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1. Former American politician Hubert Humphrey is quoted as saying, "Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a ________ mother-in-law." What is the missing word?
2. See if you can follow this family tree: In 1989 this 52 year-old member of the Rolling Stones married his 18 year-old girlfriend Mandy Smith. A few years later the rocker's 31 year-old son was said to be engaged to his mother-in-law (Mandy's mother) which would have made Mandy her husband's granddaughter-in-law. Which Rolling Stone had this complicated relationship with his mother-in-law?
3. Flamboyant Australian entertainer and showman Peter Allen wrote a loving tribute to his former mother-in-law called "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on the Stage." The song was featured in the hit Broadway musical "The Boy From Oz" which won a Tony Award for Hugh Jackman who played Allen. Who was his famous mother-in-law?
4. Which American president's mother-in-law was known as the "First Granny" after she moved into the White House to help care for her grandchildren?
5. The famous Bible quote that reads in part "For wherever you go, I will go" is often misused to imply women should follow their husbands, when it actually was said by a woman expressing her devotion to her mother-in-law. Who was she?
6. Actors Antonio Banderas, Don Johnson and Steven Bauer have, at one time or another, claimed the same woman as their mother-in-law. Which cool blond star of Alfred Hitchcock films was she?
7. Elizabeth Taylor had multiple mothers-in-law, starting with her first marriage to hotel heir Nicky Hilton. His father, Conrad Hilton, had just divorced a Hollywood celebrity who racked up nine husbands between 1937 and 1986. Who was almost Elizabeth Taylor's step-mother-in-law?
8. Don't think it's just the guys who have mother-in-law issues. This former American First Lady had a mother-in-law who her husband always deferred to, publicly ridiculed her and controlled her finances until the day the older woman died. Who was the well known daughter-in-law?
9. This television mother-in-law lived in Long Island, New York with her husband Frank (and sometimes her oldest son), across the street from her beloved younger son and his family. Though outwardly sweet and helpful she was manipulative, critical and interfering. Who was this fictional mother-in-law from Hades?
10. Let's end with a quote from a well known son-in-law. Who said, "Adam was the luckiest man, he had no mother-in-law"?
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