July 30 Birthdays Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thorstein Veblen

Veblen also became a critic of capitalism and decried the American practices he referred to as "conspicuous consumption" and "conspicuous leisure." He became the leader of the institutional economics movement which focused on the role played by institutions, such as government and public services, in economic behavior.

Adam Smith was the Scottish economist and philosopher who wrote "The Wealth of Nations." He is often thought of as "The Father of Economics" and "The Father of Capitalism."

Born in 1883, Keynes was a British economist widely considered to be the father of macroeconomics.

Born in 1908, Galbraith was a Canadian economist who wrote "The Affluent Society" in 1958 while a professor at Harvard. While he served at Harvard for about 50 years, he also served in the administrations of FDR, Truman, Kennedy, and LBJ.

Answer: Casey Stengel

Casey's full name was Charles Dillon Stengel. He played from 1912 to 1925, beginning with the Brooklyn Dodgers and ending with the Boston Braves. Besides the Giants, he also played with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies. He also managed the Dodgers and Braves prior to his 11 years at the helm of the Bronx Bombers, before finishing his managing career with the New York Mets in 1965. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1966.

Mack was a player from 1886 to 1896 with the Washington Nationals, Buffalo Bisons, and Pittsburgh Pirates. After three years managing the Pirates, Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950. Mack's A's won five World Series championships, and at the end of the 20th Century, he had more wins, losses, and games than any other MLB manager. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1937.

McGraw played with four teams from 1891 to 1906, including winning a World Series with the Giants in 1905 as player-manager. After three years managing the Baltimore Orioles, McGraw managed the New York Giants from 1902 to 1932, leading the team to two more World Series titles after retiring as a player in 1906. He was voted into the Hall of Fame by the Centennial Committee in 1937.

Famous for his quirky quotations, Berra was a catcher for the New York Yankees from 1946 to 1963, contributing to 10 World Series titles. He managed them in 1964 and again in 1984 and 1985. Meanwhile, he also managed the Mets from 1972 to 1975. He was inducted into Cooperstown in 1972.

Answer: Edd Byrnes

Byrnes was named Edward Byrne Breitenberger at birth in New York City. He began his career in summer stock in Connecticut before moving to California a year later. Besides "77 Sunset Strip," Byrnes appeared in a plethora of TV shows and several movies, and "Kookie, Kookie" reached number 4 in the US and sold over a million copies, earning a gold record.

His last TV appearance was in 1999 and he passed away in 2020, aged 87.

Answer: Hope Solo

Solo played collegiately at the University of Washington and professionally overseas in Goteborg, Sweden, and Lyon, France, before returning to the States and playing on teams in St. Louis, Atlanta, and Seattle. She played on US National teams at the U16, U18, and U21 levels prior to her professional career and served as a member of the US Women's National Team from 2000 to 2016.

Answer: Henry Ford

Probably best known for his cars, Ford's quote is also well known, even though I have, no doubt, not rendered his actual words. Please forgive me for doing so.

He is also recognized for his creation of the assembly line, even if it only produced one color of product, which in actuality was not really the case. Not only is there no evidence that Ford ever actually made the statement seriously, it is also a fact that the Model T was available in many colors, "including fire engine red and hunter green," according to a statement made in 2015 by Glenard Munson, an ASE-Certified Technician.

Answer: Hilary Swank

When she won her second Best Actress Academy Award for her role in "Million Dollar Baby" in 2005, Swank joined Louise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, and Sally Field as the only actresses to be nominated for best actress twice and winning both times. She has a varied ancestral background as her maternal grandmother was of Spanish and Native American descent and has other progenitors of English, Scots, Dutch, Swiss, and Welsh background. Her name Swank was originally Schwenk, a German surname.

Subsequent to Swank's achievement in 2005, McDormand also won a second Best Actress Oscars for her role in 2017's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," having previously won the Oscar in 1996's "Fargo." She also won a Best Actress Oscar for 2020's "Nomadland" and had won a Best Supporting Actress for 1988's "Mississippi Burning."

Zellweger was nominated for Best Actress for 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary" and for 2002's "Chicago" but did not win. She did win Best Supporting Actress in 2003's "Cold Mountain" and finally got her first Best Actress for her role in 2019's "Judy."

Foster won Oscars for Best Actress for her roles in 1998's "The Accused" and in 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs." She had also gained a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1976's "Taxi Driver," as well as one for Best Actress in 1994's "Nell."

Answer: Paul Anka

Although Paul Anka born in Canada's capital, his parents came to North America from the Middle East. Both were Lebanese Christians, his father having emigrated from Damascus, Syria, and his mother from Lebanon. Besides the US and Canada, Anka was a big star in Italy and Finland. In addition to his singing career, he also appeared in ten films and several television programs and specials.

Although Lightfoot and Connors are both Canadians, Darin was born in East Harlem in New York City.

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, a village in the Steiermark, the Austrian state called Styria in German. Thal is a beautiful village just two miles west of Graz, Austria's second-largest city. He was known as "the Austrian Oak" as a bodybuilder and made his breakthrough in Hollywood as Conan the Barbarian in a pair of cinema hits before moving on to the "Terminator" series. Overall, he's done pretty well for himself.

Answer: Lisa Kudrow

Kudrow portrayed Phoebe Buffay in "Friends," but has also made over 40 appearances in other television productions, as well as more than 40 appearances on the silver screen. She has literally won or been nominated for more than 100 awards for her career. Her work on "Friends" has won her a Primetime Emmy, a pair of Screen Actor Guild awards, an American Comedy Award, and a New York Film Critics Award, among others.

Patricia Heaton is an actress perhaps best known as Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Ramond." She is a three-time Emmy Award winner.

Elaine Benes is a character on the TV series "Seinfeld," played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, while Jill Taylor is a character on the sitcom "Home Improvement," played by Patricia Richardson.

Answer: Bud Selig

Selig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017. He was elected by the Today's Game Committee. Among changes to Major League Baseball made during Selig's tenure are interleague play, creation of three divisions within each league, the retiring of Jackie Robinson's number 42 across the entire MLB, World Series home field advantage awarded by winning the All-Star Game, and the use of instant replay.