QUIZ 1. 

RECALLING PREVIOUSLY WELL-KNOWN NAMES. Fill in the blanks. 

Activities like this one create great associations for memory to regain needed momentum. This is also one exercise Baby Boomers and their parents could do together to boost memory confidence and have a bit of fun at the same time!

Answers are below. Print out & fill-in. Maybe you can wait until the end to look at them?

1. The 50’s sitcom about the Nelson family included: The father,  _________________ and his wife ______________________. They also had two sons. The oldest was named ________________ and the youngest was___________________, who later died in a plane crash. They were a real family and these were their real names.

2. The names of the four family members from the "Leave It To Beaver" show included:__________________, the father, ________________________, the mother, ________________________, the oldest son, and Beaver the youngest, played by ____________________ ______________________. A school friend, who often visited Beaver’s older brother and liked to cause trouble on the show was _________________ _____________________.

3. In the early television sitcom "The Honeymooner’s," who portrayed Alice and Ralph Kramden? __________________ _____________________ played the wife and ____________________________ _______________________ played the husband.

4.The show "Candid Camera" was originally hosted by ___________ ________________, while "I’ve Got a Secret" was hosted by ______________ _____________________.

5. There are many late night television talk show hosts: The 1st one was Jack ____________, the longest running one was Johnny____________________, the present one is Jay _________________ , the alternative one continues to be David _________________________, and the present queen of day-time talk show hostesses is Miss _______________ __________________________.

6. "All In The Family" with the Bunker family had a fine cast of characters including: _______________________ O'______________________ as Archie, J____________________ S_______________________ as Edith.

7. Ted Baxter played the part of a very bad television newsman on the sitcom named for the female star of the show called "The ______________ _____________ ____ ___________Show." In an earlier sitcom, this actress played the part of a wife married to actor ____________ __________ _____________. He played the part of a comic writer on the show. Their television names were R_________________ and L_________________ Petrie. Buddy and Sally also played writers on the show. Buddy was played by M_________________ A____________________.

8. Scarlett O’ Hara was the name of the lead female role in the famous movie ______________ _____________ _____________ _______________________. Her part was played by ____________________ ____________________. Her leading man in the movie, who used the line “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn” was __________________ ________________________. His name in the movie was ___________________ _________________________.

9. In the movie Camelot, often identified with the Kennedy years, King ______________ was played by Richard ______________________. The name of the King's queen was ________________________, and she was played by __________________ _________________________. The knight in the movie who betrayed Arthur in the movie was named _______________________.

10. Who wrote a Diary while hiding in Amsterdam for 2 years? ______________ ___________________. The movie about the diary later was called ________ ______________ ___ ___________ __________________.

11. Taken from the book, "Pygmalian," by George B_______________ S_______________, “My Fair Lady” was the story of a common cockney English girl, called _______________ ______________________, who was played by __________________ ____________________ in the movie. Her leading man in the movie was _____________ ____________________, who played Professor ________________ _____________.
The Broadway version female lead was __________________ __________________. She was also in the next question about the Sound of Music! 

12. "The Sound of Music" was a musical about a family of singers called “The _________ ______________________ Family Singers.” A nun named ____________ was asked to leave the convent and become the governess for the  musical children. The actress who played her part was ____________________ _____________________________.

13. Red-headed and Irish, who played next to John Wayne in "The Quiet Man?" ______________________ O’______________. Later she played in a movie called "The Parent Trap" by Disney, in which her twin daughters are played by one young English actress named ________________________ _________________________,

14. Lauren Bacall was married to the famous actor who played in the movie "Casablanca." His name was __________________ _______________________. In the movie, who was his leading lady played by? ___________________ ______________________.

15. Who used the line, “Come on up and see me sometime?” __________ ____________. Her name is also synonymous with parachutes worn in the military. Another comedian also used one-liners like this one-- “Never saw a child I didn’t like--well done.” He was W.C.___________________.

16. Every holiday, many people watch "It’s A Wonderful Life" played by leading man ______________ _____________________, whose name in the movie is ______________ , a man who marries a childhood sweetheart named ____________ and played by __________ _____________.

17. The original movie of the "The Odd Couple" featured _______________ _______________________, who played fussy Felix Ungar and _____________________ _______________________, who played messy Oscar.

18. The four Beatles, _______, __________, __________, and ______________ were first viewed in America on “The ____ ________________________ Show," named for the host of the "really big show."

19. Kathryn Hepburn was well-known for her part as ____ in "Little Women" in her early acting career. This book was written by author _________________ __________ ________________________ . In mid-life, Kate's long time relationship with actor __________________ ______________________ was common knowledge. In her later years, she played the mother in the movie, "On Golden Pond" beside her co-stars, _________________ _____________________, who played the father and actress, ______________ ______________________, who played their daughter. She was actually his daughter in real life and upset many with anti-war politics during the Viet Nam era.

20. Ginger Rogers was often the dancing partner of the master of dancing _______________ ______________________. Two other great male dancers of the same era were known for their roles in a movie titled "Singing In The Rain." They were ___________________ __ _____________________ and ______________ _______________________. The female lead in the movie was _________________ _____________________.

21. Her line was “See the USA in your Chevrolet.” She was a blonde singer. Her name is Miss __________________ ________________. She dated and became very close to another well-known actor, __________________ _____________________, who later married Loni Anderson.

22. Spencer Tracy played the father in "Father of the Bride." His daughter, Kay, was played by well-known actress ____________________ ___________________ who later played the part of an Egyptian Queen in the film,_____________________. She later married her leading man,________________________ ___________________________, who played her co-star, Marc Anthony.

