Creaky, Freaky And Leaky Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope)

Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope on May 29, 1903 and passed away on July 27, 2003. He hosted fifty-seven USO (United Service Organizations) shows and entertained audiences of American military personnel with his delightful humor from 1942 to 1988.
Harry Morgan was ninety-four when he died, Ernest Borgnine was ninety-two when he died and Andy Rooney was ninety when he died.

Answer: Leslie Nielsen (Leslie William Nielsen)

Leslie William Nielsen lived from February 11, 1926 to November 28, 2010. He was not only a Canadian but was also a naturalized American actor and comedian. He is very well known for his role as Frank Drebin in all of the "The Naked Gun" movies. Nielsen is also known for his straight faced comedy in the "Airplane" movies from the 1980s. Many of the roles he played showed his whimsical, freaky and outlandish acting abilities.

The name connection is Leslie: Leslie Nielsen (Leslie William Nielsen) and Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope).

Answer: Bill Mumy (Charles William Mumy)

On February 1, 1954, Charles William "Bill" Mumy was born in San Gabriel, California. At the young age of eleven, while still leaky wet behind the ears, Bill played the role of Will Robinson in the television series "Lost in Space" (1965 to 1968). His career has taken him in varied directions from narrating more than fifty episodes of the "Biography" series on the "Arts and Entertainment Channel" as well as being an accomplished musician in such bands as "The Be Five" and "Seduction of the Innocent".

Answer: Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George)

Charles Philip Arthur George was born 14 November, 1948. He was married to Diana, Princess of Wales from 1981 to 1996. In 2005 he married Camilla Rosemary (nee Shand), who became the Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla's surname was previously Parker Bowles from a previous marriage. The surname of Prince Charles' family was originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It was changed to Mountbatten-Windsor but they generally use Windsor as their surname.

This couple experienced a squeaky rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Henry Dagg in September 2010. Henry Dagg performed for Charles's and Camilla's twelve day eco-garden party tour. Mr. Dagg played "Over the Rainbow" (1939) on his "cat organ" which was a row of sixteen toy cats. Both the Prince and the Duchess had a good giggle, with tears of laughter, during the performance.

Answer: George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Anne Evans (November 22, 1819 to December 22, 1880). She was a novelist during the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels including "Silas Marner" (1861) and "The Mill on the Floss" (1860). The reason that she used a male pen name was to be assured that her works would be taken seriously and not as most women authors who were stereotyped as only being able to write romances. Using a pen name is not sneaky, but in Mary Anne Evans' case, it was indeed clever.

Answer: Ralph Elliott (Ralph Nelson Elliott)

Ralph Nelson Elliott was born July 28, 1871 and died January 15, 1948. He was both an accountant and an author. He studied the stock market data which led him to develop a technical analysis of financial market trends. He called this the Wave Principle.

Answer: Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly was born in South Bronx, N.Y. on January 13, 1931. He passed away on May 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. He was known as an actor, comedian and director. Charles Nelson Reilly was also well known for his many appearances on the long running game shows: "Match Game" and "Hollywood Squares". Reilly's role on "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" was that of Claymore Gregg. Claymore was a descendent of the ghost Captain Daniel Gregg, as well as being Mrs. Muir's landlord. He is aware of the ghost and was usually quite terrified of his creepy ancestor.

Answer: Jeannie C. Riley (Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson)

Jeannie C. Riley was born on October 19, 1945. Her huge 1968 country hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." became the Billboard Hot 100 number one hit and also the Country and Pop number one hit. In 1968 Jeannie won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and also the Country Music Association's 'Single of the Year' award.

Jeannie C. Riley began recording gospel music in the 1970s. After suffering clinical depression in the 1990s, her family intervened and she received treatment which helped her immensely.

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson)

Robert Louis Stevenson lived from 13 November, 1850 to 3 December, 1894. Not only was he a novelist, but he was also a poet and an essayist. "Treasure Island"(1883) was one of his most famous works as well as "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"(1886). The Index Translationum ranks Stevenson twenty sixth as most translated authors in the world, beating out other famous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde.

Answer: Louis Pasteur (Louis Jean Pasteur)

Louis Pasteur was born in France on December 27, 1822.

Louis Pasteur is not only known for his method of treating milk which is called the process of pasteurization. He made amazing breakthroughs in disease prevention by creating the first vaccines for both rabies and anthrax. He is highly regarded as one of the founders of microbiology along with Robert Koch and also Ferdinand Cohn.