Identity Version 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan but was removed from office in 1990 because of corruption.

Answer: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet which is proposed to have influenced the Declaration of Independence. He also wrote "Age of Reason" while in prison. In his lifetime, he personally met Benjamin Franklin before dying of poverty.

Answer: Bartholomew Roberts

Bartholomew Roberts was known as Black Bart, the most gentlemanly of all pirates. He forbade swearing, drinking and even gambling on his boat. However, despite that, he plundered more than 400 ships during his lifetime.

Answer: Mary T. Meagher

Mary was known as "Madame Butterfly" for her excellence in the butterfly stroke at swimming. Her record for the 200-meter butterfly was the top spot in world records for 19 years. She was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1993.

Answer: John Hoyer Updike

John was born in Pennsylvania. He wrote "Rabbit is Rich" in 1981. In 1982, the fictional book won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He won again in 1992 for his other book, "Rabbit at Rest" which was published in 1991.

Answer: Gerald R. Ford

Gerald Ford fathered these children. Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States.

Answer: Belle Boyd

Belle was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War. She used her charm to obtain information from Northern officers, which she later passed to the South. She was captured three times. She was released on the first two due to lack of evidence. She escaped on the third.

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

Andrew was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and made a fortune developing the Pennsylvania steel industry. He donated about $350 million to museums, libraries, universities and international peace movements.

Answer: Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand was the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in France in 1918. He headed up the counter-offensive against the Germans that ended World War I. He was buried on Invalides, Paris, near Napoleon I.

Answer: Donna de Varona

Donna was one of the best female American swimmers of the early 1960s. She was voted as America's Outstanding Woman Athlete. She was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1969.

Answer: Aleksei Leonov

Aleksei was the first person to walk in space on March 18, 1965. The cosmonaut floated in space for about ten minutes.

Answer: Vicente Martin y Soler

Vicente wrote the operatic masterpiece which dawned the maturity of opera in Spain in the 1700s.

Answer: Nathaniel Marston

In 2001, on the daytime serial "One Life To Live", Nathaniel was hired to play the part of Al Holden, who was the son of Max and Gabrielle. Al fell in love with his tutor, Marcie Walsh. In 2003, Al caught a virus from Marcie and died. Not being able to exist away from Marcie, Al found a way to come back. Existing as a ghost, he entered the body of Michael McBain, a doctor, and had to get Marcie to fall in love with him again. Co-existing in the same body as Dr. McBain, he had until Valentine's Day 2004 to accomplish his goal.

Answer: Lea Salonga

Lea was the singing voice of Jasmine in "Aladdin, and also the singing voice of Mulan in "Mulan".

Answer: St. Francis of Assissi

The last identity belongs to St. Francis of Assissi. His own father sued him for stealing some cloth in his store.