Trivia Quiz Questions About People
Catherine Deneuve and Marie Hevlin both married what
photographer?
A: David Bailey.
Who was the Jake La Motta, Bronx Bull, was defeated by whom
in 1951?
A: Sugar Ray Robinson.
What was the name of America's second astronaut to venture
out into space?
A: M Scott Carpenter.
Joe Louis retired as world Heavyweight champion in March
1949 at what age?
A: 34.
Bessie Smith was born in what city?
A: Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Clifford Irving admitted that his "autobiography" of who
was a hoax?
A: Howard Hughes.
What was Malcolm X's real last name?
A: Little.
If Diane Keaton's had used her father's last name instead
of her mother's , what would her last name be?
A: Hall
Little Mo was how old when she first won Wimbledon?
A: 17.
Martina Navratilova competed officially as an American
rather than a Czech player in what year?
A: 1981.
The first Oscars were presented by what famous
actor?
A: Douglas Fairbanks.
Marie Osmond has a husband and how many children?
A: Seven
What famous actress launched her own perfume called White
Diamonds?
A: Elizabeth Taylor.
Calvin Klein graduated from where in 1962?
A: New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.
Karol Wojtyla was the real name of the Pope who succeeded
what Pope?
A: John Paul I.
At Louis B Mayer's funeral who said, "The only reason
people showed up was to make sure he was dead?"
A: Sam Goldwin
Yves St. Laurent became whose assistant at the age of 17?
A: Christian Dior's.
Who Ralph Lauren was described by what magazine as "the
first image maker"?
A: by New York Magazine.
In 1974, after appearing with the
New York City Ballet, who
joined the American Ballet Theater?
A: Gelsey Kirkland.
Kenneth Starr was the independent prosecutor in what
presidents affairs?
A: Bill Clinton.
