He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother: Famous siblings Quiz

Answer: Cathy's Clown

"Cathy's Clown" (1960) was the most popular of the more than 75 singles they recorded, selling over eight million copies. All the others mentioned "went gold" as well. "Wake Up, Little Susie" was numero uno for four consecutive weeks on the Top 40 charts in 1957. "Bird Dog" (1958) was another million copy seller. They wrote some of their own tunes as well, with Don's ("Till) I Kissed You" (1959) being the most successful. They both became proud members of the United States Marine Corps, when they enlisted in 1961.
They were welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1997 they were granted Grammy Lifetime Awards, and the Country Music Hall of Fame beckoned in 2001. They have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Interesting fact: Their debut recording on the Cadence label, and one of their biggest gold hits, "Bye, Bye, Love" (1957) had been turned down by more than 30 other artists. Including Elvis Presley. OOPS!

Answer: The Youngers

The Younger brothers were led by Cole, and also included his kin John, Bob and Jim. The partnership ended when the Younger brothers were busted during a botched bank heist in 1876. Both of the James boys were born in Kearney, MO, Frank in 1843 and Jesse in 1847. As a kid, Frank was an avid reader of the works of Willie Shakes, and at one time thought about becoming a teacher. He lived to the ripe old age of 72. His last job was as a shoe salesman in TX.
Jesse got himself hitched in 1874, when he thought it would be a neat idea to pass on the great family bloodlines by marrying his first cousin, Zerelda Mimms. He died 33 years earlier than Frank, when on April 3, 1882, he was gunned down from a shotgun blast delivered by Bob Ford, a member of his own gang whom, ironically, Jesse had hired to protect him and his family.

Interesting fact: He and his kid brother both became spies for the Confederacy during the Civil War, at times as part of "Quantrill's Raiders".

Answer: Brazil

It is estimated that they prepare over 20 million returns annually.
Henry graduated from the University of Michigan (1994) and attended Harvard Business School. He has served as Chairman Emeritus of H&R Block (with a "k") since 2000. The Henry W. Bloch (with an "h") School of Management at the Univ. of MO-Kansas City, is named after him. He was inducted into the Junior Achievement United States Business Hall of Fame in 2001.
Richard and his brother took the company public in 1962. After granting its first franchise in New York City, they changed the name to Block. (They was concerned it sounding too much like "blotch").
In 1978 Richard was told he had three months to live because of lung cancer. He lived instead 26 years longer, before dying of heart failure in 2004 at age 78. He gave generously of his time in setting up the Cancer Hotline with his wife, Annette. Its main purpose is to assist people who have been newly diagnosed with cancer and to discuss ways to fight it as he did. He sold his portion of the family started business in 1982.

Interesting fact: H&R Block worked closely with the I.R.S. in helping with the development of electronic tax filing.

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates

The New Yorkers and their "Murderer's Row" featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig swept the series in four games. Paul, who was born April 16, 1903, played for 20 years compiling a lifetime average of .333, earning the 1927 "Most Valuable Player Award" and won three batting titles (1927, 1934 and 1936). He was a four time All-Star (1933, 1934, 1935 and 1937), and banged out 3,152 hits.
His number 11 was retired by the Pirates on July 21, 1977, 25 years after his being inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died August 29, 1965.
Lloyd was born March 16, 1906, and enjoyed an 18 year career which included a lifetime average of .316 and 2,459 hits. He was a National League All-Star in 1938. When his playing days ended, he spent several years scouting for the Pirates and Baltimore Orioles. He was welcomed into Coopertown in 1967, 15 years after his brother entered the Hall of fame. He died July 22, 1982.
Their combined total of 5,611 hits is the most by any set of brothers in the first 150 years of baseball, surpassing the 5,094 of the THREE Alou brothers and the 4,853 of the THREE DiMaggio brothers.

Interesting fact: Paul and Lloyd Waner were the first set of brothers elected to the Hall of fame, and at the end of the 20th century they were still the only brothers enshrined.

Answer: They both have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

As a teenager Jim worked as a logger, messenger and railroad freight loader, before thumbing a ride to Hollywood. He became James Arness after signing with RKO for his first movie "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947). He received Emmy Award nominations in 1957-1958-1959 for his role as Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke", which ran for 20 years (1955-1975).
Among the movies he made were "The Thing" (1953), "Them" (1954) and "Hondo" with John Wayne (1954). He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart as a member of the U.S. Army in Anzio, Italy, during WWII. He died of natural causes on June 3, 2011.
Peter Graves, also starred on another mega-hit, long running series, "Mission Impossible". It ran from 1967-1973, in its initial run, and again in a revival from 1988-1990. He won a Golden Globe for his role of federal agent Jim Phelps in 1971. He also won a Prime Time Emmy for hosting "Biography" (1997). His film career included "Stalag 17" (1953), "The Long Gray Line" (1955) and "Airplane" (1980). He also served in the Army during WWII. He died four days shy of his 84th birthday when he suffered a heart attack, March 19, 2010.

Interesting fact: Jim Arness' son, Rolf was a World Surfing Champion in 1970.

Answer: U.S.S. Juneau

All were between 20 and 27 years old. Joe, "Matt" and Al were Seamen Second Class, George was a Gunner's Mate and Frank was a Coxwain. Due to a SNAFU, no search was launched for the approximately 100 men who survived the attack, and by the time they were spotted eight days after the sinking, injuries, disease and sharks had reduced that number to 10. The survivors told of Matt, Frank and Joe being killed instantly by the blast and Al drowning the following day. George had managed to hang on for a few more days before throwing himself from a raft in despair over the loss of his brothers. His body was never seen again. Their father was approached by three Navy men at the family home and immediately braced himself knowing bad news was coming. He reportedly asked, "Which one"? and was told, "All five". Both parents became tireless workers, touring the country in the cause of selling war bonds.

