Margaret, In Happy Hour Trivia Quiz

Answer: Margaret Cho

Comic and actress Margaret Cho was born and raised in San Francisco. While attending the San Francisco School of the Arts's improvisational group, Margaret became interested in entertainment. After graduating, she toured as a stand-up comic before being offered a sitcom.

She is prolific; you can find her unique perspective and experiences in movies, television, books, albums, and podcasts she's created.

Answer: Princess Margaret

When England's Edward VIII decided the throne was not for him, the title went to his younger brother, Albert, and suddenly all eyes were on Albert's daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. Margaret was known for her beauty, charm, and style. She became the Countess of Snowdon when she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.

It was the first royal wedding ceremony to be broadcast on television. Her two children are David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and Lady Sarah Chatto.

Answer: Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell was born in 1900 in Atlanta and spent most of her life in Georgia. A voracious reader, she began telling stories and writing at an early age. She began writing "Gone with the Wind" when she was 26 years old; it was published ten years later.

Answer: Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger, born 1879, was a nurse in New York City who saw social problems in inequity first hand; she and her husband became politically active. Margaret was especially committed to making birth control widely available to women. Birth control was legalized in the United States in the mid-1960s, just one year before Sanger passed away.

Answer: Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a prolific, award-winning author from Canada. Her many awards include the Booker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best Science Fiction, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and over 20 honorary degrees from prestigious institutions, including Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge.

Answer: Margaret Hamilton

Billie Burke as the Good Witch of the North got the pretty dress and sparkly wand, but Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West had all the juicy lines: "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" she cackled in "The Wizard of Oz." She was a working actress, mostly in comedies, before she joined the cast of Oz. Later, she indicated that children were afraid of her, so she tried to disarm them with humor and kindness.

Answer: Margaret Tudor

Margaret Rose was born in Westminster, the oldest daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. She 15 years old when she married James IV of Scotland in 1503. The marriage was a strategic alliance between England and Scotland, referred to as the Treaty of Perpetual Peace. The peace did not last, and she lived an eventful life before passing away at age 51.

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was the 71st Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and its first female in that role. Known for her fiscal conservatism and determination to keep the Falklands, Margaret's nickname was The Iron Lady. She worked her way up in politics, starting as a member of Parliament, then being appointed to the cabinet, before being elected at PM in 1979.

Answer: Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead indicated that because she never felt she fit in to her East Coast upbringing, she spent her life studying how people lived in other cultures. Her work in Samoa and New Guinea put her into the spotlight. She had one daughter, who also became an anthropologist, with her third and favorite husband, the British anthropologist Gregory Bateson. Mead is recognized as one of the first anthropologists who were more likely to appreciate other cultures' differences than judge them as primitive.

Answer: Margaret Wise Brown

Anyone's who has read "Goodnight Moon" over and over at bedtime will recognize the name of Margaret Wise Brown. Born in Brooklyn, Brown majored in English and studied art before and published a few children's books before becoming an editor. Most famous for "Goodnight Moon" and "The Runaway Bunny", Brown wrote over 100 books under her own name and her pen names.