Jackies of all Trades Trivia Quiz

Answer: Robinson

Jackie Robinson was a baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in the MLB. He broke the baseball colour line in 1947 when the he started on first base in April 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Until then racial segregation in baseball meant that African-American players could only play in the Negro Leagues since 1880.

However, this inauspicious first was not the only reason Robinson was revered; he was an extremely talented baseball player: recipient of the first MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, played as an All-Star from 1949 to 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949. This was the first time an African-American first black player had won this award. Robinson played in six World Series culminating in the Dodgers' 1955 World Series championship.

In 1962 Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He died prematurely in 1972 from heart and diabetes complications.

The photo showed the United States Navy patrol boat USS Dodger II (SP-46), the name being the link to Mr Robinson's team.

Answer: Bouvier

Jackie Kennedy (née Bouvier, born Southampton NY, in 1929; died New York City 1994) was one of the most admired first ladies of the US. She showed tremendous courage when President Kennedy was killed in Dallas in 1963 and she stood next to President Johnson on Air Force One as he was inaugurated as the new US President. She had a successful career as a photographic journalist before she met JFK and married him in 1953 prior to him becoming a US senator. After his death and her brother-in-law's, Robert Kennedy, she feared for her children's lives and married Aristotle Onassis, who whisked them to Greece. This was seen as a controversial marriage and she was constantly followed by the Press who christened her Jackie O.
She was very close to her sister Lee.

The photo depicts the Texas Book Depository from where Lee Harvey Oswald killed Ms Kennedy's husband, JFK in 1963.

Answer: Jacqueline Bisset

Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset was born in Weybridge, Surrey, England and first appeared in a movie role in 1965 though she was not credited. Her first lead role in "The Cape Town Affair", opposite James Brolin in 1967. Mainstream success came in 1968 when she played Norma MacIver in "The Detective", opposite Frank Sinatra. Also in 1968, she starred alongside Michael Sarrazin in "The Sweet Ride", which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. More success came when played Steve McQueen's girlfriend in the police drama "Bullitt".

She was also an accomplished actress in French and Italian movies. In 2010 she was awarded the Légion d'honneur, France's highest award.

The photo is a nod towards the movie, "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), one of her many notable roles where she portrayed a Russian Princess.

Answer: Hong Kong

Mr Chan started making movies, mainly action movies in his native Hong Kong in 1976. These movies were very popular and Hollywood took notice. His first American movie was "The Big Brawl" (1980). Mr Chan then had a small role in the 1981 film "The Cannonball Run". His Hollywood breakthrough came with "Rumble in the Bronx" in 1996. The success of this movie led to "Supercop" which was a re-release of the 1996 Hong Kong movie "Story 3" A blockbuster success came when he played opposite Chris Tucker in the 1998 action-comedy "Rush Hour". (The photo shows a Hong Kong subway at rush hour).
Mr Chan has had a successful music career as well, particularly in Hong Kong as he was an opera-trained vocalist and was a Cantopop and Mandopop star.
He has received stars on both the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Answer: Jackie Gleason

Perhaps best known as the brash, bus driving, Ralph Kramden in the television series "The Honeymooners" (1955-56), John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason (1916-1987) was a much loved star in both small and silver screens. He had his own television show (1954-1970), and appeared as himself on many others.

His most notable movie roles were as Minnesota Fats in "The Hustler" (1961), where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor playing opposite Paul Newman; and as Buford T. Justice in the "Smokey and The Bandit" movie franchise (1977-1983).

Answer: Joyner

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois) was an American athlete in track and field. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four separate in the heptathlon and long jump. She was voted the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by "Sports Illustrated"
Her brother was Al Joyner who was a 1984 Olympics' gold medalist in the triple jump. Mr Joyner is the husband of the late Florence Griffith Joyner known as Flo-Jo. In 1986, Jackie Joyner married her coach, Bob Kersee.

Answer: Stewart

Sir John Young Stewart, (born 11 June 1939 in Dunbartonshire) was a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. His nicknmae was the "Flying Scot". From 99 starts he climbed the podium 43 times for 27 wins. He won the championship in 1969, 1971, and 1973. He went on to become a renowned sports commentator in a wide range of sports.
Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Jack Braham were all successful Formula one drivers in the same era. Hill and Clark were British, Brabham was Australian.

Answer: Collins

Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins (born London 1937 - died Los Angeles 2015) was an English romance novelist, though it is fair to say that the novels were of a rather different romance to that of Barbara Cartland.
She wrote her first novel in 1968 "The World Is Full of Married Men" and her last in 2015, "The Santangelos" which was the ninth in a series of novels about a New York City crime family.
She recived an OBE in 2011. (Her sister was already a Dame). She married twice and had one child, Tracy, who was born in 1961. She died quietly of cancer in 2015. She had had the illness for six years but very few people knew. She worked and travelled up to nine days before her death.

Answer: Jaclyn Smith

Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith (born Houston, TX on October 26, 1945 was an American actress and businesswoman. Whilst her fellow "angel" Farrah Fawcett was also a Texan, the latter came from Corpus Christi. (Kate Jackson came from Birmingham, Alabama). Ms Smith was yet another Jackie who portrayed Jackie Kennedy when she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the title role in the TV film "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy" (1981).

The other answers were the surnames of other "Charlie's Angels" actresses
The photo showa Houston City Hall.

Answer: Jacqueline Aguilera

Jacqueline María Aguilera was Miss World 1995. She was the fifth Venezuelan to win the title in the 20th century. The competition commenced in 1949. No other country won as many times as Venezuela in the same time period. She was 18 when she won the title.

The photo shows the Angel Falls, tallest waterfall in the world located in Venezuela.