Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 --

[Fifth Generation]

V) His (25 November, 1926 – 27 May, 1969) most famous roles are as John Wayne's character's sidekick in “The Searchers” (1956), as Jesus Christ in the biblical film “King of Kings” (1961), and as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of “Star Trek”, “The Cage”. Look for him, also, in “The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell” (1968), with Bob Hope.

[Fifth Generation]

VI) This American science fiction author began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century.(Personality, please)(25 November, 1926 – 31 July, 2001) also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Look for his books “Brain Wave”,“Orion Shall Rise”, and “Tales of the Flying Mountains”. He was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972. He was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's “Flashing Swords!” anthologies. He was a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Robert A. Heinlein dedicated his 1985 novel “The Cat Who Walks Through Walls” to him, and eight of the other members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.

[Fifth Generation]

VII) This American R&B and soul performer recorded the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966. The soul anthem became the cornerstone of his career, and was followed by "Warm and Tender Love", "It Tears Me Up", "Take Time to Know Her", "Love Me Tender", and "Cover Me".(Personality, please)(25 November, 1940) charted with "I'll Be Your Everything" and "Sunshine" during the 1970s, and has become an international concert favorite throughout the world.

[Fifth Generation]

VIII) An American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues, he attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. (Personality, please) (25 November, 1944) has frequently written commentaries on economic, political, and social issues, along with financial advice to individual investors. While, as a character actor, he is well known for his droning, monotone delivery, in real life he is a public speaker on a wide range of economic and social issues.

[Fifth Generation]

IX) "The Queen of Christian Pop",(Personality, please)(25 November, 1960) made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". During the 1980s and 1990s, she became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums “Unguarded”, and “Heart in Motion”, the latter of which included the No. 1 single "Baby Baby".

[Fifth Generation]

X) This driver from Australia had also raced in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard fought win in a wet race. (Personality, please) (25 November 1978) contested 12 races in 2005 for Derrick Walker's renamed Team Australia Racing. A lack of experience blighted his year and he scored only two top-ten finishes, the best of which was 8th in Edmonton.

[Fifth Generation]

Alex Trebek wrote:

<quoted text>Whigs

I was tossin' a coin on this one.
I should know better --- go with my 'gut'.
<five lashes with a cat o nine noodles>

[fadu singh]

Fifth Generation wrote:

IX) "The Queen of Christian Pop",(Personality, please)(25 November, 1960) made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". During the 1980s and 1990s, she became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums “Unguarded”, and “Heart in Motion”, the latter of which included the No. 1 single "Baby Baby".

Amy grant

[ghostly]

What percentage of inventions used by everyone, everyday, were created by the brillant mind of the White-man?

[lightbeamrider]

Fifth Generation wrote:

IX) "The Queen of Christian Pop",(Personality, please)(25 November, 1960) made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". During the 1980s and 1990s, she became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums “Unguarded”, and “Heart in Motion”, the latter of which included the No. 1 single "Baby Baby".

Amy Grant. I guess?

[fadu singh]

Fifth Generation wrote:

I) This Scottish-American industrialist led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.(Personality, please)(25 November, 1835 – 11 August, 1919) gave most of his money to establish many libraries, schools, and universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries, as well as a pension fund for former employees. He is often regarded as the second-richest man in history after John D. Rockefeller. He started as a telegrapher and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges and oil derricks. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.

Undoubtedly,Andrew carnegie.

[beachball]

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ MONTHS __________
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$300 ~ The 20th Amendment moved Congress' opening from the first Monday in December to the third day of this
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$400 ~ The next year this month will have five Sundays is 2032
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$500 ~ On the Gregorian calendar, it's the ninth month

January

February

September

[beachball]

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ JAZZ __________
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$600 ~ Ella Fitzgerald & Al Jarreau are famed for this technique of singing made-up syllables
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$1000 ~ "Birth of the Cool" & "Kind of Blue" are albums from this late trumpeter's pre-fusion period

Scat

Miles Davis

[beachball]

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS __________
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$600 ~ "The Pygmies" & "The Pomegranate Seeds" are 2 of his "Tanglewood Tales"
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$800 ~ He said his 1994 novel "A Son of the Circus" "Isn't about India. I don't know India. I was there only once"

Nathaniel Hawthorne

John Irving

[beachball]

Alex Trebek wrote:

Repost ....______ THE 68th OSCARS __________
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$100 ~ Paul Sorvino wept with joy when this actress, his daughter won for "Mighty Aphrodite"
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$300 ~ Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of this pig, carried a jeweled handbag shaped like a pig to the Oscars
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$500 ~ Winning for "Dead Man Walking", she told Tim Robbins, "This is yours as much as mine. Thank God we live together!"

Mira

Babe

Susan Sarandon

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ INSPIRATIONS __________

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$400 ~ While Dante has inspired many writers, this woman was his love & inspiration
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$500 ~ Film director whose life was the inspiration for the Clint Eastwood film "White Hunter, Black Heart"

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ MEN OF NOTE __________

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$400 ~ Tracy Marrow is the real name of this rap singer whose stage name is a tribute to the novelist Iceberg Slim
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$600 ~ This composer is always good company; his 1971 musical "Company" was revived on Broadway in 1995

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ SALLY FIELD __________

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$500 ~ In this 1994 film Sally Field tells Tom Hanks, "Stupid is as stupid does"

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ SHE SELLS __________

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$400 ~ She became the advertising global spokeswoman for T-Mobile in 2002
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$600 ~ This former "Bionic Woman" can be seen in Southern California Ford ads
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$800 ~ This fashion label's "girls" have included Carre Otis, Claudia Schiffer & Anna Nicole Smith
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$1000 ~ It wasn't just Eva Herzigova's career that got a lift on her "Look me in the eyes" billboards for this

[Alex Trebek]

Repost ....______ SEYCHELLES __________

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$400 ~ In 1956 this Cypriot archbishop was exiled to the Seychelles