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Is There Any Birthday Quite Like My Birthday? Quiz

Such impeccable taste -- to be born on the same day of the same month as myself! (...even if not everyone on this list has left a positive mark on history.) I'll give some identity-related items; please do the rest.

A multiple-choice quiz by vairagya. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
vairagya

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
397,570

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
513

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Question 1 of 10

1. I was born July 29, 1805. Visited the USA, then wrote "Democracy in America". Saw the American emphasis on hard work and money-making as preferable to the fading aristocratic ethic in Europe. More concerned with political society than civil society, but maintained that each might benefit from the healthy other. Hint

Emile Durkheim

Louis-Auguste Blanqui

Alexis de Tocqueville

Claude Saint-Simon

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Question 2 of 10

2. I was born July 29, 1883. March on Rome. Blackshirts. Lateran Treaty. Salo Republic. Hint

Giacomo Matteotti

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Benito Mussolini

Luchino Visconti

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Question 3 of 10

3. I was born July 29, 1885. Film actress. Known as "The Vamp". Hyped by the studios as exotic and mysterious, but born and raised in Ohio! Fans loved my daring costumes but the Hays Code of 1930 nixed them. Hint

Theda Bara

Thandie Newton

Thelma Ritter

Thora Birch

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Question 4 of 10

4. I was born July 29, 1905. Film actress. Known as "The It Girl". Top box-office draw of 1928 and 1929. A sex symbol, yes, but my flapper, tomboy, and boxing roles also cemented my image as a "modern" woman. Hint

Lillian Gish

Mary Pickford

Gloria Swanson

Clara Bow

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Question 5 of 10

5. I was born July 29, 1924. Far more famous for how I died (gruesomely) than how I lived. Earthly tenure only 22 years. Real name Elizabeth Short. Hint

Blue Hydrangia

Blue Daffodil

Black Narcissus

Black Dahlia

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Question 6 of 10

6. I was born July 29, 1953. As a kid, liked reading encyclopedias more than "children's stories". On-screen style marked by fulsome use of archival still and motion images. "The Civil War" and "The Vietnam War" are among my best-known documentaries. Hint

Sarah Burns

George Burns

Oyster Burns

Ken Burns

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Question 7 of 10

7. I was born July 29, 1953. For thirteen years shared on-screen duties with someone named Heidi for a project involving runways. Vocal critic of the fur industry and its inhumane practices. Self-proclaimed celibate. Hint

Tim Gunn

Tim Curry

Tim Robbins

Tim Tebow

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Question 8 of 10

8. I was born July 29, 1953. Married to a fellow New Jersey native known as The Boss since 1991; band member since 1984. Now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sicilian and Irish ancestry. Music degree from NYU. Hint

Patti Page

Patti LaBelle

Patti LuPone

Patti Scialfa

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Question 9 of 10

9. I was born July 29, 1966. Known for "crossover" music between country and pop. "This One's For The Girls" reached the No. 1 spot on the adult contemporary chart in 2003. Nominated for a Grammy Award fourteen times but haven't won yet! Hint

Mark McGwire

Marty McFly

Minerva McGonagall

Martina McBride

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Question 10 of 10

10. I was born July 29 ... LOL, you didn't really think I was going to tell you the year, right? Given such lack of specificity, by contrast with the other questions in this quiz, which answer below is likeliest to be the correct one? Hint

the author of this quiz

that humorist who pointed out that everyone is ignorant, just on different subjects

that itchy place on your back you can never reach to scratch

that scapegrace who still owes you an apology ... or was it the other way around?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Alexis de Tocqueville

As with many writers born in European nations bent on geographic expansion during the 19th century, Tocqueville's "liberal" observations may seem shockingly self-contradictory in a number of spots. For example, he called France's warfare methods during its conquest of Algeria "far more barbaric than the Arabs themselves", and yet, in the same discourse, attempted to justify them: "I personally believe that the laws of war enable us to ravage the country and that we must do so".

2. I was born July 29, 1883. March on Rome. Blackshirts. Lateran Treaty. Salo Republic.

Answer: Benito Mussolini

As a young adult Mussolini considered himself a socialist, but over time developed a distaste for its egalitarianism, and came to prefer Fascism. Didn't work out that well for him.

Answer: Theda Bara

One of Bara's biggest cinematic successes was "Cleopatra"; the film has not survived, but photographs of Bara in this role still do. Her parents middle-named her for the other guy in that duel with Alexander Hamilton!

Answer: Clara Bow

Bow's second film was "Down to the Sea in Ships", about a whale-hunting community. Of her performance in a supporting role, it was said that she "stole the picture". Not bad for a seventeen-year-old beginner.

5. I was born July 29, 1924. Far more famous for how I died (gruesomely) than how I lived. Earthly tenure only 22 years. Real name Elizabeth Short.

Answer: Black Dahlia

Elizabeth has been the subject of numerous legends and rumors since her mysterious murder. But it's never been proven that she was a wannabe actress or a homosexual or a prostitute, among other speculations. Her case remains unsolved to this day.

Answer: Ken Burns

Sarah Burns is Ken's daughter and works in his production company. Oyster Burns was an American professional baseball player. George Burns was an American comedian, actor and writer, who achieved one of my pet goals in life -- he lived a full 100 years!

Answer: Tim Gunn

The "Heidi" is Heidi Klum, and the show was Project Runway. Tim Gunn's father was an FBI agent who eventually became part of J. Edgar Hoover's writing team.

Answer: Patti Scialfa

Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen have three children, including daughter Jessica, who is a champion equestrian. Jessica has been riding horses since the age of four.

Answer: Martina McBride

Martina is also an active promoter of awareness and empowerment against domestic violence and dating violence.

Answer: the author of this quiz

My Fun Trivia nickname refers to the concept of "detachment" in Hindu philosophy, and I always need to work on that, cuz there are oh so many things I am far too attached to ... like my birthday, for instance!

Source: Author vairagya

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