Year In Review 2024: In Memoriam
Say goodbye to some of the famous people we lost in 2024 with this memorial trivia tribute to those who passed on.
15 questions · Published December 16, 2024
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. What legendary movie villain did Oscar-winning actor James Earl Jones portray for more than four decades?
Darth Vader is ranked third on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest movie villains, right behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates.
- Multiple Choice
2. On what television period drama did Dame Maggie Smith play Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham?
FUN FACT
Dame Maggie Smith, star of "Downton Abbey" from 2010 to 2015, is one of just twenty-four people to win the so-called "Triple Crown of Acting": an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.
- Multiple Choice
3. Which U.S. president awarded country singer Toby Keith the National Medal of the Arts in 2021?
President Donald Trump awarded country singer Toby Keith the National Medal of the Arts in 2021 in a private ceremony due to the singer's ailing health.
Keith died on February 5, 2024.
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4. On what cult television sitcom did "Rocky" costar Carl Weathers play a fictionalized version of himself as a thrifty acting coach?
Carl Weathers parodied the tough-guy persona he built in beloved action movies like "Rocky" and "Predator" by playing himself as a spendthrift acting coach to Tobias Funke on several episodes of cult sitcom "Arrested Development."
Weathers died at age 76 in February 2024.
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5. What bestselling line of at-home aerobics videos did Richard Simmons start in the mid 1980s?
Richard Simmons' "Sweatin' to the Oldies" line of aerobics home videos proved so popular that he produced three sequels.
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