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People - By the Letters Trivia Quiz

The unusual thing about this quiz is that the key word in each question is only one letter different from the key word in the following question.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
42,717

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
954

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which song was done by Jackson BROWNE? Hint

Crying

Doctor, My Eyes

Moonshadow

Devil Woman

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Question 2 of 10

2. Why is John BOWNE famous? Hint

Prominent Figure in American Revolutionary Period

American West Trailblazer and Pioneer

Civil War Hero

Colonial American who stood up for Religious Freedom

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who played Daniel BOONE on TV? Hint

Fess Parker

Robert Loggia

Leslie Nielsen

Tom Tryon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote 'Lorna DOONE'? Hint

R.D. Blackmore

Walter Scott

Robert Louis Stevenson

Alexander Dumas

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following was written by John DONNE? Hint

My Last Duchess

The Flea

Auguries of Innocence

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

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Question 6 of 10

6. When did tragedy befall the DONNER party? Hint

1840s

1800s

1760s

1880s

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who starred in the movie 'Junior BONNER'? Hint

Glenn Ford

Paul Newman

Steve McQueen

Robert Mitchum

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Question 8 of 10

8. With what activity is Dennis CONNER associated? Hint

Golf

Soccer

Tennis

Sailing

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which movie did not star Sean CONNERY? Hint

It Happens Every Spring

The Hill

Zardoz

The Anderson Tapes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'CANNERY Row'? Hint

Fitzgerald

Faulkner

Steinbeck

Hemingway

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which song was done by Jackson BROWNE?

Answer: Doctor, My Eyes

'Crying' is Roy Orbison. 'Moonshadow' is Cat Stevens. 'Devil Woman' is Marty Robbins.

2. Why is John BOWNE famous?

Answer: Colonial American who stood up for Religious Freedom

Bowne got involved in a conflict with the colonial governor of New York, Peter Stuyvesant.

3. Who played Daniel BOONE on TV?

Answer: Fess Parker

All are associated with Walt Disney. Tryon played Texas John Slaughter, Loggia played Elfego de Baca, and Nielsen played Francis Marion ('The Swamp Fox' ) in Walt Disney's TV show of many years ago.

4. Who wrote 'Lorna DOONE'?

Answer: R.D. Blackmore

Who?

5. Which of the following was written by John DONNE?

Answer: The Flea

'Duchess' is Robert Browning. 'Auguries' is William Blake. 'Merci' is Keats.

6. When did tragedy befall the DONNER party?

Answer: 1840s

Snowed in and stranded.

7. Who starred in the movie 'Junior BONNER'?

Answer: Steve McQueen

Not one of his best.

8. With what activity is Dennis CONNER associated?

Answer: Sailing

America's Cup.

9. Which movie did not star Sean CONNERY?

Answer: It Happens Every Spring

'Spring' was a light comedy with Ray Milland as a scientist turned baseball pitcher.

10. Who wrote 'CANNERY Row'?

Answer: Steinbeck

Not his most famous work.

Source: Author robert362

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