Fit to be Ted Trivia Quiz

Answer: His birth name was Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka

Knight worked in many TV shows as a guest star and did voice work in animated cartoons. He had cameo roles (some uncredited) in several movies - "Psycho", "The Candidate" and "Young Dillinger". Most entertainment buffs would agree that his most well-known role was that of the pompous but inept news anchor, Ted Baxter, on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

After that he had a short stint in an eponymous TV series and in the 1980s TV series "Too Close for Comfort". He has a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame".

He passed at the regrettably early age of 62 in 1986.

Answer: Appeared on the cover of "GQ" magazine three times

Danson got an early break starring during the 1970s run of the TV daytime drama "The Doctors". He also did guest appearances on many other shows and is probably best known for his role as Sam Malone, bartender on the long-running series "Cheers" for which he received two Emmy Awards.

Some of his movie appearances include "Mad Money", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Three Men and a Baby". He has even done voice work for animated features. An avid activist, he supports environmental issues and is a staunch Democrat.

He appeared on the covers of "GQ" in September 1984, August 1988 and July 1992 among many other magazines over the years.

Answer: Named "Time" magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1991

Turner's real name is Robert Edward Turner III and is a well-known entertainment business mogul founding the CNN and TBS networks. An outspoken character has earned him some derogatory nicknames such as "Mouth of the South" and "Captain Outrageous". He is also a sailing enthusiast and philanthropist, having a large part in founding the Goodwill Games.

In 2018, he disclosed he had contracted dementia.

Answer: Had two children that both became attorneys

Cassidy stood 6'9" tall and with his deep basso voice, was often cast as a villain or other heavy. While attending Stetson University he played basketball for their team. After graduating, he started in radio and gravitated to TV. He appeared in a handful of motion pictures and numerous guest spots in TV series, a few being "Star Trek", "Bonanza" and "The Six-Million Dollar Man" as well as doing voice-over work in many animated cartoons. Arguably his most famous role was as the laconic butler in 1960s sit-com "The Addams Family".

He was often presented playing the harpsichord on that show and was actually an accomplished keyboard musician. He had two children, Sean and Cameron, who are both attorneys. He passed in 1979 at age 46 after heart surgery.

Answer: His mother hosted a TV show in San Francisco

An Oakland, CA native, Lange's parents were both in the entertainment business. While at San Fransisco City College, he was very active in its theater group, then debuted in the Broadway play "Hair". His most memorable role was that of a bartender on the long-running series "The Love Boat".

He was so typecast after that, so he turned to directing and writing screenplays. However, he reprised his character of Isaac Washington in four other TV series - "Charlie's Angels", "Martin", "Weird Science" and "Love Boat: The Next Wave".

He has been the recipient of several show business awards including: NAACP's Renaissance Man Theater Award, the Dramalogue Award, the James Cagney Directing Fellow Scholarship Award, the Heroes and Legends HAL Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Paul Robeson Award from Oakland's Ensemble Theater.

Answer: A accomplished musician, he played with many well-known bands

Ted Mack was born William Edward Maguiness and stared out as a clarinet and saxophone player with the Ben Pollack Orchestra. After leaving Pollack, he formed his own band and got his named changed by a nightclub owner who wanted something shorter to fit on the marquee. Mack started in radio as a talent scout and director of "Major Bowes Amateur Hour" and took over as host in 1946.

It then ran simultaneously on radio until 1952 and TV until 1970. It was a forerunner of "Who's Got Talent" and "American Idol".

Many performers on the show went on to became well-known entertainers. On retiring from show business, he became a lecturer and hosted local amateur shows. He passed away from heart failure at age 72 in 1976.

Answer: Became a U. S. citizen in 1963

Koppel is a British-born news journalist and started out working as a gofer for the "New York Times" and as an editor for WMCA radio. In 1963 he started hosting the ABC News, the same year he became a U.S. citizen. He is probably best known for hosting "Nightline" from 1980 to 2005.

He has been the recipient of numerous journalism awards and 25 Emmys. He continues to work in TV news journalism and appears occasionally on "CBS Sunday Morning".

Answer: One of his nicknames is "Uncle Ted"

Nugent is a Michigan native known for his rock music and political activism. He is a member of the NRA and campaigns against gun control and animal rights. His first musical experience was the creation of the Amboy Dukes rock band in 1965.Ten years later he went solo and issued several albums in the 1980s.

In 1989 he joined the group Damn Yankees and stayed with them until the mid-1990s and went solo again. He even dabbled in acting for a while appearing on TV in "Miami Vice" and "That '70s Show", among others.

Some books he authored dealt with hunting and his political views.

Answer: Fought in the Korean War while in the Marines

Williams greatest fame was as a baseball player and during his entire career (1939-60) played left field for the Boston Red Sox, only taking time off to serve in WW2 with the Navy and the Korean conflict in the Marine Corps. He retired from active playing in 1960 after many athletic accomplishments and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

He then became manager for the Washington Senators and the Texas Rangers. In 1991 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He died at age 83 in 2002 from cardiac problems and, despite his wishes to be cremated, his family chose to have his body cryogenically frozen.

Answer: Died 15 days after his sister

Edward "Ted" Kennedy was from a well-known but tragic political family. He served as a U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1962 until his death in 2009 at age 77, just 15 days after his sister, Eunice. His brother, John was also a senator and was elected President in 1960 and served until he was assassinated in 1963.

His brother, Robert, was a senator from New York and Attorney General under his brother John's administration. He too was assassinated in 1968. Ted's career was also not without its tragedies, perhaps most famous was the "Chappaquiddick Incident" in the summer of 1969 where he drove his car into a pond.

He was able to swim free but his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne was trapped in the car and drowned. This event sparked much controversy at the time and almost ruined his political career.

He remained politically active right until his death from brain cancer.