Famous Lovers Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were one of those couples who could neither live with or without each other. They first met on the set of 'Cleopatra' on which movie Elizabeth was playing the title role. Richard Burton had a hangover and his hands were trembling so much that he couldn't drink his cup of coffee, and Elizabeth held the cup to his lips to help him.

Answer: Thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers in Babylon whose families hated each other so they used to whisper through a crack in the wall to each other. Eventually they decided to run away together but when Thisbe arrived at the arranged meeting place she saw a lion with blood on it's mouth from it's kill.

She ran away, losing her veil as she fled. When Pyramus arrived he thought the lion had killed Thisbe and so killed himself by falling on his sword. When Thisbe found out that her love was dead she killed herself too.

Answer: Katharine Hepburn

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn had a love affair which was an open secret in Hollywood. They met in 1942 when they made the movie 'Woman of the Year', and although Tracy remained married for the whole time their romance lasted until his death in 1967.

Answer: Wallis Simpson

Edward VIII was king of the United Kingdom and he fell in love with a twice divorced American woman, Wallis Simpson. It was not considered suitable for him to marry her and rather than give her up he abdicated in favour of his younger brother who became George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II.

Answer: Elizabeth Bennet

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth are the main characters in Jane Austen's much loved book 'Pride and Prejudice'. They start off on the wrong foot, when Elizabeth overhears Mr Darcy refusing to dance with her because he does not consider her beautiful enough. She is charmed by Mr. Wickham who tells her terrible things about Mr. Darcy.

However, as time goes by she is able to unravel who is the honourable man and who is not.

Answer: Mumtaz

Mumtaz was Shah Jahan's favourite wife and when she died in 1631 he grieved for her sorely. He built the magnificent Taj Mahal in Agra to be her last resting place. It is widely considered one of the wonders of the world.

Answer: Bonnie Parker

Bonnie and Clyde were American criminals during the great depression. They and their gang toured round robbing banks and small stores. During their criminal career they shot at least nine police offices and several members of the public. There have been several movies about them including the 1967 version starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

Answer: Constance Chatterley

D.H. Lawrence was the author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' which is a story about a woman whose husband comes back from the war disabled and impotent. She is loyal to him but tormented by her physical desires, and begins an affair with Oliver Mellors who is the gamekeeper on her husband's estate.

In 1960 Penguin books were taken to court on the grounds that the book, which they had published, was obscene. Penguin won the case and it changed the boundaries of British Literature.

Answer: Cathy

Cathy and Heathcliff are the two central characters in Emily Bronte's novel 'Wuthering Heights'. It is set in the wild and lonely Yorkshire moors. Cathy and Heathcliff are madly in love but then Cathy meets Edgar who is a cultured gentleman and begins to be torn between the two. Cathy chooses to marry Edgar for the status, and the rest of the book is about Heathcliff getting his revenge.

Answer: Cleopatra

Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt and Mark Anthony was a Roman General, who had been sent to Egypt and was one of the conquering Roman army which had invaded Egypt. They fell in love, married and had twins but when she saw her country completely in the power of the Romans Cleopatra took her own life by allowing an asp to bite her.

They are the subject of a play by William Shakespeare.