Surnames ending in -ING Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He began his acting career as a youngster on "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1993-95). His first two nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actor appeared in the movies "Half Nelson" (2006) and "La La Land" (2016).

Answer: 29th US President

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) was the 29th US President from 1921 until his death in 1923. He was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. Harding was a popular president, but after his death it was exposed that a number of scandals took place under his administration. These scandals eroded his popularity with the public.

Answer: Linus Carl Pauling

Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, author and peace activist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962.

Answer: Danish explorer

Vitus Bering (1681-1741) was a Danish cartographer, explorer and officer in the Russian Navy. He was the leader of two explorations of the north-eastern coast of Asia and there are a number of geographical locations named after him including the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge.

Answer: Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman (1931-2012) was an American actor of film, television, director and producer. His first major television role was that of Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie". However, he is best remembered as the ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1980s soap opera "Dallas" (1978-1991).

Answer: Clarice Starling

Jodie Foster is an American actress of film and television. Her breakthrough in acting came in the 1976 movie "Taxi" where she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She achieved her second Academy Award for Best Actress in the horror thriller "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) as the FBI trainee Clarice Starling.

He first Oscar as Best Actress was in the movie "The Accused" (1988).

Answer: British author

J. K. Rowling is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is the author of the "Harry Potter" fantasy series. The books have sold over 400 million copies and have been the basis of a series of films.

Answer: Art Fleming

Arthur Fleming Fazzin (1924-1995) and better known as Art Fleming was an American television host and actor. He was the original host of the game show "Jeopardy"(1964 - present) from 1964-1975 and then again 1978-79. Art was a pilot in the US Navy during WWII and then after the war became a radio announcer in North Carolina.

It was here that he shortened his name to Art Fleming. Over the years he made appearances in over 5,000 television episodes and appeared in nearly 50 movies including "MacArthur" (1977), "American Raspberry" (1977) and "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982).

Answer: World War II

Hermann Göring (Goering) (1893-1946) was a German politician and one of the military leaders of the Nazi regime. He was a WWI fighter pilot and in 1935 was appointed commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (air force). He committed suicide a few hours before he was due to be hanged for war crimes at Nuremberg in 1946.

Answer: Eli Manning

Eli Manning is an American football quarterback. He currently plays for the New York Giants. He has been a Super Bowl Champion and Super Bowl MVP in 2008 and 2012. He is the younger brother of the former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.

Answer: Created "The Beverly Hillbillies"

Paul Henning (1911-2005) was an American producer and screenwriter. He is best remembered as the creator of the television sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962-1971). He also created with his wife Ruth, the American situated comedy "Petticoat Junction" (1963-1970).

Answer: Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning (1931-2017) was an American baseball pitcher from 1955-1971 and later became a US Senator for Kentucky (1999-2011). As a pitcher he was 9 x All-Star and pitched a perfect game in 1964 for the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

Answer: "The Sting" and "Dog Day Afternoon"

Charles Durning (1923-2012) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies, television shows and plays in a career from 1945-2012. In 1944 he participated in the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. He took up acting after WWII and his most memorable movies were "The Sting" (1973), "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975), "Tootsie" (1982) and "To Be or Not to Be" (1983).During his career he received one Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1983).

Answer: Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English novelist and dramatist. He had a very rich and earthy humour which lead him to write the comedy novel "Tom Jones" The novel is classified as a picaresque novel, meaning it is about the adventures of a young lad of low class upbringing who lives by his wits to get through life.

Although Fielding wrote other novels he is also credited with starting London's first professional police force known as the Bow Street Runners.

Answer: Walt Kiesling

Walt Kiesling (1903-1962) was an American footballer who spent 36 years as a player, coach and aide to teams in the NFL. He playing days were from 1926-1938 and he coached and aided from 1938-1961. He was an NFL Champion with the Green Bay Packers in 1936. This was prior to the Super Bowl that started in 1967. Walt was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966.