Dreaming of Tomorrow Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chubby Checker

Ernest was 'discovered' while employed at the Fresh Farm Poultry store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he would sing to entertain the customers. He was signed by Dick Clark and recorded "The Twist", which became a number 1 hit in the U.S. on September 19, 1960.
On a personal note - having grown up on a farm, I've plucked my share of chickens. Even now, thirty some-odd years later, I can still vividly recall the rank smell of steaming hot, wet chickens that had been dunked in boiling water to loosen the feathers for plucking.

Answer: Robert Redford

Robert Redford had his first major big screen role in 1965's "Inside Daisy Clover", but it was 1969's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" that catapulted him to fame.

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

Bobbin boys were low-paid children who would collect full bobbins of spun cotton or wool and deliver them to the women who worked the looms. They were paid about $1.00 per week, working 12+ hour days, six days a week.
Andrew Carnegie educated himself through library books and worked his way from textile mills to a supervisory position with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He later established the Keystone Bridge Company, building railroad bridges from steel rather than wood. He went on to dominate the U.S. steel industry, amassing a personal fortune.
He is probably best known for his gift of free library buildings, donating more than 2,500 libraries through the English-speaking world.

Answer: Graham Chapman

Chapman qualified as a doctor at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
He is probably most notable for playing The Colonel - the uniformed, straight man who would interrupt sketches to inform the audience that things had gotten too silly and would now end.
He also played King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and Brian in "Life of Brian".
The world lost a brilliant and truly absurd comedian on October 4, 1989, when cancer claimed him.

Answer: True

While a student in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub, though he probably wasn't dreaming of being the Pope, even in his wildest dreams.
He would become the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic church and take the name Francis.
Maybe being the enforcer at the club prepared him to be God's enforcer here on Earth!

Answer: Zane Grey

Zane Grey studied dentistry to appease his father while on a baseball scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania. He practised dentistry intermittently while playing minor league baseball.
His love of writing was encouraged by his wife, and he went on to become the best-selling Western author of all time. His writing allowed him to pursue his passion for angling, and he fished all over the world, gaining recognition as the father of big game fishing.

Answer: Stephen King

King taught English at Hampden Academy, located in Hampden Maine, beginning in 1971. He also spent time working at an industrial laundry and bagging loose fabric in a mill, likely inspiring his story "Graveyard Shift".
He has written more than 50 novels, many of which have been adapted into television movies or feature films.

Answer: True

At the age of 14, Tom Mapother attended St. Francis Seminary just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. While there, he expressed interest in becoming ordained to the priesthood. That aspiration didn't last long, though.
Soon after, he discovered drama class, and I think we all know how that turned out.

Answer: Walt Disney

Disney started a number of businesses that didn't get off the ground before becoming the entertainment king we're all familiar with. When he proposed his theme park in Anaheim, California it was originally rejected by the city for fear that it would only attract riffraff.
Walter Knott is one of the founders of Knotts Berry Farm.
Angus Wynne is a founder of Six Flags theme parks.
Marty Moose is, of course, the mascot of Wally World, from the movie "National Lampoon's Vacation".

Answer: Thomas Edison

When asked by a reporter how it felt to fail 1,000 times before producing a commercially successful light bulb, Edison is said to have replied "I didn't fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps."
Due to the profound impact that Edison's inventions have had on society, he is considered by many to be the greatest inventor of all time.