Famous people Trivia Quiz
Which organization handed over Brian Keenan in Beirut after 1600
days?
A: Islamic Dawn.
In which month in 1997 was The Notorious B.I.G. gunned down?
A: March.
What was the official occupation of Sir Anthony Blunt who was
unmasked as a Soviet spy in 1979?
A: Art Historian.
Which famous name was accused f the abduction of Stompie Seipei?
A: Winnie Mandela.
What was the highest rank Charles Lindbergh attained?
A: Brigadier General.
What is Arnold Palmer's middle name?
A: Daniel.
The best famous people trivia quiz questions can be found where?
A: Trivia Country!
Who was the second person to make a solo transatlantic flight?
A: Amelia Earhart.
Who became commanding general of the First Armored Corps in 1941?
A: George Patton.
Who was the third wife of the leader of China's Long March?
A: Jiang Qing.
In 1985 Terry Waite returned to Beirut after securing the release
of four British hostages where?
A: Libya.
Where did Ferdinand Marcos live in exile?
A: Hawaii.
Which American led a team to put 10 people on the summit of
Everest in 1990?
A: James Whittaker.
Which founder of the company Triad was accused by the USA of
receiving bribes?
A: Adnan Khashoggi.
UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold was killed over which country?
A: Congo.
What was the autobiography of the first president of
non-Apartheid South Africa called?
A: Long Walk To Freedom.
Which terrorist group murdered Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro?
A: Red Brigade.
General Boris Gromov was the last Soviet soldier to leave where
in 1989?
A: Afghanistan.
Who was the first person after Scott to reach the South Pole
overland?
A: Edmond Hillary.
Which politician's wife was acquitted in 1990 of defrauding US
banks?
A: Imelda Marcos.
In what year did Saddam Hussein become President of Iraq?
A: 1979.
Who became chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989?
A: Colin Powel.
Who became leader of the Bosnian Serbs in 1992?
A: Radovan Karadzic.
Who was deputy commander of the 1983 US invasion of Grenada?
A: Norman Schwarzkopf.
Mao wrote a Rd Book; who wrote a Green Book?
A: Colonel Gaddafi.
What was Mother Teresa's real first name?
A: Agnes.
Which famous daughter was made chief designer at Chloe in 1997?
A: Stella McCartney.
Which journalist first told the world about the My Lai massacre?
A: Seymour Hersh.
Which supermodel was married to Rod Stewart?
A: Rachel Hunter.
Who was America's first world chess champion?
A: Bobby Fischer.
Which Swiss-born Californian first used an amplifier with a
guitar?
A: Adolph Rickenbacker.
Who was chairman of the Watergate hearings?
A: Sam Ervin.
Which member of Britain's Royal Family sold her autobiography for
$1.3 million to Simon & Schuster?
A: Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York.
What is the name of Terence and Shirley Conran's dress designer
son?
A: Jasper.
Who was credited with popularizing the term rock 'n' roll?
A: Alan Freed.
What were Gary Gilmore's final words before his execution in
1977?
A: Let's do it.
In which country was Ivana Trump born and brought up?
A: Czechoslovakia.
Who wrote the stage musical Cabaret?
A: Bob Fosse.
Which drink did The Spice Girls promote?
A: Pepsi.
Flamenco dancer Joaquin Cortes hit the headlines in 1996 over his
relationship with which supermodel?
A: Naomi Campbell.
Who was the youngest brother in the Beach Boys?
A: Carl Wilson.
Which Italian fashion designer was murdered on the orders of his
ex-wife?
A: Gucci.
Which blonde model appeared in the first Tim Hudson Batman movie?
A: Jerry Hall.
Which soap star launched a perfume called Scoundrel?
A: Joan Collins.
How old was George Gershwin when he died?
A: 38.
Who was the first black man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
A: Ralph Johnson Bunche.
Which actress was called by the US Senate a 'powerful force of
evil' when she left her husband and child in 1948?
A: Ingrid Bergman.
Which golfer became only the fifth in history to win both the
British and US Open championships in the same year, in 1982?
A: Tom Watson.
How many times did tennis legend Jimmy Connors win the US Open in
the 1970s?
A: Three.
What sentence did Charles Manson receive for the murder of
actress Sharon Tate?
A: Execution (although the death penalty was not in force in
California).
Which pop star did model Iman marry in 1992?
A: David Bowie.
