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The Amanda Show Trivia Quiz

Amanda is a common name nowadays but do you know these famous Amandas? Match the Amanda to her proper description.

A matching quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Joepetz

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
396,162

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
392

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. This Amanda was an actress who starred in "The Amanda Show" and "What I Like About You".		Amanda Kerfstedt
2. This Amanda was the center of a famous murder trial in Italy. She was convicted but later freed and acquitted.		Amanda Bynes
3. This Amanda was a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Her specialty was the breaststroke.		Amanda Clement
4. This Amanda was a famous singer and actress. She voiced Rapunzel in Disney's "Tangled".		Amanda Bearse
5. This Amanda was a teenager who committed suicide. Her death brought awareness of cyber bullying to society.		Amanda Blake
6. This Amanda was a feminist author. She fought for women's rights in Sweden.		Mandy Moore
7. This Amanda was a famous socialite who came from a wealthy family. Her aunt was involved in a famous kidnapping.		Amanda Todd
8. She was the first woman to be a paid baseball umpire. This Amanda was also a collegiate athlete.		Amanda Knox
9. This Amanda was an actress who played Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke".		Amanda Hearst
10. This Amanda was a director and actress best known for playing Marcy on "Married... with Children".		Amanda Beard

Select each answer

1. This Amanda was an actress who starred in "The Amanda Show" and "What I Like About You".

2. This Amanda was the center of a famous murder trial in Italy. She was convicted but later freed and acquitted.

3. This Amanda was a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Her specialty was the breaststroke.

4. This Amanda was a famous singer and actress. She voiced Rapunzel in Disney's "Tangled".

5. This Amanda was a teenager who committed suicide. Her death brought awareness of cyber bullying to society.

6. This Amanda was a feminist author. She fought for women's rights in Sweden.

7. This Amanda was a famous socialite who came from a wealthy family. Her aunt was involved in a famous kidnapping.

8. She was the first woman to be a paid baseball umpire. This Amanda was also a collegiate athlete.

9. This Amanda was an actress who played Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke".

10. This Amanda was a director and actress best known for playing Marcy on "Married... with Children".

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This Amanda was an actress who starred in "The Amanda Show" and "What I Like About You".

Answer: Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes is an American actress born in 1986. She got her start as a child on Nickelodeon's "All That" comedy sketch show. After "All That", she received her own show called "The Amanda Show" which was also a comedy sketch show for young teenagers. As an adult, she starred in "What I Like About You", a sitcom with Bob Saget and Jennie Garth.

2. This Amanda was the center of a famous murder trial in Italy. She was convicted but later freed and acquitted.

Answer: Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox was an American student studying in Italy when her roommate, Meredith Kercher, was murdered. The murder gained international attention when Knox was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison. Knox had been portrayed in a negative light in the Italian media and many experts felt she did not have a fair trial. American forensic scientists who viewed the crime scene did not believe Knox had committed the murder and faulted Italian investigators for not following up on other leads, some of which were rather obvious. Knox was freed in 2011 after serving four years in prison.

She was officially acquitted in 2016.

3. This Amanda was a two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Her specialty was the breaststroke.

Answer: Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard was an American swimmer who won one gold medal in swimming in each of the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. In addition, she won four silver medals and one bronze between 1996-2004. After her retirement from swimming, Beard became a model and a sports commentator.

4. This Amanda was a famous singer and actress. She voiced Rapunzel in Disney's "Tangled".

Answer: Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore, born Amanda Moore, is an American pop singer. Her debut single "Candy" was released in 1999 and shot Moore to popularity and to the top of the music charts. As an adult, Moore became an actress and voice actress and starred in such films as "The Princess Diaries" and "Rapunzel". In 2016, she joined the cast of the hit series "This is Us".

5. This Amanda was a teenager who committed suicide. Her death brought awareness of cyber bullying to society.

Answer: Amanda Todd

Amanda Todd was a Canadian teenager who committed suicide as a result of being cyberbullied and cyberassaulted. Before her death, Todd posted a video to YouTube explaining her situation and how she was bullied and tricked into exposing herself to strange men over the internet.

She committed suicide in 2012 and her death brought awareness to cyber bullying. After her death, her mother set up a foundation to help teenagers affected by cyber bullying and dealing with mental health issues. A number of celebrities, including Magic Johnson and Demi Lovato, have been active in preventing cyber bullying as a result of Todd's suicide.

6. This Amanda was a feminist author. She fought for women's rights in Sweden.

Answer: Amanda Kerfstedt

Amanda Kerfstedt was a Swedish author whose works primarily focused on women's rights and social inequality in Swedish society. Kerfstedt was one of the most influential women in the push for equal rights in Sweden during the late 19th century. She was also a noted children's book author.

7. This Amanda was a famous socialite who came from a wealthy family. Her aunt was involved in a famous kidnapping.

Answer: Amanda Hearst

Amanda Hearst was an American socialite and the great-granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst. Her aunt was Patty Hearst whose infamous kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 was the subject of wide debate. Amanda Hearst is also a model, magazine editor and animal rights activist.

8. She was the first woman to be a paid baseball umpire. This Amanda was also a collegiate athlete.

Answer: Amanda Clement

Amanda Clement was a famous collegiate athlete. She participated in a number of sports at the University of Nebraska, including track and field and gymnastics. Clement is best known for being the first woman to umpire a baseball game. Clement's brothers played baseball semi-professionally and she filled in for a missing umpire during one of their games.

Her skills as an umpire were impressive and she was hired on a part-time basis.

9. This Amanda was an actress who played Miss Kitty on "Gunsmoke".

Answer: Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake was an American actress who was best known for playing the saloon proprietress Miss Kitty on the long-running western series "Gunsmoke". She also made appearances on various game shows like "Match Game" and "Hollywood Squares". Later in her life, Blake took up the cause of animal conservation especially regarding large cats.

10. This Amanda was a director and actress best known for playing Marcy on "Married... with Children".

Answer: Amanda Bearse

Amanda Bearse was an actress who played the Bundy's neighbor Marcy on the sitcom "Married...with Children". During the course of the show, Bearse directed and wrote several episodes of the show. After "Married...with Chidren" ended, Bearse primarily worked behind the scenes as a director or producer on many television projects.

Source: Author Joepetz

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