Accomplishments by Twins Trivia Quiz

Answer: Astronauts

Mark & Scott Kelly (b. February 21, 1964) are the first siblings to have both travelled in space. Both were engineers, astronauts and subsequently retired US Navy Captains. Mark is the husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was the target of an assassination attempt in 2011. Both Mark and Scott have spent a year in space on separate occasions at the International Space Station.

Answer: Music

Robin and Maurice Gibb (b. December 22, 1949) were born in Douglas, Isle of Man and in 1958 the family emigrated to Queensland, Australia. With older brother Barry, they formed the pop group the Bee Gees in 1958. They had numerous number one hits in the 1960s-1980s. Sadly, Maurice passed away in 2003 and Robin passed away in 2012.

Answer: Soccer

Ronald and Frank (b. May 15, 1970) were both Dutch football players who both played for the Dutch national team. They both played for Ajax, Barcelona and Glasgow Rangers. Frank played for the Dutch national team in 112 games and Ronald on 67 occasions. Both played for Ajax when they won the 1994-95 UEFA Champions League Final against A.C. Milan.

Answer: Siamese twins

Chand and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811-January 17, 1874) were born in the Kingdom of Siam (know known as Thailand). The brothers were joined at the breastbone and even though they were joined for life they were individually complete. They moved to North Carolina and both their sons fought in the American Civil War in the Confederate Army. Because of the condition and birthplace they were the origin of the term "Siamese twins".

Answer: Women's Ice Hockey

Monique and Jocelyne (b. July 3, 1989) are both American ice hockey players. They were both on the U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey team that won silver medals at both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Answer: Authors

Ross and Norris were born on August 12, 1925. They both founded the "Guinness World Records" and contributed to "The Record Breakers". Ross was assassinated by the IRA in 1975 and Norris carried on alone as the editor of "Guinness World Records" until 1985 and passed away in 2004. Both had been sports journalists and they launched "The Guinness World Records" in 1955 which would eventually be known as "The Guinness Book of Records". Four months after the launch of the first (August 1955) 198 page book, it became the UK's number one non-fiction best-seller.

Answer: Actors

James and Oliver (b. February 25, 1986) from England are identical twins and played the roles of identical twins in the Harry Potter film series. They played the roles of identical twins Fred and George Weasley in all the Harry Potter series.

Answer: NFL

Ronde and Tiki (b. April 7, 1975) from Blacksburg, Virginia both played in the NFL. Ronde played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997-2012) and was a Super Bowl Champion in 2003 (XXXVII) and 5x Pro Bowl. After retirement Ronde joined Fox Sports as an analyst. Tiki played with the New York Giants (1997-2006) and was 3x Pro Bowl (2004-2006).

After retirement Tiki went into television broadcasting.

Answer: Gangsters

Ronnie (October 24, 1933-March 17, 1995) and Reggie (October 24, 1933- October 1, 2000) were English gangsters and ran organised crime in the East End, London during the 1950s and 60s. Their gang, the Firm, were involved in protection rackets, armed robbery, assaults, arson and murder.

They owned a West End nightclub and rubbed shoulders with Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Diana Dors, thus also becoming celebrities. Both were arrested and convicted in 1959 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Ronnie died in jail and Reggie was released on compassionate grounds in 2000, just eight weeks before he died of cancer.

Answer: Cricket

Steve and Mark (b. June 2, 1965) both played ODI and Test cricket for Australia. Steve played in 325 ODI's and 168 Tests for Australia scoring 32 Test centuries and captaining Australia from 1997-2004. Mark played in 244 ODI's and 128 Tests for his country scoring 20 Test centuries.

Answer: Politics

Julian and Joaquin (b. September 16, 1974) are from San Antonio, Texas. Both attended and graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. Julian was Mayor of San Antonio (2009-2014) and then became the 16th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 2014 under U.S. President Barack Obama. Joaquin became a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 20th District in 2013.

Answer: Tennis

Wilfred (January 11, 1872-January 24, 1929) and Herbert (January 11, 1872-July 20, 1931) were British tennis players. Wilfred won the Wimbledon Singles Championship in 1891, 1892, 1895 and was runner-up on three occasions. Together the brothers won four Wimbledon Men's Doubles Championships in 1891, 1894-1896.

They were runners-up on two other occasions. In 1895 the brothers both qualified as solicitors and joined the family firm started by their great grandfather in 1790.

Answer: Roman mythology

Romulus and Remus are the twins and principle characters in the mythology surrounding the foundation of Rome. The myth goes that they were abandoned as babies and left to die in the Tiber River. They were found by a she-wolf who suckled them and when they became adults, having been raised by a shepherd and his wife, they decided to to build their own city and name it Rome.

Answer: Alpine Skiing

Phil and Steve (b. May 10, 1957) were both World Cup alpine skiers. Phil had 27 World Cup race wins and competed at the 1980 and 1984 Winter Olympics winning a silver and gold medal respectively in the slalom. Steve had 9 World Cup race wins and won silver behind his twin brother in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics by 0.21 seconds.

Answer: Royalty

Both James and Alexander were born on October 16, 1430. Alexander was born first but sadly died at birth. Therefore, James became the heir apparent and the Duke of Rothesay. James I was assassinated in 1437, so the six year old Duke of Rothesay became James II.

His reign as King of Scots was from 1437 until he died in battle in 1460 at the siege of Roxburgh Castle against the English. When 19 he married the 15 year old Mary of Guelders, who bore him seven children.