Those We Lost in 2009 Pt III Trivia Quiz

Answer: Keith Waterhouse

Much of Waterhouse's work was created in collaboration with fellow Yorkshireman, Willis Hall. Hall and Waterhouse first came together when Hall contacted Waterhouse about adapting the novel, "Billy Liar", for the stage. Together they wrote for landmark satirical television show, "That Was The Week That Was", as well as authoring numerous stage plays and film scripts such as "A Kind of Loving".

Waterhouse began his writing career as a journalist on the Yorkshire Evening Post. He wrote a weekly column for the "Daily Mirror" for 26 years before moving to the "Daily Mail", for whom he continued to write until his final year.

Answer: Aage Bohr

Bohr grew up surrounded by many of the world's greatest scientists at the famed Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen, run by his father, the physicist Niels Bohr. It was, therefore, no great surprise that he became one himself. When Aage was just 21, the Bohrs were forced to flee to London. Once there, his father was enrolled in what was euphemistically known as "the atomic energy project", now known to all as the Manhattan Project. Aage was appointed by his father as his laboratory assistant.

Upon returning to Denmark after the war, Aage Bohr completed his master's degree before moving to America to begin the work that was to win him the Nobel prize. His father's work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus had been groundbreaking but Aage believed that his conclusions were wrong. Niels Bohr's liquid drop theory was not a complete explanation of atomic structure, according to his son. His theory, formulated with American scientist James Rainwater, was known as the "collected model" and explained some of the inconsistencies of previous models, by means of the shape and movement of the nucleons within the atom.

Bohr was given the Nobel prize alongside Rainwater and Ben Mottelson for their lifetime's work.

Answer: Norman Borlaug

It is fitting that a man who prolonged life for so many should have such a long life himself. Borlaug achieved an enormous amount in his 95 years on the planet. His first job, taken on during his time as a student in the Great Depression, was with the Civilian Conservation Corps. Borlaug credits this role with giving him awareness of the world's natural resources and of the number of people who were lacking in the basic requirement of food. This profoundly affected his thinking and when he completed his studies in plant pathology, he joined a project run by the Mexican government to solve the problem of failed wheat harvests in the country.

Borlaug's wheat crop was a cross between a drought-hardy wheat and a Japanese dwarf wheat, which made the new crop short enough to be relatively unaffected by high winds. Within twenty years of its first planting, Mexico had gone from a country plagued by wheat shortages to a net exporter of the crop. Borlaug's successes led him to be invited around the world and his wheat was planted to great success across Asia and Africa.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his contribution to feeding the world's hungry.

Answer: Patrick Swayze

"Dirty Dancing" was a monumental hit when first shown in 1987, despite being given a very modest release. It made Patrick Swayze a star on screen and a hit in the charts, with the song, "She's Like the Wind", which was taken from the film's soundtrack. Prior to that point, Swayze had mainly been seen in minor roles on television and in movies. His background was as a dancer, having been trained in ballet and at his mother's dance school. His first entertainment roles were on stage in musicals such as "Grease".

Following the success of "Dirty Dancing", Swayze was given more juicy parts but often his film choices were poor. His biggest hit was with the Oscar-winning movie, "Ghost", in which he starred as the deceased of the title, alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg.

He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer early in 2008. Despite claims that he was recovering well, he eventually succumbed to the disease at the age of 57.

Answer: Lucy Vodden

Born Lucy O'Donnell, she went to the same nursery school, Heath House in Weybridge, Surrey, as Julian Lennon. According to her own explanation of the story, on that day when Lucy and Julian had been painting in the classroom, John Lennon turned up in his chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce to pick up his son. Julian had drawn a picture of Lucy surrounded by stars. When his father asked what the drawing was, Julian replied "It's Lucy in the sky with diamonds," and a song title was born.

Diane Ashley was the inspiration for the song "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" from "Abbey Road". The name of the song "Eleanor Rigby" came from the name on a gravestone in a Liverpool cemetery. The song, "Lovely Rita", from "Sgt. Pepper" is not known to have based on a woman of that name.

Answer: Panama

Endara was just five years old when political pressure saw his father flee Panama to the United States. It would be 22 years before Guillermo would return to his homeland. In 1968, Endara was appointed economics minister in the government of Arnulfo Arias, whose friendship with Endara's father had been the cause of his family's flight. Just 11 days after Endara took office, the government was overthrown in a military coup. It would be more than twenty years before democracy would return to Panama.

The presidential elections of 1989 were widely expected to be rigged in favour of General Manuel Noriega's favoured candidate, Carlos Duque. Even though independent counts suggested Endara won three times the vote of Duque, his opponent was declared the winner. Endara led a series of rallies protesting against the result and was badly beaten by Noriega's henchmen. Following these scenes, US President George H.W. Bush decided to act and sent 25,000 US troops in to overthrow Noriega's regime. Whilst Endara benefited from the action by becoming Panamanian president, it also caused problems, as it led to accusations that he was merely an American puppet.

