A Real Set Of Starring Roles (Quiz)

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Questions:

1. What movie star served as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, ambassador to Ghana and ambassador to Czechoslovakia?

2. Name the motion picture in which John Wayne waltzed with Shirley Temple.

3. What famed U.S. general bore the nickname "Old Blood and Guts"?

4. What is the common name for the religious order known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

5. In 1847, the church members noted in the preceding question were led to what later became Salt Lake City. Name the leader of that entourage -- a famous university bears his name.

6. What marital procedure kept ties on this same church that kept U.S. statehood away from the church's territory until a new law was enacted in 1890?

7. There are seven paper U.S. currency notes still in circulation by the U.S. Treasury. Can you name them?

8. Relative to the preceding question, how many of the historic figures who are shown on those bills can you name?

9. What did it mean in the past when you saw "LP" on a phonograph record?

10. Thor Heyerdahl's important expeditions brought much data to life regarding the history of ancient South American civilizations. Much of this came from navigation on a balsa wood raft detailed in his book.
Name the raft in that book.


Answers:

1. Shirley Temple Black served the United States in these leadership positions over the decades.

2. Our anonymous Dundee, N.Y., Answer Man-er tells us the Duke danced with future Ambassador Temple in "Fort Apache."

3. George Smith Patton Jr. was "Old Blood and Guts."

4. This church is commonly referred to as the Mormons.

5. Brigham Young led the initial settlers of Salt Lake City. BYU is in Provo, Utah.

6. In 1890, the Mormons abolished marital polygamy.

7. The seven bills are for the following monetary amounts: $1; $2; $5; $10; $20; $50; and $100.

8. George Washington is on the $1 bill; Thomas Jefferson on the $2; Abe Lincoln on the $5; Alexander Hamilton on the $10; Andrew Jackson on the $20; U.S. Grant on the $50; and Ben Franklin is on the $100 bill.

9. The long extended record bore the initials "LP," which designated a Long-Playing record.

10. Heyerdahl's famous raft was the Kon-Tiki.