T119 FIRST NAME LAST NAME QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

The 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

[Pseudo]

9 - Joan Collins?

13 - James Joyce

16 - Franz Ferdinand

17 - Frank Herbert

18 - James Dean

[magpie in the 80's]

9 - Joan Collins?

13 - James Joyce

16 - Franz Ferdinand

17 - Frank Herbert

18 - James Dean

OTHERS CORRECT PSEUDO

[godoubleblues]

Q6 - Henry Thomas
Q12 - Jack Bruce

[Footy Chick]

22. Shari Lewis?

Loved Lambchop - *sings* This is the song that doesn't end, it just goes on and on my friend

[Kahuna]

7/ Carly Simon
8/ Jackie Stewart
12/ Jack Bruce
21/ Ray Charles

[magpie in the 80's]

Q6 - Henry Thomas
Q12 - Jack Bruce

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

22. Shari Lewis?

Loved Lambchop - *sings* This is the song that doesn't end, it just goes on and on my friend

CORRECT FC

[magpie in the 80's]

7/ Carly Simon
8/ Jackie Stewart
12/ Jack Bruce
21/ Ray Charles

ALL CORRECT K

[Thiele]

24. Melissa Gilbert

[magpie in the 80's]

24. Melissa Gilbert

CORRECT JT

[spell_check]

20) Connie Francis

[JAS]

Howdy Mags

Q4 Rob Andrew
Q5 Lesley Joseph
Q11 Christopher Timothy
Q14 Paul Nicholas
Q23 Tony Curtis

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

20) Connie Francis

CORRECT SPELLY

[magpie in the 80's]

Howdy Mags

Q4 Rob Andrew
Q5 Lesley Joseph
Q11 Christopher Timothy
Q14 Paul Nicholas
Q23 Tony Curtis

Regards
JAS

ALL CORRECT JAS AND A BELATED HOWDY

[rogernumber10]

1 - Neil Simon
3 - Lee Marvin?

[magpie in the 80's]

1 - Neil Simon.....CORRECT
3 - Lee Marvin?..........INCORRECT

[Baron Greenback]

2. Spencer Tracy

[magpie in the 80's]

2. Spencer Tracy

correct CN

[Mr66]

9 - Bo Derek