They are all named SMITH Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jonathan Smith

Michael Landon (1936-1991) was an American actor. He is well known for his role of Little Joe in the western TV series "Bonanza" (1959-1973). He also starred in the "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-1983). In his last TV starring role before his death too cancer was "Highway to Heaven" (1984-1989) where he played Jonathan Smith as a disgraced angel who was sent to earth on probation.

Answer: Vernon L. Smith

Vernon L. Smith (b. 1927) is an American professor of economics. His specialty is experimental economics and in 2002 he shared with Daniel Kahneman the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Much of the research he did that earned him the Nobel Prize was done at the University of Arizona between 1976 and 2001.

Answer: Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith (b. 1934) is an English actress of film, stage and television. She has appeared in over 50 movies commencing her acting career in 1952. She has been nominated for an Academy Award on a number of occasions and won he first Academy Award for Best Actress the 1969 movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".

She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the 1978 movie "California Suite". She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.

Answer: Ozzie Smith

Ozzie Smith is a retired professional baseball player who played in MLB from 1978-1996. He played for the San Diego Padres from 1978-81 and for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1982-1996. He was an All-Star on 15 occasions and was a World Series Champion with the Cardinals in 1982. He played as a shortstop and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.

Answer: James Todd Smith

LL Cool J was born James Todd Smith in New York on January 14, 1968. He is a rapper, actor and author. His stage name LL Cool J is short for "Ladies Love Cool James". He has released a number of albums, appeared in movies and plays Special Agent Sam Hanna on the TV series "NCIS".

Answer: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith

Rosalynn Carter, the wife of the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter, was born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith in Georgia (1927). She married James Earl "Jimmy" Carter in 1946. Jimmy Carter was the US President from 1977-1981.

Answer: John Smith

John Smith (1580-1631) was an English soldier and explorer. He played an important role in the establishment of the first English settlement in North America in Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. The colony was named in the honour of King James I of England (1603-1625).

Answer: Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (1894-1937) was an American blues singer. She was a popular blues singer during the 1920s and 30s and influenced a generation of jazz singers.
Due to her popularity she was nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues". She appeared in movies and on Broadway.

Answer: Adam Smith

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author. His book "The Wealth of Nations"(1776) is considered the first modern works of economics. In 1997 a minor planet was discovered by a Belgian astronomer and the planet was named "12838 Adamsmith".

Answer: Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) was an American politician. She was the first female to serve in both houses of the United States Congress. She served in the US House of Representatives (1940-1949) and as a US Senator for Maine 1949-1973. It was in her speech in 1950 "The Declaration of Conscience" that she criticised the tactics of US Senator, Joseph McCarthy.