It's Not Leonard Slye Trivia Quiz

Answer: Birch Bayh

As senator, Bayh authored the XXVth Amendment, which set the modern presidential line of succession, and the XXVIth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18.

I ruled out Leonard Slye with the title of the quiz. Winfield Scott Schley was an American admiral who helped gain control of the Mississippi during the Civil War and also was the key naval officer in controlling the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Santiago in the Spanish-American War. Herman DeVry created the first portable motion picture projector and, along with his buddy Lee DeForest, founded DeVry University.

Answer: Hayden Fry

Fry won three Big Ten Coach of the Year awards and a national Coach of the Year award. He created the "Tiger Hawk" logo and took Iowa to 14 bowl games after they had been in just two bowls in the previous 90 years.

Again with Leonard, but Pat Dye was a three-time SEC Coach of the Year at Auburn and went into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005, two years after Fry. Karch Kiraly is a celebrated volleyball player and coach.

Answer: Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers was a veteran of stage, screen, and radio, as they say, having made over 100 feature films along with his horse Trigger, his dog Bullet, and Dale Evans, his beautiful wife. Known as "the King of the Cowboys," he was named "most popular Western star" ten consecutive years.

Gene Autry was actually named "most popular Western star" once or twice himself. His birth name was Orvon Grover Autry, however. He was known as "the Singing Cowboy" and is best known for singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" as well as 96 feature films and tons of radio and TV coverage, too. He was also owner of radio stations and the California Angels baseball team.

Tex Ritter also appeared in over 70 movies, on Broadway, and on the radio. Born Woodward Maurice Ritter, like Roy and Gene, Tex is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Answer: William Bligh

As governor of New South Wales, Bligh was tasked with eliminating the corrupt rum trade among a British army regiment there, which led to the Rum Rebellion. Although Bligh was deposed as a result, the rum trade was eventually reformed and Bligh, in the end, was promoted to rear admiral.

Thomas Guy was a wealthy English book seller who contributed large sums to hospitals and almshouses, eventually founding London's Guy's Hospital. He died in 1724.

Olaf Rye (1791-1849) was a Danish war hero, although born in Norway. He was also the first known ski jumper, performing the feat for the first time before an audience of soldiers.

Born in 1957, Stephen Fry is a British comedian and actor, a long-time colleague of Hugh Laurie. He has also written four novels and three different autobiographies as well as numerous newspaper and magazine articles.

Answer: Nellie Bly

Inspired by Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days," Bly suggested to her paper, "The New York World," that she make the trip to prove its practicability. Although it set a world record at the time, later that same year the man whose circumnavigation in 1870 had inspired Verne's novel, completed a new world record of 67 days. Also an inventor and social worker, Bly exposed the terrible conditions in mental institutions by working undercover in one and publishing her findings.

Alexis Skye, born in Arizona in 1974, is a 6-foot, 5-inch model whom the Guinness Book of World Records claimed was "The World's Tallest Fashion and Bikini Model" in 2008. Born in 1962 in Boston, Jasmine Guy is a singer, actress, and dancer who starred in the TV comedy, "A Different World." She has won four NAACP Image Awards for the role. Miley Cyrus is the singer and actress daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus.

Answer: Elizabeth Fry

Fry's work made a great impression on such leaders of English society as Robert Peel, Florence Nightingale, and Queen Victoria herself. She was also greatly admired by the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV, who visited her in her work at Newgate Prison.

Eva Emery Dye (1855-1947) was an historian and writer noted for "discovering" Sacagawea by writing about her in a nonfiction work about the Lewis and Clark expedition. She was also a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

Soleil Moon Frye was a child actress who starred as the title character in "Punky Brewster." As an adult, she has focused on child rearing and women's issues.

Maggie Blye was an actress on TV and in movies, best known for "The Italian Job." Sadly, she passed away from cancer at the age of 73 in 2016.

Answer: Bill Nye

Born in 1955, Nye is also an engineer. His two science education programs for television include "Bill Nye the Science Guy" and "Bill Nye Saves the World." He has been awarded doctorates by such universities as Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, Lehigh, and Simon Fraser.

Jack Frye (1904-1959) was an aviation pioneer and co-founder of TWA. William Sly was an actor and member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men along with William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage. He died in 1608. Lloyd Pye (1946-2013) was a researcher of paranormal phenomenon and Bigfoot enthusiast. He wrote "Everything You Know is Wrong."

Answer: Glenn Frey

Frey won six Grammys as a member and front man of the The Eagles. He recorded five solo studio albums and one live album before his unfortunate death in 2016.

Louis Nye was a comedian and actor. He appeared on television in guest appearances on several different series as well as in a guest role in variety shows. He made 14 films between 1960 and 1987. He died from lung cancer in 2005, aged 92.

Born in 1936, Buddy Guy is a blues guitarist and singer. "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked him at number 30 on its all-time list of 100 Best Guitarists of All Time.

Norbert Blei (1935-1013) was a poet, artist, novelist, and non-fiction author who promoted all forms of literature and worked to help new writers get established in all genres. He passed away on his birthday at age 78.

Answer: Ray Guy

The only other pure kicker in the Hall before Guy was placekicker Jan Stenerud. Other punter/kickers, like Paul Hornung and Lou Groza were also full-time players at other positions like halfback and offensive tackle, respectively. Guy, the first punter to ever be selected in the first round of the NFL draft, helped the Raiders win three Super Bowls and was a six-time First-Team All Pro.

Will Tye began his pro football career in 2015 as a tight end for the New York Giants.

James Bye is an English television actor who shared a British Soap Award in 2016 for his role as Martin Fowler in "EastEnders."

Obert Skye is an author of children's books, especially the Leven Thumps series.

Answer: George Herman Ruth

Babe Ruth began his career with the Red Sox, but gained his fame as a Yankee before finishing his career back in Boston with the Braves. Among other things he's known as the "Sultan of Swat".

Between 1890 and 1911 Cy Young pitched for teams with names like the Spiders, Perfectos, Americans, Naps, and Rustlers, and yes, they were major league teams back then. Young, whose nickname was "Cyclone," won 511 games as a pitcher. Walter Johnson is second with 417. It is going to be pretty difficult to reach those levels nowadays.

Ty Cobb was not well liked by his contemporaries, largely due to his bloodthirsty playing style. He played 24 years, all but two with the Tigers, and batted over .400 three times.

Pie Traynor played 17 years at third base for the Pirates. At the end of World War II, he was considered the greatest third baseman to have ever played the game.