Biographical Trivia
Take a trip through people's personal stories with this trivia game featuring biographical works from the page to the screen.
15 questions · Published April 25, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What cable channel was home to the popular series "Biography" for nearly twenty years from 1987 to 2006?
"Biography" originally ran in syndication from 1962 to 1964 and was revived in 1987 by cable network A&E, where it ran for nearly twenty years and won three Emmy Awards.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which 2022 Academy Award nominee did NOT portray a real person in their nominated role?
Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for 2021's "West Side Story." Kristen Stewart portrayed Princess Diana, Jessica Chastain played Tammy Faye Bakker, and Nicole Kidman played Lucille Ball in their respective films.
- Multiple Choice
3. What U.S. president won a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957 for his book "Profiles in Courage"?
FUN FACT
John F. Kennedy is the only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer Prize.
- Multiple Choice
4. "The Diary of a Young Girl" by _________________ is widely considered one of the most important autobiographical works ever written.
Anne Frank wrote her diaries in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1942 to 1944. She and most of her family died in the Nazi concentration camps. Her father survived and first released the book in 1947 in Denmark, and an English translation was first published in 1952. The book has since been published in over seventy languages.
- Multiple Choice
5. What is the title of comedian Steve Martin's 2007 autobiography?
2007's "Born Standing Up" recounts Steve Martin's life and career, including his time as a magician, a writer for "The Smothers Brothers Show" (1965-1966), a stand-up comedian, actor, and art collector.
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