Thursday, December 15, 2011

Trivia Quiz #209 - Fame Trivia Quiz

Famous Stuff Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Stephen Sondheim supported himself before his West Side Story
    success, by writing what?
     
  2. Which Gwen won an Olympic Gold medal in track?
     
  3. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were band leaders, but who was Arnold
    Dorsey?
     
  4. Who is the famous clarinetist who performs with the New Orleans
    Funeral and Jazz Band?
     
  5. Dudley Moore is famous for playing what instrument?
     
  6. What geological feature was named for the man that was the head
    of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th
    century.
     
  7. What was the name of the Russian goldsmith who became famous for
    his jeweled eggs?
     
  8. What well known French landmark is named after a German city?
     
  9. Who was the explorer that included a photograph of his nude
    mistress in a book he wrote about his travels?
     
  10. Who is the famous mother of Elijah Blue?
     
  11. What world renowned southern city is known for its Beale Street
    Blues?
     
  12. What is the name of the world's most famous Opera House?
     
  13. What famous American frontiersman boasted: "I can't say I was
    ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days"?
     
  14. What was the name of the future President who made the famous
    Checkers Speech in 1952?
     
  15. What well known American's father headed the investigation into
    the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932?
     
  16. What renowned Cherokee Indian was known to the Americans of his
    time as George Guess?
     
  17. Francis Bellamy wrote what famous words to commemorate the 400th
    anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America?
     
  18. What world renowned frontierswoman, buried in Deadwood, South
    Dakota, was laid to rest wearing a white dress and with a gun in
    each hand?
     
  19. The Horseshoe Falls are part of which famous Falls?
     
  20. In which state is the Sun Studio where Elvis made his recordings?
     
  21. What politician appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked
    the Marine corps' 215th anniversary?
     
  22. What famous actor turned down the role of Archie Bunker in the
    pilot for All in the Family?
     
  23. Who won $15,000 on the TV show Name That Tune before gaining fame
    as an astronaut?
     
  24. What Hollywood actor turned down the role of Marshall Matt Dillon
    on Gunsmoke?
     
  25. In 1958, what couple appeared in a TV play, A Turkey for the
    president?
     
  26. Before legally changing his name, what was Mr. T's real name?
     
  27. Unlike Dallas where oil was the big thing, Falcon Crest was about
    what California product?
     
  28. In what US state, famous for its ski resorts, is South Park
    situated?
     
  29. What was the name of the first feline featured on Lifestyles of
    the Rich and Famous?
     
  30. What did Farrah Fawcett the famous actress have named after her?
     

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #209 - Fame Trivia

  1. Topper TV scripts.
  2. Torrence.
  3. Pop singer Englebert Humperdinck.
  4. Woody Allen.
  5. Piano.
  6. Mount Everest, named for Sir George Everest.
  7. Peter Faberge.
  8. The Eiffel Tower.
  9. Robert Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.
  10. Cher.
  11. Memphis, Tennessee.
  12. La Scala.
  13. Daniel Boone.
  14. Richard Nixon.
  15. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
  16. Sequoya.
  17. The Pledge of Allegiance.
  18. Calamity Jane.
  19. Niagara.
  20. Tennessee.
  21. Dan Quayle.
  22. Mickey Rooney.
  23. John Glenn.
  24. John Wayne.
  25. Future President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy.
  26. Lawrence Tero.
  27. Wine.
  28. Colorado.
  29. Morris the Cat.
  30. It was a gold-plated "Farrah faucet".