Questions and Answers for the Category VIP
Q 2 BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1898, SHE LIVED 15 YEARS IN WISCONSIN BEFORE MOVING TO ISRAEL IN 1921. SHE WAS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM 1969 TO 1974.
Q 4 NAME THIS INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED POET, WRITER, AND EDUCATOR WHO HAS GIVEN US SUCH BEST-SELLING TITLES AS “I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS”, “GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME”, AND “GEORGIA, GEORGIA”.
Q 6 THIS DOCTOR WAS BORN IN 1914 AND DIED IN 1995. UPON RECEIVING HIS MEDICAL DEGREE HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES IN IMMUNIZATION AGAINST INFLUENZA WHICH LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN 1953 IN PITTSBURGH OF THE VACCINE AGAINST POLIO.
Q 7 BORN IN 1951 SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM TO TAKE PART IN AN ORBITAL MISSION, ABOARD THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER IN 1983 AND IN 1984.
Q 9 BORN IN 1927 HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY OF CUBA, AN ISLAND 90 MILES FROM FLORIDA, IN 1959 AND ESTABLISHED A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP.
Q 11 HE WAS BORN IN 1732 AND DIED IN 1799. HE WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND SERVED AS U.S. PRESIDENT FROM 1789 TO 1797.
Q 12 BORN IN 1934 THIS CONSUMER-PROTECTION ADVOCATE PUBLISHED “UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED” IN 1965 ABOUT QUESTIONABLE AUTO INDUSTRY PRACTICES. HE HAS ALSO DRAWN ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, AND HEALTH HAZARDS IN FOOD, MEDICINE, AND OCCUPATIONS.
Q 15 BORN IN 1475 AND DIED IN 1564, THIS ITALIAN SCULPTOR, ARCHITECT, PAINTER, AND POET WAS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRED CREATORS IN THE HISTORY OF ART. FROM 1508 TO 1512 HE PAINTED SOME OF THE FINEST PICTORIAL IMAGES EVER ON THE SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING.
Q 16 ITALIAN ARTIST WHO LIVED FROM 1452 TO 1519, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS “MONA LISA” AND “THE LAST SUPPER”. ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE ESPECIALLY IN PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND SCIENCE.
Q 17 HE LIVED FROM 1864 TO 1943. HE WAS AN AMERICAN EDUCATOR AND AN OUTSTANDING INNOVATOR IN THE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES WHO DEVELOPED SEVERAL HUNDRED INDUSTRIAL USES FOR PEANUTS, SWEET POTATOES, AND SOYBEANS.
Q 18 BORN IN 1929 HE BECAME THE CONTROVERSIAL LEADER OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE STATEHOOD. IN 1969 HE BECAME LEADER OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) AND IN 1989 HE WAS VOTED PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE.
Q 20 FRENCH OCEAN EXPLORER AND PIONEER IN UNDERWATER RESEARCH WHO LIVED FROM 1910 TO 1997. IN 1943 HE HELPED INVENT THE FIRST SCUBA DIVING DEVICE, CALLED THE AQUALUNG. DID MUCH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SEA AND SEA CREATURES.
Q 21 BORN IN 1915 HE BECAME A FOLK HERO FOR SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKS. IN 1964 HE WAS CONVICTED OF ACTS OF SABOTAGE AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE BECAME A WORLDWIDE SYMBOL OF VICTORY AGAINST APARTHEID WHEN HE WAS FREED IN 1990.
Q 25 AMERICAN CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BORN IN 1924 RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE MUSTANG, MERCURY COUGAR, AND LINCOLN MARK III. IN 1978 HE WAS DISMISSED AS PRESIDENT OF FORD AND BECAME CEO OF CHRYSLER, WHO HE HELPED REBUILD FROM THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
Q 28 BORN IN CINCINNATI IN 1938, HE DEVELOPED THE FIRST SO-CALLED SUPERSTATION (WTBS), THE FIRST 24-HOUR TELEVISION NEWS STATION (CNN) IN 1980, AND TNT IN 1988.
Q 29 AMERICAN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, BORN IN QUEENS IN 1946. A GRANDIOSE & CONTROVERSIAL BUILDER, BEST KNOWN FOR BUILDING THE TOWER NAMED AFTER HIM. GENERALLY REFERRED TO BY “THE” & HIS FIRST NAME. AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK, “THE ART OF THE DEAL.”
A DONALD TRUMP
Q 30 BORN IN 1918, THIS OPINIONATED & COLORFUL CHICAGO-BASED RADIO & TV NEWS COMMENTATOR IS HEARD ACROSS THE NATION SINCE 1951. KNOWN FOR “THE REST OF THE STORY”, 5-MINUTE SURPRISE-ENDING HUMAN INTEREST TALES REVEALING THE “HEARTBEATS BEHIND THE HEADLINES.”
A PAUL HARVEY
Q 32 HE DIED IN JULY 1998 AT THE AGE OF 74. HE WAS THE 1ST AMERICAN IN SPACE ON MAY 5,1961 AND IN 1971 BECAME THE 5TH HUMAN ON THE MOON. NAME THIS ASTRONAUT.
A ALAN SHEPARD
Q 34 HE LIVED FROM 1904 TO 1991 & WROTE 45 BOOKS. HIS FIRST BOOK, IN 1936, “AND TO THINK I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET”, WAS REJECTED BY 43 PUBLISHERS. HE WAS BET $50 HE COULD NOT WRITE AN ENTIRE BOOK USING ONLY 50 WORDS—THE RESULT WAS “GREEN EGGS AND HAM.”
A DR. SEUSS
Q 37 SHE WAS BORN IN 1913. ON A BUS IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IN 1955 SHE REMAINED SEATED WHENASKED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT FOR A WHITE PERSON. THIS SIMPLE DECISION EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DISINTEGRATION OF INSTITUTIONALIZED SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH.
A ROSA PARKS
Q 39 HE LIVED FROM 1918 TO 1971. HE OVERCAME HIS OWN ALCOHOLISM AND FOUNDED THE 12-STEP PROGRAM, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, THAT HAS HELPED MILLIONS OF OTHERS DO THE SAME. “AA” IS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT ONLY AN ALCOHOLIC CAN HELP ANOTHER ALCOHOLIC.
A BILL WILSON
Q 43 BORN IN 1935 SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT BY A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 1984 SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE RUNNING MATE FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WALTER MONDALE.
Q 45 HE LIVED FROM 1922 TO 2000 AND WAS THE CREATOR IN 1950 OF ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN COMIC STRIPS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, “PEANUTS” (ORIGINALLY CALLED “LI’L FOLKS”), FEATURING CHARLIE BROWN, SNOOPY, SALLY, LUCY, LINUS, AND SCHROEDER NAME HIM.