Famous Couples in History

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of history's most famous romantic and powerful partnerships!

1.
Which Hollywood couple was known as 'America's Sweethearts' in the early days of film?
A
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
B
Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn
C
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall
D
Clark Gable & Carole Lombard
2.
Who was Cleopatra's famous Roman lover who followed her to Egypt?
A
Nero
B
Augustus
C
Mark Antony
D
Julius Caesar
3.
Which royal couple's 1981 wedding was watched by an estimated 750 million TV viewers?
A
Grace Kelly & Prince Rainier
B
Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip
C
Prince Charles & Princess Diana
D
Prince William & Kate Middleton
4.
Which couple starred together in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and married twice?
A
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
B
Rock Hudson & Doris Day
C
Gregory Peck & Audrey Hepburn
D
Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor
5.
John Adams and his wife Abigail are famous for their extensive collection of what?
A
Political pamphlets
B
Letters to each other
C
French wines
D
Paintings
6.
Which couple performed together at Woodstock in 1969 and later had a famous TV variety show?
A
Sonny & Cher
B
John & Yoko
C
Johnny Cash & June Carter
D
Ike & Tina Turner
7.
Which famous couple's love letters, written during World War II, became bestselling books?
A
Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt
B
George & Martha Washington
C
Winston & Clementine Churchill
D
Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower
8.
Who did Jackie Kennedy marry after the assassination of President JFK?
A
Aristotle Onassis
B
She never remarried
C
Frank Sinatra
D
Robert Kennedy
9.
Which Hollywood couple has been married since 1988 and starred together in 'Far and Away'?
A
Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick
B
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
C
Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman
D
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
10.
Which power couple ruled Egypt together, with the wife serving as a co-regent?
A
Akhenaten & Nefertiti
B
Ramesses II & Nefertari
C
Tutankhamun & Ankhesenamun
D
Ptolemy I & Berenice
11.
Which couple's romance inspired the movie 'A Beautiful Mind'?
A
Albert & Mileva Einstein
B
John & Alicia Nash
C
Stephen & Jane Hawking
D
Pierre & Marie Curie
12.
Which couple won Nobel Prizes together for their work on radioactivity?
A
Charles & Ray Eames
B
Louis & Mary Leakey
C
Pierre & Marie Curie
D
Watson & Crick
13.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were TV's first couple to do what on screen?
A
Have a TV wedding
B
Kiss on camera
C
Share a bed on screen
D
Show a pregnancy on TV
14.
Which English king gave up his throne 'for the woman I love'?
A
George VI
B
Henry VIII
C
Edward VIII
D
Edward VII
15.
Napoleon Bonaparte wrote passionate love letters to which wife?
A
Catherine de Medici
B
Josephine
C
Marie Antoinette
D
Marie Louise
16.
Which musical couple recorded 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' together?
A
Captain & Tennille
B
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
C
Ike & Tina Turner
D
Sonny & Cher
17.
Which couple founded a legendary Hollywood studio together in 1919 with Charlie Chaplin?
A
Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
B
Louis B. Mayer & his wife Margaret
C
Jack & Harry Warner
D
Walt & Lillian Disney
18.
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married for how many years?
A
35 years
B
40 years
C
25 years
D
50 years
19.
Which First Lady was known for saying 'Just Say No' to drugs?
A
Betty Ford
B
Barbara Bush
C
Rosalynn Carter
D
Nancy Reagan
20.
Which legendary folk music couple performed at the 1963 March on Washington?
A
Woody & Marjorie Guthrie
B
Bob Dylan & Joan Baez
C
Pete Seeger & Toshi
D
Peter, Paul and Mary

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