Who Said What? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gloria Steinem

Despite this view of marriage, Gloria Steinem did marry later in life, explaining her decision thus: 'I didn't change. Marriage changed. We spent 30 years in the United States changing the marriage laws. If I had married when I was supposed to get married, I would have lost my name, my legal residence, my credit rating, many of my civil rights. That's not true any more.

It's possible to make an equal marriage.'

Answer: David Bowie

David Bowie is remembered for the various persona that he adopted, among them 'Ziggy Stardust', 'The Thin White Duke' and 'Aladdin Sane.' He also had unusual eyes, a condition called 'anisocoria' where the pupils are of a different size, the result of a teenage fight.

Later, George Underwood, who unintentionally caused the injury, collaborated on an album with Bowie, and also designed the album covers for 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' and 'Hunky Dory'.

Answer: Golda Meir

Golda Meir was the first female leader to be elected as a political leader in the Middle East, serving as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel between 1969-1974.

Meir helped to found the modern state of Israel, and was one of the two female signatories of the twenty four who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948.

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics over 600 times, after publishing four major papers in 1905, including Special Relativity and the Photoelectric Effect.

The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 was not initially awarded as the committee found it difficult to judge which nomination met the criteria for the 'greatest benefit for human kind.' Under the condition of Nobel's will the committee was able to defer awarding the prize for a year. While Einstein received the award for 1921, it was not announced until 1922.

Einstein won his prize for contributions to physics, in particular, the discovery of the Law of Photoelectric Effect. The 1923 winner, Robert Millikan, had tried to disprove Einstein's findings regarding Photoelectric Law but ended up confirming them.

Answer: Ray Kroc

While Ray Croc is remembered for founding McDonald's, as a fifteen year old he lied about his age to be able to enlist as a Red Cross ambulance driver in World War I. In his division was another underage enlistee who liked to draw, a young man named Walt Disney.

Answer: Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead chose as her daughter's paediatrician, Dr Benjamin Spock, who later became well-known for his then theories on child-rearing such as breast-feeding on demand. She chose him for his willingness to consider these and other child rearing practices she had observed in Polynesian cultures such as Samoa.

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw disliked his first name and in later life chose not to use it. A Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1925, he later won an Academy Award for his adaptation of 'Pygmalion', the first person to win both awards.

'Pygmalion' was named after a Greek mythological figure who fell in love with his creation. 'Pygmalion' was later adapted into the musical 'My Fair Lady' which was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning eight.

Answer: Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton has had a successful career spanning nearly 60 years as of 2022. She was estimated to have a wealth of $600 million (2021). As well as her music career (where she has written over 3000 songs, for herself and other artists), she is in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards.

Her business empire includes restaurants and a theme park and she is a philanthropist with interests in literacy, conservation, employment and health.

Answer: Walt Disney

Walt Disney was the co-founder of the 'Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio' in 1923, which over time became the Walt Disney Company. During his lifetime he was nominated for an incredible 59 Academy Awards, receiving 22, still a record in 2022. He was involved in 81 feature films, with two released after his death in 1965.

Answer: Bill Gates

Bill Gates was the co-founder of Microsoft with friend, Paul Allen in 1975. In 2000, he and his then wife, Melinda Gates, established the 'Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation' which was identified in 2013, as the world's wealthiest charitable foundation.

Among the projects the Foundation has chosen to work on, is the attempt to eliminate malaria and provide sanitation to poor communities.