23. In the musical movie "Oklahoma," Curly was played by __________ Mc_______________________ and Laurie was played by __________________ _______________________, who later starred in the ever popular "Music Man" with her famous co-star who was described as 'born to play the part of the Music Man,' _____________ ___________________. The young red-headed boy with a lisp in the movie was ______________ __________________, also known for his part in the Andy ______________________ Show and as director of many of the movies of our time.

24. Liza Minneli’s mother was famous for her part in The "Wizard of Oz." She was _________________ _______________________. The song she made famous in that movie was _________________________ _____________ ___________ _______________________________.

25. Name the actor known for silent comic films _____________________ __________________________. Three Marx brothers also did some silent comic films. There names were _________________, _________________, and ______________.

26. This queen of comedy was the real wife of character, Ricky Ricardo. His real name was actually  ___________ ________________. She holds the record as the longest-running TV Sitcom known as, "I Love ________." Her real name is ________________ ________________, one of the funniest and brightest women who ever lived. Her next door neighbors in the show were E _______________ and F_____________ M_______, who were played by V________________ V___________________, the wife, and W___________ F________________, the husband,

27. Prince Ranier of __________________ was also the husband of _____________ _________________, the late Princess, an actress from the United States.

28. After JFK’s assassination by ___________ _____________________ _______________________, in _____________, _______ on _________________ 22nd, 1963, his assassin was murdered while in public transit by a man named _______________ __________________. Kennedy's assassination was very similar to that of another famous president, who released the slaves. His name is  _______________________ __________________. He was also murdered in a _______________ by a man named _____________ __________________ _____________________. Also, Kennedy's own brother was later assassinated as well. His name was ____________ ___________________. His assassin's name was _________________ ___________________.

29. Who shouted, “The British are coming?”_______________ _____________________, and who else said, “Give me liberty or give me death?” __________________ _______________________.

30. Who wrote "Uncle Tom’s Cabin?" _________________ ________________ ____________________. Another loved book about a person named “Tom” from American History is called "Tom Sawyer" written by _______________ _________________, who was also known as ______________ ________________. The name of Tom’s girl friend in the book is ___________. Later the same author wrote another book Tom's best friend in the book,"________________________ __________."

31. W______________________ S____________________________ wrote much of early Elizabethan literature. The most famous, but tragic, is a love story about two young people in love from warring families and is known as "________________ and _____________________." 

32. English literature, such as "Oliver Twist" was written by C_______________________ D_______________________

33. The writer of the "Star-Spangled Banner" is _________________ ________________ _____________________. 

34. Another early American poet wrote, “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree?” His name was ______________________ ____________________________

35. The founder of Philadelphia was _________________ _______________. The city became known as the City of _______________________ _______________ Among their historical artifacts, Philadelphia is the home of the __________________ Bell.

36. America was discovered by _____________________ _________________ , but named after ___________________________ _____________________.

37. Name the first female who ran for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket with Walter Mondale: ___________________ ___________________________. Clinton’s vice-president also attempted to run for President. He was ________ _______________. Nixon’s Vice-President became President by default. He was __________________ _________________. 

38. At Kitty Hawk, the 1st airplane was flown by two historic brothers,  ______________ and _______________ ________________.

ANSWER KEY:

1.Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky. 2. Ward, June, Wally, Jerry  Mathers, and Eddie Haskell. 3. Audrey Meadows and Jackie Gleason. 4. Alan Funt and Gary Moore. 5. Parr, Carson, Leno, Letterman, Oprah Winfrey. 6. Carroll O’Connor, Jean Stapleton. 7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Dick Van Dyke, Rob, Laura, Morey Amsterdam. 8. Gone With The Wind, Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable, Rhett Butler 9. Arthur, Richard Harris, Guinevere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lancelot 10. Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank. 11. George Bernard Shaw, Eliza Doolittle, Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Henry Higgins, Julie Andrews. 12. The Von Trapp Family Singers, Maria, Julie Andrews. 13. Maureen O’Hara, Haley Mills. 14. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman. 15. Mae West, W.C. Fields. 16. James Stewart, Harry, Mary, Donna Reed. 17. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau. 18. Paul, John, George, Ringo, Ed Sullivan. 19. Jo, Louis May Alcott, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda. 20. Fred Astaire, Donald O’ Connor, Gene Kelley, Debbie Reynolds. 21. Dinah Shore, Bert Reynolds. 22. Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra, Richard Burton. 23. Gordon McCray, Shirley Jones, Robert Preston, Ron Howard, the Andy Griffith Show. 24. Judy Garland, Somewhere Over The Rainbow. 25. Charlie Chaplan, Groucho, Harpo, and Zeppo or Chico. 26. Desi Arnez, Lucy, Lucille Ball, Ethel & Fred Mertz, Vivien Vance, William Frawley. 27. Monaco, Grace Kelly. 28. Lee Harvey Oswald, Dallas, Texas, November 22nd, Jack Ruby, Abraham Lincoln, theatre, John Wilkes Booth, Robert Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan.  29. Paul Revere, Patrick Henry. 30. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, Becky Thatcher, and Huckleberry Finn. 31. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. 32. Charles Dickens. 33. Francis Scott Key 34. Joyce Kilmer. 35. William Penn, Brotherly Love, Liberty Bell. 36. Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci. 37. Geraldine Ferraro, Al Gore, Gerald Ford. 38. Orville and Wilbur Wright.