence Nightingale

'The Lady of the Lamp' as she was affectionately known, became famous for her nursing skills during the Crimean War, nursing the many wounded soldiers. Before then nursing was seen as a very lowly profession. Florence changed the face of nursing from a mostly untrained profession into a well respected and highly skilled career. Her parents, who were very rich, were very against her choice of profession, but Florence believed it was a calling from God to help the less fortunate, so with great reluctance, in 1851, her parents eventually allowed her to go to Germany to train as a nurse.

By 1853, Florence held the post of superintendent at the Institute for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in Harley Street, London. During October of 1854 Florence and 38 volunteer nurses, all trained by her, were sent to the Crimea to help with the wounded soldiers.

The conditions on arrival were dire, with sanitation and infection being the main cause of death. Her cleanliness and ability to properly organise the field hospitals helped vastly in the improvement of medical care of the wounded and by April 1855, the mortality rate had dropped by 40%.

Florence Nightingale was also a very able mathematician.

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Answer: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist. In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of those years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. He was a VERY good egg.

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Answer: Mother Teresa

Born Agnes Bojaxhiu in Macedonia, Mother Teresa became a nun at the age of 18 in Ireland. She later moved to India and became an Indian citizen. In 1952, Mother Teresa opened the first Home for the Dying in Calcutta, where dying people could die with dignity in accordance with their faith: Muslims were read the Quran, Hindus received water from the Ganges, and Catholics received the Last Rites. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her years of helping the poor and promoting international peace.

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Answer: John Wheeler

John Wheeler, 1911 to 2008, was an American theoretical physicist who made important contributions towards nuclear fission. His work can be accounted for in the book "Journey into Gravity and Spacetime" which was published in 1990.

Wheeler insisted he'd heard the term "black hole" from someone else, but his use of it in a lecture in 1967 gains him the credit from many. It should be noted that Ann Ewing also denied actually coining the term, having heard it during a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, but was unable to recall who used it.

Theories about what would come to be known as black holes were propounded before 1800. Einstein, Schwarzschild and Hawking were all involved in the evolution of the mathematics of black holes. We may never know who actually was first to use the term!

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Answer: Terry Ford

Word on the ground is that Terry Ford is loaded with Fun Trivia talent. He leads a team of editors and volunteers ferociously and never seems to take any time off to rest his brain.

Going by the user name of 'Terry', he has hobbies of "science, camping, sports, skiing, hiking". The Scrambled Eggheads team like his quiz : http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/General/Basic-General-Knowledge-42.html

He is a VERY good egg!

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