--1. Alfred Hitchcock never won an Academy Award for directing.
--2. Steven Spielberg holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.
--3. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

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--1. Johnny Depp was once married to Winona Ryder.
--2. Jim Carrey auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' in 1990 but was turned down.
--3. Of his 7 children, two of Mel Gibson's offspring are from a previous marriage.

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--1. David Schwimmer was the only non-smoker when the show started in 1994.
--2. Lisa Kudrow took elocution lessons to get rid of a Southern accent.
--3. Matt LeBlanc was going to train to become a real-life doctor before the acting bug bit.
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Which of the following people were not born in Ohio?
--1. Steven Spielberg
--2. Halle Berry
--3. Pete Rose
--4. Charles Manson
--5. Jerry Springer
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Canadian or American?
--1. William Shatner
--2. Winona Ryder
--3. Dana Carvey
--4. Matthew Perry
--5. Neve Campbell
--6. Gillian Anderson
--7. Jason Priestley
--8. Cindy Crawford
--9. Pamela Anderson
-10. Steven Seagal
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--1. Texas Rangers first baseman Rafael Palmeiro played baseball at Mississippi State University.
--2. Gary Payton got played college hoops for the University of Oregon.
--3. Randy Moss played college football for the University of Miami.
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1. Martha Jane Canary is better known as Martha Washington.
2. Annie Oakley was the first woman shot by the FBI.
3. Prince Charles of England can play the cello, the piano and the trumpet.

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--1. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt's name was chosen by her older brother Todd.
--2. Joni Mitchell had a daughter in 1965 that she put up for adoption.
--3. Steven Spielberg holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four

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--1. Ronald Reagan, who participated in ending the Cold War, never won the Peace Prize.
--2. The real name of Mother Theresa, who won the prize in 1979, was Greta Gonxha Bojaxhiu.
--3. In 1994 the prize was awarded jointly to three men for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East, those being Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Bill Clinton

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--1. Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres once worked as an oyster shucker and as a house painter.
--2. Oprah Winfrey once worked as both a bricklayer and a funeral home cosmetician.
--3. Comedian Denis Leary was a semi-pro hockey player before doing stand-up.
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--1. Mark Hamill went through the windshield of his Corvette shortly after making "Star Wars".
--2. TLC singer Lisa Lopes had her fatal crash in the country of Puerto Rico.
--3. James Dean was driving a Ford Deuce Coupe when he collided head on with another driver.
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--1. "Perfect Strangers" actor Bronson Pinchot received a full scholarship to study at Yale University where he studied drama.
--2. Patrick Stewart gave up a noble career as a Social Worker for the glitter of Hollywood.
--3. Vin Diesel was discovered coming out of his high school weight room in Omaha, Nebraska?
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--1. Annie Oakley was the first woman shot by the FBI.
--2. The price tag on the hat of country music comedienne Minnie Pearl always read '$1.98'.
--3. Benjamin Franklin coined the greeting 'Hello' used for answering the telephone.
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--1. Gary Coleman a. Steubenville, Ohio
--2. Shaquille O'Neal b. Smyrna, Georgia
--3. Caroline Rhea c. Zion, Illinois
--4. Dean Martin d. Newark, New Jersey
--5. Julia Roberts e. Montreal, Quebec
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Which of these historical figures died before the age of 21?
--1. Billy the Kid
--2. King Tut
--3. Joan of Arc
--4. Richard IV
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--1. The first Thanksgiving dinner at the White House was hosted by Elanor Roosevelt.
--2. Nancy Reagan won a Grammy award for a recording of her book.
--3. Frances Cleveland was the first to be married in the White House.
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--1. Deserted by his father and by his mother (when she died), Edgar Allen Poe grew up with step-parents.
--2. Thomas Jefferson's mother died when he was only nine years-old.

--3. Famous author John Steinbeck was once an ambulence driver in World War I.
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--1. Jodie Foster was the youngest person to ever host Saturday Night Live, she was seven years old.
--2. Ben Affleck once directed a short movie called "I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney".
--3. Savage Garden's song "All Around Me" was written about Meg Ryan.
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Match the celebrity with their home town.
--1. Ashton Kutcher a. Chicago, Illinois
--2. Jodie Foster b. New Orleans, Louisiana
--3. Richard Simmons c. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
--4. Michael Clarke Duncan d. Salisbury, Maryland
--5. Linda Hamilton e. Los Angeles, California
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--1. Jodie Foster is the mother of two adopted children.
--2. Matthew Broderick abandoned a baseball career because of a knee injury.
--3. Marilyn Monroe had a paranoid schizophrenic mother, no permanent father and several foster homes.
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Which of the following famous people lost an eye?
--1. U.S. President: Teddy Roosevelt or James Polk
--2. Film Director: John Ford or Alfred Hitchcock
--3. Artist: Claude Monet or Edgar Degas

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--1. After Lizzie Borden's infamous actions, she was executed by the electric chair.
--2. George III lost the American colonies to independence before going mad.
--3. Roman emperor Nero was known for murdering his wife and his mother.
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--1. Martha Jane Canary is better known as Martha Washington.
--2. Annie Oakley was the first woman shot by the FBI.
--3. Prince Charles of England can play the cello, the piano and the trumpet.
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Famous Deaths
--1. Catherine the Great suffered a fatal stroke in 1796 whilst sitting on the toilet.
--2. Oliver Reed died during the filming of "Gladiator" after he got drunk and fell down the stairway of castle set and broke his neck.
--3. Great Sioux chief Sitting Bull died after a heavy night of drinking.
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