Unlikely Couples Trivia Quiz

Answer: Curtis

Born in New Zealand in 1956, Richard Curtis is known as the screenwriter and producer of romantic comedy films such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Love Actually". Jamie-Leigh Curtis, daughter of Hollywood royalty Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, starred in "A Fish Called Wanda" and the "Halloween" series of films.

She is married to British actor Christopher Guest who inherited a Baronetcy on the death of his father, and she is now known as Lady Haden-Guest.

Answer: Johnson

Boris Johnson, born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, a larger than life personality and politician, was Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Celia Johnson (1908-1982)an English actress of stage and screen, most famous for her role opposite Trevor Howard in the 1945 film "Brief Encounter", was created a Dame in 1981.

Answer: Withers

Bill Withers was responsible for writing and singing some truly legendary songs such as "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Just the Two of Us" and "Lovely Day". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Googie Withers (1917-2011) was a British film actress whose career spanned several decades from 1935 to 1996, with her final film appearance being in the award winning "Shine" as Australian novelist Katherine Susannah Prichard.

She also appeared in many stage productions also. She was married to fellow actor John McCallum from 1948 till his death in 2010.

Answer: Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (1952-2011) was a scriptwriter, author and humorist. He created that famous trilogy in five parts "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" which began as a radio series in 1978, as well as the Dirk Gently series of novels. As well as editing the programme, he was responsible for three stories in Doctor Who, and contributed to the Monty Python series of television programmes. Following his death from a heart attack, his multitude of fans decided to commemorate him with a "Towel Day", a reference to the most important item that he said an intergalactic hitchhiker should carry, on May 25th, and this special day has been celebrated every year since then. Nicola Adams, born in 1982 was the first woman to win a boxing gold medal when Women's Boxing became an official event in the 2012 Olympics held in London.

She retained her title in the 2016 Olympics in Rio di Janeiro.

Answer: Williams

John Williams, legendary composer of such film scores as "Jaws", "Star Wars", "ET", "Harry Potter"- the list could go on and on, has won numerous awards for his work. His nominations for Academy Awards are second in number only to those of Walt Disney. Serena Williams, tennis playing sister of Venus is considered to be one of the all time greatest players, having won 23 Grand Slam titles, second only to Margaret Court.

She has held all four Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon, French Open, US Open and Australian Open) simultaneously on two occasions.

As far as record breaking is concerned, they would make a perfect couple!

Answer: Hall

There were two possible people for Terry Hall, the first, the lead singer with The Specials and Fun Boy Three, to name but a couple of the groups with which he was associated, but the Terry Hall I had in mind to go alongside supermodel and celebrity wife Jerry Hall was the British ventriloquist, famous in the late fifties and early sixties with his puppet Lenny the Lion. Truly a match made in heaven...

Answer: Hamilton

Two centuries apart in time, and poles apart in interest, Lady Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, hero of the battle of Trafalgar, and Lewis Hamilton, Formula One World Champion, would never have made it off the grid in a relationship.

Answer: Joyce

James Joyce, (1882-1941) famous Irish author of such works as "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" would have made a very unlikely pairing with the oddly named Yootha, (1927-1980)famous for her role as Mildred Roper in the British sitcoms "Man About the House", and "George and Mildred" in the 1970s.

Answer: May

Brian May, lead guitarist, songwriter and member of the group Queen, also has a doctorate in astrophysics, and is an animal rights activist, campaigning against fox hunting and badger culling. Theresa May, leader of the UK Conservative party, and Prime Minister of the UK following the resignation of David Cameron in 2016, stated during the General Election campaign of 2017 that she intended to allow a free vote in the House of Commons to reintroduce fox hunting if re-elected to form the government.

Not a likely match...

Answer: Bryson

Bill Bryson, an American who made his home in Britain, is the author of humorous travel books such as "Notes from a Small Island", "The Lost Continent" and "Down Under" as well as scientific tomes such as "A Short History of Nearly Everything". Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peapo Bryson in 1951) an R&B singer who won two Grammy Awards, the first in 1992 for his duet with Celine Dion of the song from "Beauty and the Beast", and in 1993 for another duet from the Disney film "Aladdin", "A Whole New World", this time with Regina Belle.

They would never be a couple, but doesn't the pairing sound good?