Monday, October 25, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #27 - Trivia Questions with Answers About Famous People

Trivia Quiz of the day #27 - Topic: Famous People - Answers at bottom of page.


Trivia questions and answers concerning famous people.
  1. Which photographer have Catherine Deneuve and Marie Hevlin married?
     
  2. Who founded the Coca Cola company?
     
  3. Who or what was Deep Blue, Gary Kasparov's famous chess opponent?
     
  4. Who was piloting the U-2 aircraft shot down over the USSR in 1960?
     
  5. Who retired as world Heavyweight champion in March 1949 aged 34?
     
  6. Which bandleader has the first names Edward Kennedy?
     
  7. Who went to the electric chair for the murder of Charles Lindbergh junior?
     
  8. Who was the sole survivor of the car crash in which Princess Dianna died?
     
  9. Where was Bessie Smith born?
     
  10. Who wrote the novel On The Road?
     
  11. Which President offered military aid to Korea in 1950?
     
  12. Who was the Bronx Bull who Sugar Ray Robinson defeated in 1951?
     
  13. In 1991 who was voted "the most successful Australian to get to the top with
    least ability" by students in Adelaide?
     
  14. What was the first name of the baby in the Louise Woodward case?
     
  15. Who were the first married couple to go to the electric chair?
     
  16. Ulrich Salchow was the first Olympic medalist in his sport and give his name to
    one of its jumps; what sport is it?
     
  17. Who was America's second man in space?
     
  18. Which poet read a poem at John F Kennedy's inauguration?
     
  19. Who was charged with murder after the massacre at My Lai?
     
  20. Who admitted that his "autobiography" of Howard Hughes was a hoax?
     
  21. Which cartoon strip was Charles Schulz's most famous creation?
     
  22. Sidney Bechet was famous for which musical instrument in addition to the
    saxophone?
     
  23. Who founded the American Institution of public Opinion?
     
  24. What was Malcolm X's real last name?
     
  25. Who founded The Reader's Digest?
     


 Daily Trivia Quiz #27 - 
Famous People - Answers


  1. David Bailey.
  2. Asa Chandler.
  3. Computer.
  4. Francis Gary Powers.
  5. Joe Louis.
  6. Duke Ellington.
  7. Bruno Hauptmann.
  8. Trevor Rees-Jones.
  9. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  10. Jack Kerouac.
  11. Truman.
  12. Jake La Motta.
  13. Kylie Minogue.
  14. Matthew.
  15. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
  16. Skating.
  17. M Scott Carpenter.
  18. Robert Frost.
  19. Lt. William Calley.
  20. Clifford Irving.
  21. Peanuts.
  22. Clarinet.
  23. George Gallup.
  24. Little.
  25. DeWitt Wallace.
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