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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Matthew Sherman
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 2:05pm ET 11/19/25
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

When I say Will Smith, do you think about the actor or the Dodgers catcher? What about Randy Jackson? Or Edith Wilson?



It turns out that a lot of our favorite people out there actually have the same name!

We’re going to describe two people, real or fictional, who have the same first and last name. All you have to do is provide their shared first and last name. We’ll even give you their initials to help get you started.

POP CULTURE Q1. Basketball Biggies: MJ - The part-owner of the Charlotte Hornets who also was a pretty good player, winning six titles with the Bulls. And the actor, middle initial B., who stars in “Black Panther” and “Creed” and, fittingly, has a cameo in “Space Jam 2.”



POP CULTURE Q2. William's Widow: AH - William Shakespeare’s wife, to whom he bequeathed his “second-best bed” (No word on who got the best one.). And the “Princess Diaries” and “Devil Wears Prada” actress who at one point was attached to star in an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”



SOCIAL STUDIES Q3. Historic Harvardians: JA - (Don’t worry: The second guy is more famous than the first one.) The Harvard-educated, Pulitzer-winning composer of the opera “Nixon in China.” And the Harvard-educated, first Vice President and second President of the United States.



FINE ARTS Q4. Literary Lads: DC - The literary title character whom Charles Dickens based on himself. And the real-life magician who made the Statue of Liberty disappear (but not really).



POP CULTURE Q5. Biggie Bio: CW - The real name of the Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Big Poppa. And the newsman who followed in the footsteps of his papa, longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike.



POP CULTURE Q6. Girl Groups: MW - Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland’s bandmate in Destiny’s Child, who later appeared as a butterfly on “The Masked Singer.” And the actress who has traveled from “Dawson’s Creek” to “Brokeback Mountain” to “Manchester by the Sea.”



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Groovy Governors: GC - The politician who served as the first governor of New York and later as vice president under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. And the non-politician (despite being nicknamed “Prime Minister of Funk”) who created Parliament-Funkadelic.



MISCELLANEOUS Q8. British Beauties: JS - The third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, who’s the only one not named Catherine or Anne. And the English actress who played a Bond girl in “Live and Let Die” and the title physician on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”



POP CULTURE Q9. Movie Men: SM - Ka-chow! The ‘70s movie star of action films like “Bullitt” and “The Great Escape,” who later raced motorcycles. And the director of dramas like “Widows” and “12 Years a Slave.”



POP CULTURE Q10. Fictional Fellas: HS - The fictional character played by Donald Sutherland in the 1975 film “The Day of the Locust.” And the animated character who works as a safety inspector in Sector 7-G of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.



TIEBREAKER if (Model.TiebreakerQuestion.CurrentCategory != null && Model.TiebreakerQuestion.CurrentCategory.CategoryType != CategoryType.None) { } Baconian Births: Sir Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Francis Bacon was a British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. How many weeks separated their respective births?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 11/19/25