Diamonds Are Forever Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cracklin Rosie

"Cracklin Rosie" spent one week at #1 in October 1970. The Term "Crackling Rose" actually refers to cheap wine that is drunk by Native Canadian tribes. "Sweet Caroline" was Diamond's first top 10 hit, but it peaked at #4 in the fall of 1969. It is the theme song of the Boston Red Sox. "I Am, I Said" peaked at #4 on the charts in May 1971. "Song Sung Blue" was Diamond's second #1 hit, hitting the top spot for one week in July 1972.

Answer: Samuel

Dustin Diamond began playing Samuel "Screech" Powers on "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" in 1998. He played the character for 12 years, in "Saved by the Bell," "The College Years," "The New Class" and in two TV movies. In all, he was in 180 episodes as Screech. Since the end of "Saved by the Bell," Diamond has appeared as himself in a variety of places. He also did voiceover work as Buster in "Porndogs" (2009), an adult film in which dogs substitute for humans, which featured Marilyn Chambers and Ron Jeremy.

Answer: Homicide: Life on the Street

Diamond appeared in 69 episodes as Kellerman, in seasons 4, 5 and 6 (1995-98). "Homicide: Life on The Street" was a gritty police procedural set in Baltimore. Starring Yaphet Kotto, Andre Braugher, Kyle Secor and Richard Belzer, it was one of the most critically acclaimed police shows in TV history. Diamond is a graduate of Julliard, and started acting in 1990. Since "Homicide" ended its run in 1998, Diamond has acted regularly, often playing either cops or doctors. Reed Diamond has the distinction of being the last person killed in the TV series "24" -- a series which killed a huge number of people over its eight year run.

Answer: Night Court

Selma Diamond played Selma Hacker, the first female bailiff on "Night Court" in 1984 and 1985. She died on May 13, 1985, and her death was incorporated into the show. Selma Diamond was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her performance in "Night Court." Diamond got her start in television working as a writer for Sid Caesar in 1954.

She worked with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon and "M*A*S*H" creator Larry Gelbart. Carla (Rhea Perlman) was the acerbic character on "Cheers" (1982-93). Julia (Dixie Carter) was the acerbic character on "Desgning Women" (1986-93). Sophia (Estelle Getty) was the acerbic character on "The Golden Girls" (1985-92).

Answer: Pat Tanaka

Pat Tanaka was born in Hawaii exactly one day after President Obama (August 5, 1961). He began wrestling in 1985 and retired in 2001, spending much of his career working with Diamond. Diamond, born Thomas Boric in Croatia, teamed up with Tanaka in 1985.

They were Badd Company from 1985 to 1990 and reunited in 1993 and 1994, and Diamond stepped in for Akio Sato as "Kato" in The Orient Express in 1991 and 1992. Diamond played soccer in the early 1980s before going into wrestling. He won 16 wrestling championships over the course of his career, primarily tag team championships with Tanaka.

Their signature moves were the aided leapfrog body guillotine and the Superkick-Plex. Max Moon was the alter-ego of Diamond in 1992-93.

Answer: Member of the Federal Reserve Board

Diamond was nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve Board by Obama in 2010, but finally withdrew his name in June 2011, after 14 months of obstruction by Senate Republicans. Diamond is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is well respected as one the world's leading experts on pension systems, especially Social Security. Diamond won the Nobel Prize for Economics with Dale T. Mortensen of Northwestern University and Christopher A. Pissarides of the London School of Economics, for "their analysis of markets with search frictions."

Answer: The Beastie Boys

The Beastie Boys was formed in 1981, but they had their first big success in 1986 with "Licensed to Ill." The album went 9 times platinum, and was the first rap album to top the Billboard charts. The band consisted of Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch. Diamond was the drummer. Diamond married director Tamra Davis in 1993, and they have two children. They met when she was filming a Beastie Boys video.

Answer: Marine Corps

"Lou" Diamond (1890-1951) was nicknamed "Mister Leatherneck" and "Mister Marine." He was notorious for his informal style and cocky attitude. Stanford played important roles in the Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I and the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. He is often cited as the perfect example of "old breed" marines. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is named after the Marine hero.

Answer: Guns, Germs and Steel

"Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" seeks to explain why European societies became culturally dominant over the rest of the world. Diamond argues that it was the luck of geography (being in the right place at the right time) and not necessarily any genetic superiority that led to European cultural hegemony.

The book was turned into a documentary by the National Geographic Society, and aired on PBS in 2005. "The Third Chimpanzee" was published in 1992, and "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" was published in 2005. Both were by Diamond, but neither won the Pulitzer. "Into Thin Air," the story of a disastrous climb on Mount Everest, was one of the runner-ups in 1998.

Answer: Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was one of the greatest directors of the 20th century, directing both comedies and dramas. He won two Academy Awards for Directing (1945, 1960) and three for writing (1945, 1950 and 1960). Diamond (1920-1988) was born Itzek Domnici in Romania.

He changed his name to Diamond when he was a student at Columbia University. He started writing screenplays in 1944, but teamed up with Wilder in 1956. Their first screenplay was "Love in the Afternoon" (1956), for which they won a Writers Guild Award. Diamond and Wilder won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for "The Apartment" (1960); the film also won Best Picture and Best Director for Wilder. Diamond and Wilder were nominated for the Oscar for their scripts for "Some Like it Hot" (1959) and "The Fortune Cookie" (1966).

They wrote a dozen films over 25 years.