The Name's "Humphrey" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lyndon Johnson's

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr, was born in South Dakota in 1911. He became a senator from Minnesota in 1948 and served until 1964, when he became President Lyndon Johnson's Vice President. Humphrey, known as "the Happy Warrior" in the senate, ran unsuccessfully for President against Richard Nixon in 1968.

He died in Minnesota in 1978 and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.

Answer: humphrey bogart

Humphrey Bogart was born in New York City in 1899 and died in California in 1957. He was married four times, the last time to Betty Joan Perske, a.k.a. Lauren Bacall. The 1943 film "Casablanca" put him on the map and earned him a nomination for Best Actor award. In 1947, "Bogey", then the highest-paid actor in the world, formed his own production company.

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Humphrey Gilbert was born in about 1539. After his father died in 1547, his mother married Walter Raleigh the elder, and had three more children: Walter, Carew, and Margaret. Humphrey showed an early interest in exploring and colonizing the world.

In 1578 he received permission to establish an English colony in America, and assembled a fleet which set off for the New World later that year. However, the expedition would result in failure, as storms at sea forced his crew to turn back. It did, however, catch the attention of his brothers Walter and Carew, who decided to try their hand at colonizing America. Walter would recieve patents to explore America in 1584 and 1587, which would result in the colonization of the island known as Roanoke in what is now Virginia.

Answer: Liszt

Humphrey Searle was devoted to, perhaps obsessed with, the works of Franz Liszt, a 19th-century Hungarian composer and pianist. He spent much of his life catalouging Liszt's works, and co-founded the Liszt Society in 1950. Searle wrote the music for some horror movies, including "The Abominable Snowman" (1957) and "The Haunting" (1963).

Answer: China

Humphrey Hawksley's work has also appeared in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Stories he has covered include the Tamil separatist war in Sri Lanka, the death and funeral of the Chinese leader Deng Xiao-ping, and conflict in the Balkans, Iraq, and Timor. In 2000 he wrote "Dragon Fire", a "political thriller" set in south Asia.

Answer: Utah Jazz

Ryan Humphrey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1979. In the 2002 NBA draft, he was chosen in the first round (19th pick overall) by the Utah Jazz. In February 2003 he ended up with the Grizzlies after more trades. He graduated from Notre Dame in 2002.

Answer: Dance

Doris Humphrey was born in Illinois in 1895. She studied with such dancers as Vernon Castle, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn. Doris was considered a pioneer of the American Modern Dance movement, and inspired numerous modern choreographers. In 1951 she became one of the founders of the Dance Department at the Juilliard School of Music.

Answer: John Humphrey

John Peters Humphrey (1905- 1995) was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and studied law at Montreal's McGill University. During his twenty years in the United Nations, he oversaw the implementation of 67 international conventions and the constitutions of dozens of countries.

In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 1988 he was awared the UN's Human Rights award. As if this weren't enough, he was part of the team that launched Amnesty International Canada and helped to create the Canadian Human Rights Foundation.

Answer: He fell off a cliff while looking for filming locations

Sadly, this is true. In 1950, Humphrey Jennings was in Greece, scouting locations for his next film, when he stumbled and fell down a cliff to his death. Although he was also a scholar, writer, and critic, it is for his filmmaking that he is best known. Jennings' cinematic work was considered "the finest cinematic achievements of the World War II period".

Some of his films included 1934's "Locomotives" and "Night Mail" (1936).

Answer: Ozias Humphrey

Ozias Humphrey (1742-1810) was best known as a painter of miniatures, or small portraits of people. He studied art in London and fraternized with the likes of Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1791.