Who am I? Barry, Harry or Larry Quiz

Answer: Gene Barry

Gene Barry (1919-2009) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He had a career spanning the years 1942-2005 on stage, film and television and is best remembered in the western television series "Bat Masterson" (1958-1961) and as the millionaire LA Policeman, Capt. Amos Burke in "Burke's Law" (1963-1966).

Answer: Harry James

Harry James (1916-1983) was an American trumpet-playing band leader during the big band era of the 1940s. He appeared with his band in numerous movies during the 1940s and 1950s. His instrumental single "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" topped the charts in 1941.

Answer: Larry Csonka

Larry Csonka (b. 1946) is a retired American professional footballer who played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins winning the Super Bowl twice, VII and VIII (1973 and 1974). At Super Bowl VIII he was named the MVP. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and his #39 was retired by the Miami Dolphins in 2002.

Answer: Larry David

Larry David (b. 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director and producer. Together with Jerry Seinfeld they created the television series "Seinfeld". Larry David was the head writer and producer of the television series for the first seven seasons (1989-1996). He has been nominated over 25 times for a Primetime Emmy Award, winning twice in 1993 in different categories.

Answer: John Barry

John Barry (1933-2011) was an English composer and conductor. His career spanned the years 1959-2006 and he composed the scores for eleven James Bond films between 1963-1987. He won numerous awards including Academy Awards for Best Original Score for the following movies: "Born Free" (1966), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), "Out of Africa" (1985) and "Dances with Wolves" (1990).

Answer: Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte (b. 1927) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter and actor. During the 1950s he popularised Calypso music and earned the nickname of the "Calypso King". He made a number of albums and hit singles including "(Day-O) The Banana Boat Song", his signature song, released in 1956.

Answer: Larry Fine

Louis Feinberg (1902-1975) is better known to us by his professional stage name, Larry Fine; one of the Three Stooges. Larry was an American actor, comedian, violinist and boxer (winning one professional bout). Larry was noticeable as the stooge who had the thick curly hair but the bald receding forehead. Together with the Howard brothers the Three Stooges made 206 short films and features from 1932 to 1959.

Answer: Harry Houdini

Erik Weisz (1874-1926) is Hungarian-American and better known to us as Harry Houdini, the illusionist and stunt performer. His family moved to the USA in 1878 and he started performing as a trapeze artist at the age of 9 years. In 1894 he married Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Rahner and from then on she became his assistant in all of his acts. His acts included card tricks, but mainly escape acts from gaols, handcuffs, chains, ropes and straitjackets.

Answer: Barry White

Barry Eugene Carter (1944-2003) was an American singer and songwriter and better known to us as Barry White. He had that distinctive bass-baritone voice which helped him win two Grammy Awards in 2002 for "Staying Power". His biggest hits were "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" which reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #2 was "You're the First, the Last, My Everything".

Answer: Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries (b. 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor and author. He is best known on stage and television for playing the roles of Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He first appeared as Edna Everidge in 1955, the original drab Australian housewife. However, the character grew over the years to be a woman of the world wearing outlandish hair styles, clothes, spectacles and then a Dame honoured by the British honours system.