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Mary Pickford Quiz

Canada, Hollywood, Movies

Mary Pickford Quiz

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. What was Mary Pickford’s original name?
a) Gladys Mary Smith
b) Helen Marguerite Clark
c) Lillian Dana Gish
d) Frances Marion Owens

2. When was Mary Pickford born?
a) 10 February 1894
b) 9 April 1893
c) 2 September 1892
d) 7 December 1891

3. Where was Mary Pickford born?
a) Montreal
b) Ottawa
c) Halifax
d) Toronto

4. When did Mary Pickford act in The Lonely Villa?
a) 1905
b) 1902
c) 1909
d) 1912

5. Which film established Mary Pickford as America’s Sweetheart?
a) Tess of the Storm Country
b) The Taming of the Shrew
c) Pollyanna
d) My Best Girl

6. When was Mary Pickford married to Douglas Fairbanks?
a) 1911-1919
b) 1937-1956
c) 1920-1935
d) 1960-1984

7. Which was Mary Pickford’s last film as an actress?
a) Daddy Long Legs
b) Secrets
c) Hearts Adrift
d) Poor Little Rich Girl

Pickford in the 1934 short subject Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove, her only film appearance in Technicolor

Pickford in the 1934 short subject Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove, her only film appearance in Technicolor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

8. When was Sunshine and Shadow published?
a) 1948
b) 1945
c) 1952
d) 1955

9. When did Mary Pickford die?
a) 12 January 1984
b) 28 May 1979
c) 17 July 1983
d) 14 November 1985

10. Where did Mary Pickford die?
a) Tacoma
b) Everett
c) Bremerton
d) Santa Monica

Mary Pickford Quiz Questions and Answers

Mary Pickford with President Herbert Hoover

Pickford gives President Herbert Hoover a ticket for a film industry benefit for the unemployed, November 12, 1931 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. What was Mary Pickford’s original name?
a) Gladys Mary Smith

2. When was Mary Pickford born?
b) 9 April 1893

3. Where was Mary Pickford born?
d) Toronto

4. When did Mary Pickford act in The Lonely Villa?
c) 1909

5. Which film established Mary Pickford as America’s Sweetheart?
a) Tess of the Storm Country

6. When was Mary Pickford married to Douglas Fairbanks?
c) 1920-1935

7. Which was Mary Pickford’s last film as an actress?
b) Secrets

8. When was Sunshine and Shadow published?
d) 1955

9. When did Mary Pickford die?
b) 28 May 1979

10. Where did Mary Pickford die?
d) Santa Monica

Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:37:31.

Laurence Johnston Peter Quiz

Canada, General Knowledge Quizzes

Laurence Johnston Peter Quiz Questions

1. When was Laurence Johnston Peter born?
a) 24 February 1924
b) 7 May 1914
c) 16 September 1919
d) 25 December 1910

2. Where was Laurence Johnston Peter born?
a) Vancouver
b) Montreal
c) Toronto
d) Halifax

3. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter do B.A. and M.A.?
a) Christ Church College
b) Merton College
c) Western Washington State College
d) Bethany College

4. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter do Ph.D.?
a) Washington State College
b) Caltech
c) Princeton University
d) Texas College

5. When was Laurence Johnston Peter a professor of education at the University of Southern California?
a) 1936-1940
b) 1940-1945
c) 1975-1980
d) 1966-1970

6. When did Laurence Johnston Peter write The Peter Principle?
a) 1972
b) 1969
c) 1967
d) 1964

7. What is the central thesis of The Peter Principle?
a) The sum of human happiness is constant.
b) The more things change, the more they remain the same.
c) There is nothing new under the sun.
d) In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

8. Which of the following books was written in 1977?
a) The Peter Prescription
b) Competencies for Teaching
c) Peter’s Quotations
d) Pilgrim’s Progress

9. When did Laurence Johnston Peter die?
a) 12 January 1990
b) 10 June 1998
c) 4 July 2003
d) 1 November 1995

10. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter die?
a) Ottawa
b) Louisburg
c) Rochester
d) Palos Verdes Estates

Laurence Johnston Peter Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Laurence Johnston Peter born?
c) 16 September 1919

2. Where was Laurence Johnston Peter born?
a) Vancouver

3. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter do B.A. and M.A.?
c) Western Washington State College

4. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter do Ph.D.?
a) Washington State College

5. When was Laurence Johnston Peter a professor of education at the University of Southern California?
d) 1966-1970

6. When did Laurence Johnston Peter write The Peter Principle?
b) 1969

7. What is the central thesis of The Peter Principle?
d) In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

8. Which of the following books was written in 1977?
c) Peter’s Quotations

9. When did Laurence Johnston Peter die?
a) 12 January 1990

10. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter die?
d) Palos Verdes Estates

Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:37:06.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quiz

Canada, Literature
Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1884 (age 10)

Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1884 (age 10) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery in a photograph believed to have been taken at the time she arrived in Halifax to work at the Echo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Lucy Maud Montgomery, publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. -Wikipedia

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quiz Questions

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1. When was Lucy Maud Montgomery born?
a) 4 February 1884
b) 31 May 1880
c) 24 July 1876
d) 30 November 1874

2. Where was Lucy Maud Montgomery born?
a) Prince Albert
b) Halifax
c) Clifton
d) Ontario

3. Which college did Lucy Maud Montgomery attend?
a) Prince of Wales College
b) Bethany College
c) William and Mary College
d) St. Christopher College

4. Which university did Lucy Maud Montgomery attend?
a) Guelph
b) Dalhousie
c) Prince Edward Island
d) Cornell

5. Which short story did Lucy Maud Montgomery write in 1896?
a) A Christmas Inspiration
b) The Girl at the Gate
c) In Spite of Myself
d) The Jest that Failed

6. When was Anne of Green Gables published?
a) 1898
b) 1896
c) 1890
d) 1908

7. How many novels did Lucy Maud Montgomery publish?
a) 18
b) 16
c) 20
d) 24

8. When did Lucy Maud Montgomery die?
a) 25 January 1948
b) 24 April 1942
c) 27 September 1952
d) 12 December 1945

9. Where did Lucy Maud Montgomery die?
a) Toronto
b) Leaskdale
c) Cavendish
d) Charlottetown

10. Which Lucy Maud Montgomery book was published in 2009?
a) Courageous Women
b) The Blythes Are Quoted
c) Jane of Lantern Hill
d) The Blue Castle

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Lucy Maud Montgomery born?
d) 30 November 1874

2. Where was Lucy Maud Montgomery born?
c) Clifton

3. Which college did Lucy Maud Montgomery attend?
a) Prince of Wales College

4. Which university did Lucy Maud Montgomery attend?
b) Dalhousie

5. Which short story did Lucy Maud Montgomery write in 1896?
c) In Spite of Myself

6. When was Anne of Green Gables published?
d) 1908

7. How many novels did Lucy Maud Montgomery publish?
c) 20

8. When did Lucy Maud Montgomery die?
b) 24 April 1942

9. Where did Lucy Maud Montgomery die?
a) Toronto

10. Which Lucy Maud Montgomery book was published in 2009?
b) The Blythes Are Quoted

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Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:33:24.