The Game Of The Name Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ben Elton

Elton was a successful stand up comedian, appearing on Channel 4 show "Saturday Live" regularly, whilst writing cult TV shows such as "The Young Ones" and "Alfresco". His career really took off when he, along with Richard Curtis wrote the phenomenally successful "Blackadder" TV series, starring Rowan Atkinson.

Answer: Elton John

Elton's first UK top ten was "Your Song" (1970) and his first number one was "Sacrifice (1990). He did have a number one in the intervening years, but it was his duet with Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" in 1976, so not a solo hit. In USA and also Canada, he had his first top ten in 1970 with "Your Song" and first number one in 1972 with "Crocodile Rock" but Australia was a similar story to UK, as his first top ten was "Crocodile Rock" (1972) but he then had to wait until 1997 for a number one which finally came with the double A side, "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle In The Wind 1997".

Answer: John Glenn

Glenn piloted the "Friendship 7" Mercury spacecraft that was part of NASA's third human spaceflight, and orbited the Earth three times in four hours and 56 minutes before re entry. On the third orbit, Glenn joked that ground staff that he had now completed his four hours monthly flight time as required by the Marine Corps, and thus had earned his pay check for the month.

Answer: Glenn Campbell

Campbell is from the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, which is well known for its distillery. He has covered the Scottish election in 2007 as well as reporting from Macedonia during the Kosovo war (1998-99), New York in the days after 9/11 (2001) and Gleneagles during the G8 summit in 2005.

In 2010, he won the Royal Television Society's Award for "Scoop of the Year" for being the first person to report the story that the Lockerbie bomber was to be released from prison in Scotland and flown back to Libya.

Answer: Campbell Scott

Scott is also well known to TV viewers for playing the role of political strategist and special adviser to President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) in "House Of Cards" between 2017 and 2018.

Answer: Scott James

James won the bronze medal in the halfpipe in addition to having the flag bearing honour. He first competed at the Olympics at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, where at age 15 he was the youngest male competitor.

Answer: James Dean

Dean died in 1955 in a car crash, but had earned rave reviews for his role as Cal Trask in the movie "East Of Eden" (1955). He earned another posthumous Oscar nomination in 1957, following the release of "Giant" in 1956. His only other starring role was also in 1955, when he played Jim Stark in "Rebel Without A Cause".

Answer: Dean Martin

Martin got his big break when his partnership with Jerry Lewis on the first broadcast of TV show, "The Toast Of The Town", later renamed "The Ed Sullivan Show." He appeared in many movies including the original "Ocean's 11" in 1960 and "Cannonball Run" (1981) as well as being remembered for the chart hits "That's Amore" (1953) and "Everybody Loves Somebody" (1964).

Answer: Martin Luther

Luther became disillusioned with the Catholic church, believing it to corrupt and after circulating his reasons, called 95 Theses, was excommunicated by the church and started his own church, called the Lutheran church which believes many of the things that the Catholic Church believes.

Answer: Luther Vandross

Vandross was held in high esteem by many of his peers, appearing as a backing vocalist for many stars, including Todd Rundgren, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. King and Donna Summer as well as Bowie. In 1994, he had a number two hit with "Endless Love", a duet with Mariah Carey. Vandross died in 2005 at the age of 54 of a heart attack and had been severely unwell since suffering a stroke in 2003.