Lines of Legend Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt

"The Divine Sarah" was born 1844 as Rosine Bernardt in Paris, France. She took to the stage in 1862 and rose to fame as a stage/film actress. She passed away in 1923 and was interred at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Freddy Mercury was born as Farrokh Bulsara on 5 September 1946 in Zanzibar (Tanzania). Best known as the frontman for the band "Queen" and amazing vocals which ranged over four octaves, he left this world in 1991 and the cause of death was AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia.

Answer: Usain Bolt

Usain St. Leo Bolt is a world-class sprinter from Jamaica, nicknamed "Lightning Bolt". He is the first man to have won six Olympic gold medals in athletics-sprinting. He is considered to be the highest paid track and field athlete in history.

Answer: Judy Garland

Judy Garland entered the world as Frances Ethel Gumm in 1922 in Minnesota. At the age of 39, she became the first woman and the youngest recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (presented for achievements in the motion picture industry).

Answer: Jackie Kennedy

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was born in 1929 at Southampton, New York. She was the 42nd First Lady of the United States, wife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. She became a book editor in the last two decades of her life, employed at Viking Press (1975-1977) and Doubleday (1978-1994).

Answer: Roberto Duran

Roberto Duran Samaniego was born 1951 in Guarare, Panama. He earned the sobriquet 'Manos de Piedra' (Hands of Stone). His 34-year boxing career spanned from February 1968 to January 2002, when he retired at 50 years of age.

Answer: Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo, the great 19th century French novelist and poet, was born in 1802 and died at the age of 83 in 1885. Best known for the historical novel "Les Misérables" and gothic novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", he also created over 4,000 drawings over his lifetime.

Answer: Helen Hayes

Ms. Hayes was born in 1900, at Washington D.C., as Helen Hayes Brown. She was dubbed the "First Lady of the American Theatre" and began her acting career in 1905 and gave her last performance in 1985. In 1986, President Reagan presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S. She passed away in 1993 on St. Patrick's Day.

Answer: Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 in Bombay, British India. He won the 1981 Booker Prize for his second novel, "Midnight's Children". His fourth novel "The Satanic Verses" was a finalist in the 1988 Booker Prize, and unfortunately elicited death threats from outraged Muslims. Queen Elizabeth II knighted Rushdie for his services to literature in 2007.

Answer: Tecumseh

Tecumseh was an 18th and 19th century Native American cultural icon and a legendary Shawnee hero. He was also known as Tecumtha and Tekamthi. His name roughly translates to "Shooting Star" or "Panther Across The Sky". He was born 1768 in Ohio, died of battle wounds in 1813, and buried in Canada.