Famous Siblings: Part I Trivia Quiz

Answer: McWhirter

Ross (1925-1975) and his twin brother Norris (1925-2004) McWhirter were the founders of "The Guinness Book of Records". The book was first published in 1955. Ross was assassinated by the IRA in 1975 and Norris carried on as the sole editor.

Answer: Gibb

Maurice (1949-2003) and his twin brother Robin (1949-2012) Gibb achieved fame as members of the Bee Gees with their older brother Barry Gibb. The family were originally from the Isle of Man, England and the family moved to Queensland, Australia in 1959. They achieved fame on Australian television but received international notoriety when moving to England in the late 1960s.

Answer: de Havilland

Joan Fontaine (1917-2013 née de Havilland) and her sister Olivia de Havilland (b. 1916) both won Academy Awards for Best Actress. Joan for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Suspicion" (1941). She received two other nominations for Best Actress. Olivia won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in the romantic drama "To Each His Own" (1946).

She also won the same award for her role in "The Heiress" (1949). They were the first siblings (male or female) to win Academy Awards for the Leading Role.

Answer: Kray

The Kray twins Ronnie (1933-1995) and Reggie (1933-2000) were English gangsters and involved in organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. Their gang was called the Firm and they were involved in robberies, murder, extortion and arson. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969.

Answer: Richard

Both Maurice (1921-2000) and his brother Henri Richard played professional ice hockey for the Montreal Canadiens. Maurice was the older of the brothers by 15 years and his career spanned from 1942-1960. He was known as "The Rocket". Henri's career was from 1955-1975 and he was known as "The Pocket Rocket". Both brothers were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Answer: Gershwin

Brothers Ira (1896-1983) and George (1898-1937) Gershwin were a songwriting team that produced numerous scores for Hollywood and Broadway in the 1920s and 30s. Some of their best known songs are "I Got Rhythm", "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "Someone to Watch Over Me".

Answer: Grimm

The brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) were German academics, Germanists and started the largest German language dictionary. The first volumes were published in 1854 and the last in 1961. They are best known to the general public for collecting and publishing folk-talesincluding "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel", "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty".

Answer: Fonda

Jane and Peter Fonda are the children of actor, Henry Fonda. Jane (b. 1937) is an actress, writer, political activist and a fitness guru. She won Academy Awards for Best Actress in "Klute" (1971) and "Coming Home" (1978). Peter (b. 1940) is also an actor who had played in a number of films but came to prominence when he produced, co-wrote and starred in "Easy Rider" (1969).

The film was directed by his co-writer and co-star Dennis Hopper. The film became a cult movie of the 1960s.

Answer: Charlton

Jack and Bobby Charlton both had distinguished careers in English football
culminating with both being members of England's World Cup victory in 1966.
Jack made 798 appearances for Leeds United over a playing career spanning from 1952-1973. Younger brother Bobby, played for Manchester United making 758
appearances from 1956-1973.

Answer: Maverick

Bret (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly) Maverick are brothers in the successful western comedy TV series "Maverick" (1957-1962). Bret and Bart are well dressed gamblers who travel from town to town looking for a good game of poker. They usually got themselves into some challenging situations (particularly when there was a pretty lady involved) but things always worked out right in the end.

Answer: Collins

Joan Collins (b. 1933) is an English actress and author. She has been active in her career since 1951 and has had multiple marriages. Her sister Jackie Collins (1937-2015) was an English romantic novelist. She wrote over 32 novels and eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen as either films or TV miniseries.

Answer: Carpenter

The Carpenters was an American vocal and instrumental duo of brother and sister Richard and Karen Carpenter. The duo had three number one and five number two singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 during a 14 year career. This ended with Karen's death in 1983 at the age of 32 years.

Their number one hits were ""(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970), "Top of the World" (1973) and "Please Mr. Postman" (1974).

Answer: Spinks

Brothers Leon and Michael Spinks were both Olympic gold medallists (1976) and professional boxer. Leon had a professional boxing career from 1977-1995 and he defeated Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1978. At the time this was considered one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. Michael had a professional boxing career from 1977-1988, which during this time he won the light heavyweight world title.

Answer: Osmond

Donny Osmond is an actor, singer and a former teen idol. He gained fame with four of his older brothers in the group the Osmonds. His younger sister Marie Osmond is also a singer and actress. From 1976-1979 they both hosted a TV variety show named "Donny & Marie".

Answer: Williams

Venus and her sister, Serena, are bot professional tennis players. They have both been ranked number one in world women's tennis and both have won multiple Grand Slam singles titles and Olympic gold medals.