Answer: Stephen Gately

Gately died in the middle of the night in his apartment in Mallorca. His body was discovered in the morning by his partner, Andrew Cowles. Following his death, an article in the UK's "Daily Mail" newspaper sparked outrage amongst the Twitterati. The article used Gately's death as a prop to criticise same sex marriages and obliquely blamed his death on the homosexual lifestyle.

Gately had six UK number one hits with Boyzone and one top three success as a solo artist.

Answer: Al Martino

According to Martino, Francis Ford Coppola supposedly didn't want him for the role of Johnny Fontane but Martino contacted his mob pals, who made the director an offer he couldn't refuse. If this story is true then the part could have been written for him. Fontane, like Martino by this stage of his career, was a formerly successful singer down on his luck who used his mob connections to get a part in a movie.

Martino had many successes in the music charts on both sides of the Atlantic. His first big hit, "Here In My Heart", was the first single to be placed at number one in the UK singles charts in November 1952. It remained in that spot for nine weeks. He never had as big a hit in the UK again but hit number one in the US with "I Love You Because" in 1963.

Answer: Claude Levi-Strauss

Levi-Strauss's influence on the social sciences, and beyond, was considerable, particularly in his native France. He was a leading proponent of the theory of structuralism, although he recognised it had limitations; "The idea behind structuralism is that there are things we may not know but we can learn how they are related to each other." Whilst his methodology was far from universally admired, his interpretation of the data he discovered was always interesting and influential.

Through studies that he began in the 1930s after observing the "uncivilised" tribes of the Amazon basin, he developed his central tenet that human nature contained certain universal attributes, regardless of the level of civilisation. One such attribute was the ability to treat objects as symbols and develop a culture around such totems. In this context he built a fascinating study tracing the similarities between seemingly unrelated myths prevalent in cultures in all parts of the world.

Answer: Robert Enke

Enke had only become a contender for the German goalkeeper's jersey towards the end of his life. He won eight international caps, the first coming in 2007. By this time he had already been suffering from depression for several years and had received treatment.

In 2006, he tragically lost his daughter, Lara, at the age of two. She had been born with a heart defect. Enke and his wife adopted another daughter, Leila, a year later. His wife reported after his death that he had been obsessed by the fear that, if his depression were discovered, Leila would be taken away from them. She believed that it was this fear that had prompted him to take his life.

Answer: Edward Woodward

Woodward had received garlands of praise from all quarters during more than 20 years of stage performances, before he became known to the wider public with his performance in the British drama, "Callan". His role as a professional killer foreshadowed his later success on US television and won him a BAFTA for Best Actor in 1970.

It was in 1985 that he made his first appearance in the US series, "The Equalizer", as Robert McCall, a secret agent who offers his services for free to avenge people who have suffered at the hands of violent offenders. The series saw Woodward nominated for five Emmys (never winning) and also for the 1987 Golden Globe for Best Actor, which he did win.

Answer: The 50-star American flag

When Heft designed his version of the 50-state flag, Alaska had joined the union and Hawaii's admission was pending. His teacher gave him a B minus grade for the project. After congress and President Eisenhower had given his creation the stamp of approval, the grade was changed to an A. Heft later copyrighted 51 to 60 star versions of the flag in case of further admissions.

Heft became a teacher after graduating and also became mayor of the city of Napoleon, Ohio.

Answer: Rain Man

The character of Raymond Babbitt, which earned Dustin Hoffman a Best Actor Oscar, was based upon Peek. As befits a committed Method actor, Hoffman spent time with autism sufferers in preparation for the role and also spent a day with Peek. Even though he showed many traits that were similar to those of autism sufferers, Peek was not autistic. A study in "Advanced Pediatrics" in 2008, suggested that he was most likely to have suffered from FG syndrome, a developmental condition connected to the X chromosome.

Peek's unusual abilities were apparent from an early age. Even though he was unable to walk until the age of four, Peek started reading newspapers at the age of two and had memorised the entire Bible by the age of six. His remarkable memory was attributed to a physical abnormality, whereby his corpus callosum, a network of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain, was entirely absent.

Answer: Brittany Murphy

Murphy made several television appearances as a teenager before her successful big screen debut. Further successes included the Oscar-winning film, "Girl, Interrupted", where she starred alongside Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. She was much in demand for voice roles for animated films and television series such as "King of the Hill". She also found success in the music charts, reaching number seven in the UK singles chart with the song, "Faster Kill Pussycat".

She was found unconscious in the shower of her Los Angeles home on the morning of 20th December. Despite attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Answer: Kon-Tiki

The Kon-Tiki expedition was a brief interruption in a lifetime's service to the Norwegian military by Haugland. He was chosen by the expedition's leader, Thor Heyerdahl, after the two met at a special forces training camp in England in 1944. Haugland's experience as a radio operator was vital for keeping the expedition in contact with stations in the Americas. The expedition travelled from Peru for over three months until their raft ran aground close to Tahiti.

Haugland's most celebrated act as a resistance fighter during the war, was the sabotage of the heavy water plant at Vemork, a fictionalised account of which was filmed as "The Heroes of Telemark".