Interesting fact: The Navy named two destroyers in their honor, and Al's son James, served on one. The motto of both was "We stick together".
R.I.P.

Answer: 852 feet

The craft was destroyed by high winds while on the ground, but Wilbur later restored it and donated it to the Smithsonian Institute in 1948. It had proven itself to the point that they got contracts from the U.S. and Italian Air Forces for the manufacture of more planes. In 1909 Italian photographer Federico Valve became the first to shoot film from a plane while on a flight with Wilbur.
As teens, the brothers were fairly ordinary, Orville was expelled from elementary school and dropped out of high school after three years. Wilbur completed his high school term but did not receive his diploma due to to his family move to Dayton, OH. Orville was born August 19, 1871 in Dayton OH and died there on January 30, 1948. Wilbur was born April 16, 1867 in Millville, IN, and died in Dayton from typhoid fever at the age of 45 on May 30, 1912.
Neither brother ever married.

Interesting fact: The brothers later operated a flight school and in 1915-1916, they trained over 115 pilots. One of them was Henry "Hap" Arnold, the man who would become the chief of the Army Air Corps (1938-1941) and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Answer: Juggling

After they merged with Barnum and Bailey, John was the titular owner of the circus from 1937-1943 and from 1947-1967 when he sold it to music promoter Irvin Feld (who was the man credited with discovering Paul Anka).
At the same time, Henry was using his business acumen as V.P., treasurer, director and operator of the show. In 1956 they closed up the outdated series of three tents and modernized the show by moving it indoors, into air conditioned arenas with larger and more comfortable seating capacities.
John was a paratrooper for the O.S.S. (Office of Special Services) during WWII and was part of an assault into Nazi occupied Europe which began June 5, 1944. "D-Day" commenced the following day. Henry attended Yale University and also served in the O.S.S. and the Navy. He was awarded a Silver Star for his actions. He took up Irish citizenship in the 1960's.
John died in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, 1985 and Henry passed away October 2, 1983 in Switzerland.

Interesting fact: One of the most popular atractions over the life of the circus, was a big old hairy gorilla, forebodingly named "Gargantua the Great". The beast reportedly weighed close to 550 pounds and was seen by an estimated 40 million circus goers.

Answer: 1980

The Russkies reciprocated by boycotting the Los Angeles Games in 1984.
Jimmy was preceeded by Gerald Ford and succeeded by Ronald Reagan. He served two terms as governor of GA and was also a two term Georgia senator. He went to Georgia Tech and also graduated from the U.S. Naval Military Academy, 59th in his class of 820. He served in the Navy until the death of his father and was discharged October 9, 1953 to oversee the peanut business his pappy had started. Two cabinet departments were created during his presidency: The Department of Education and the Department of Energy. After leaving office he and his wife Rosalynn, whom he married in 1946, became heavily involved in the non-profit "Habitat for Humanity", which has as its main goal the ability to help people of limited means build their own homes.
Jimmy was awarded the Medal of Freedom (1999) and won the Nobel Peace Prize (2002). He is the first president ever given that award after his term had expired. He and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are the first two native Georgians to win the award.
Billy, known for his reckless behavior, actually ran for the office of mayor of Plains (but lost). He attended Emory University, although he failed to graduate, but did serve his country for four years as a U.S. Marine. Later he owned a gas station, and drank a lot of beer, becoming the spokesman for Billy Beer, a gig which did not last long.
He was a longtime heavy drinker and finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 1988.

Interesting fact: Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital. He was born in the Wise Sanitarium October 1, 1924, in Plains, GA.

Answer: Harpo

"Harpo" legally changed his name to Arthur in 1911. "Chico" was born Leonard", "Groucho's" moniker was Julius, "Gummo" started as Milton and "Zeppo" was born Herbert. Zeppo bowed out out of the act after "Duck Soup" (1933) to become an agent. Two of his most famous clients were Jack Benny and Lana Turner. Like many actors of the day, the Marx Brothers got their start in vaudeville, then turned to Broadway, Hollywood, radio and TV in their act which ran for almost 50 years. Their slapstick comedy antics were many times directed toward Margaret Dumont, who usually played a pixilated dowager, in seven of their films, including "A Day at the Races" (1937). That movie won her the Screen Actors Guild Award as Best Suppporting Actress, and also introduced Groucho's hysterical song "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady". After their movie run ended Groucho became the host of the long running zany comedy/quiz show "You Bet your Life" (1947-1961). Harpo authored an autobiography, cleverly titled "Harpo Speaks" (1961) and in 1979 he was inducted into, I kid you not, the Croquet Hall of Fame. Groucho was presented with an honorary Academy Award by Jack Lemmon in 1974 and Hollywood honored the troupe in 1977 when The Marx Brothers were inducted into the Motion Picture Hall of Fame. On October 1, 1962, Groucho appeared on the "Tonight Show" after Jack Paar had left as the star, to introduce the new host of the program, a skinny kid from Nebraska, named Johnny Carson.

Interesting fact: According to Steve Solair (Groucho's biographer)* who was with Groucho as he lay on his death bed, a nurse who had noticed Marx' vital signs had taken a turn for the worse approached Groucho with a thermometer. Groucho asked her what she was doing and she explained that she wanted to see if he had a temperature. Barely able to speak, Groucho weakly quipped "don't be silly, everybody has a temperature". He died August 19, 1978 at age 86.

*Solair wrote "Raised Eyebrows"-My Years Inside Groucho's House" (1966).