T119 FIRST NAME LAST NAME QUIZ
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:09 amThe answers to the following 25 questions are all people that have a surname which is also a first name, E.G. Cliff Richard
1 Who wrote the play The Odd Couple?
NEIL SIMON
2 Who was the first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years?
SPENCER TRACY
3 Which entertainer once boxed under the name Kid Shelleen?
DEAN MARTIN
4 Which former England captain was appointed Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons?
ROB ANDREW
5 Who played Dorien in Birds of a Feather?
LESLEY JOSEPH
6 Who played the role of Elliott in the film ET?
HENRY THOMAS
7 Who performed the Bond theme for The Spy Who Loved Me?
CARLY SIMON
8 Which three times Formula One World Champion was born in 1939 in Dumbartonshire?
JACKIE STEWART
9 Which actress was born Mary Cathleen Collins?
BO DEREK
10 Who performed with groups called The Stilettos and The Wind in the Willows before going on to front a band that recorded six number one hits in the UK in the 20th century?
DEBRA HARRY
11 Which star of the TV series All Creatures Great and Small penned the autobiography Vet Behind the Ears?
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY
12 Who played the bass guitar for the rock band Cream?
JACK BRUCE
13 Which Irish author penned the novels Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake?
JAMES JOYCE
14 Who played the role of Vince Pinner in Just Good Friends?
PAUL NICHOLAS
15 Which recipient of a Best Actor Oscar has the first name of Fahrid?
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM
16 Who was the 15th child of Francis I and Archduchess Maria Theresa?
MARIE ANTIONNETTE
17 Who wrote the novel Dune?
FRANK HERBERT
18 Who is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs American Pie, Jack and Diane, Vogue, Rock On and We Didn’t Start the Fire?
JAMES DEAN
19 Whose first published novel in 1910 was entitled The White Peacock?
DH LAWRENCE
20 Who was born Concetta Franconero?
CONNIE FRANCIS
21 Which chart topping singer attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St Augustine?
RAY CHARLES
22 Who was accompanied by a ventriloquist doll called Lamb chop?
SHERI LEWIS
23 Who played Danny Wilde in the TV series The Persuaders?
TONY CURTIS
24 Who played Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie?
MELISSA GILBERT
25 In 1813 who refused the title of Poet Laureate?
SIR WALTER SCOTT
1 Who wrote the play The Odd Couple?
NEIL SIMON
2 Who was the first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years?
SPENCER TRACY
3 Which entertainer once boxed under the name Kid Shelleen?
DEAN MARTIN
4 Which former England captain was appointed Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons?
ROB ANDREW
5 Who played Dorien in Birds of a Feather?
LESLEY JOSEPH
6 Who played the role of Elliott in the film ET?
HENRY THOMAS
7 Who performed the Bond theme for The Spy Who Loved Me?
CARLY SIMON
8 Which three times Formula One World Champion was born in 1939 in Dumbartonshire?
JACKIE STEWART
9 Which actress was born Mary Cathleen Collins?
BO DEREK
10 Who performed with groups called The Stilettos and The Wind in the Willows before going on to front a band that recorded six number one hits in the UK in the 20th century?
DEBRA HARRY
11 Which star of the TV series All Creatures Great and Small penned the autobiography Vet Behind the Ears?
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY
12 Who played the bass guitar for the rock band Cream?
JACK BRUCE
13 Which Irish author penned the novels Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake?
JAMES JOYCE
14 Who played the role of Vince Pinner in Just Good Friends?
PAUL NICHOLAS
15 Which recipient of a Best Actor Oscar has the first name of Fahrid?
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM
16 Who was the 15th child of Francis I and Archduchess Maria Theresa?
MARIE ANTIONNETTE
17 Who wrote the novel Dune?
FRANK HERBERT
18 Who is mentioned in the lyrics of the songs American Pie, Jack and Diane, Vogue, Rock On and We Didn’t Start the Fire?
JAMES DEAN
19 Whose first published novel in 1910 was entitled The White Peacock?
DH LAWRENCE
20 Who was born Concetta Franconero?
CONNIE FRANCIS
21 Which chart topping singer attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St Augustine?
RAY CHARLES
22 Who was accompanied by a ventriloquist doll called Lamb chop?
SHERI LEWIS
23 Who played Danny Wilde in the TV series The Persuaders?
TONY CURTIS
24 Who played Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie?
MELISSA GILBERT
25 In 1813 who refused the title of Poet Laureate?
SIR WALTER SCOTT
