PEOPLE QUIZ NO. 31 20TH CENTURY CHAPS PART 2
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:31 pmWHO WAS BORN IN
1 1925 won an Oscar for his role as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke?
GEORGE KENNEDY
2 1926 founded the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland?
IAN PAISLEY
3 1927 became a chart topping singer known as the Sultan of Sob?
JOHNNY RAY
4 1928 was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King?
JAMES EARL RAY
5 1929 became a successful musician backed by The Paramount Jazz Band?
ACKER BILK
6 1930 recorded the last UK number one hit in the 1960s?
ROLF HARRIS
7 1931 provided the speaking voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars?
JAMES EARL JONES
8 1932 became a country and western singer who committed suicide in 1996. Did he pull the trigger at four in the morning?
FARON YOUNG
9 1933 became known as the Godfather of Soul?
JAMES BROWN
10 1934 wrestled naked with Oliver Reed in Women In Love?
ALAN BATES
11 1935 became the first boxer to regain the World Heavyweight title?
FLOYD PATTERSON
12 1936 became the first President of Zimbabwe?
CANAAN BANANA
13 1937 was appointed US Secretary of State in January 2001?
COLIN POWELL
14 1938 became a successful tennis star nicknamed the Rockhampton Rocket?
ROD LAVER
15 1939 provided lead vocals for Mott the Hoople?
IAN HUNTER
16 1940 was the first Scottish footballer to be voted European Footballer of the Year?
DENNIS LAW
17 1941 had the birth name of Robert Allen Zimmerman?
BOB DYLAN
18 1942 died in 1969, and was mourned by his fellow band members in the Rolling Stones?
BRIAN JONES
19 1943 played Gambit in The New Avengers?
GARETH HUNT
20 1944 became the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali?
JOE FRAIZER
21 1945 gained fame with a five letter name fronting Motorhead?
LEMMY
22 1946 was the first Welsh actor to play James Bond?
TIMOTHY DALTON
23 1947 became Vice President of the USA and was mocked for his inability to spell potato?
DAN QUAYLE
24 1948 had the birth name of Damon Vincent Furnier?
ALICE COOPER
25 1949 was portrayed by Jim Carrey in the film Man on the Moon?
ANDY KAUFMAN
1 1925 won an Oscar for his role as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke?
GEORGE KENNEDY
2 1926 founded the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland?
IAN PAISLEY
3 1927 became a chart topping singer known as the Sultan of Sob?
JOHNNY RAY
4 1928 was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King?
JAMES EARL RAY
5 1929 became a successful musician backed by The Paramount Jazz Band?
ACKER BILK
6 1930 recorded the last UK number one hit in the 1960s?
ROLF HARRIS
7 1931 provided the speaking voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars?
JAMES EARL JONES
8 1932 became a country and western singer who committed suicide in 1996. Did he pull the trigger at four in the morning?
FARON YOUNG
9 1933 became known as the Godfather of Soul?
JAMES BROWN
10 1934 wrestled naked with Oliver Reed in Women In Love?
ALAN BATES
11 1935 became the first boxer to regain the World Heavyweight title?
FLOYD PATTERSON
12 1936 became the first President of Zimbabwe?
CANAAN BANANA
13 1937 was appointed US Secretary of State in January 2001?
COLIN POWELL
14 1938 became a successful tennis star nicknamed the Rockhampton Rocket?
ROD LAVER
15 1939 provided lead vocals for Mott the Hoople?
IAN HUNTER
16 1940 was the first Scottish footballer to be voted European Footballer of the Year?
DENNIS LAW
17 1941 had the birth name of Robert Allen Zimmerman?
BOB DYLAN
18 1942 died in 1969, and was mourned by his fellow band members in the Rolling Stones?
BRIAN JONES
19 1943 played Gambit in The New Avengers?
GARETH HUNT
20 1944 became the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali?
JOE FRAIZER
21 1945 gained fame with a five letter name fronting Motorhead?
LEMMY
22 1946 was the first Welsh actor to play James Bond?
TIMOTHY DALTON
23 1947 became Vice President of the USA and was mocked for his inability to spell potato?
DAN QUAYLE
24 1948 had the birth name of Damon Vincent Furnier?
ALICE COOPER
25 1949 was portrayed by Jim Carrey in the film Man on the Moon?
ANDY KAUFMAN