Celebrities Trivia Quiz # 28

Marcheline Bertrand is part Iroquois Indian and part French. She has supported Angelina through everything. She was the parent that Angelina grew up with.

Oberon was born Estelle Merle O’Brien Thompson in 1911, in what was then Bombay (now Mumbai) India. Her mother Charlotte was biracial, but noticeably dark-skinned; her father, Arthur, was a British railway engineer. Oberon and her mother led an impoverished existence in India after her father’s death in 1914. An early romance with an ex-actor, with whom she traveled to France, ended abruptly when he discovered her mixed parentage. He did, however, mention her to director Rex Ingram, who was responsible for her start in the cinema. Her first major break came when director Alexander Korda (later her husband) cast her in the small, but conspicuous role of the condemned Anne Boleyn in “The Private Life of Henry VIII”. Oberon would become a major film star during the war years, appearing in such films as “Wuthering Heights”, “Desiree”, “A Song to Remember”, and “The Dark Angel”, for which she received her only Oscar nomination.



Although Oberon’s mixed parentage was responsible for her exotic beauty, she went to great lengths to hide it from the world. She deflected questions about her childhood by creating a fabricated story that she had been born and raised in Tasmania (this falsehood earned her the public opprobrium of actor Erroll Flynn, who actually was Tasmanian). Her treatment of her mother may have caused her some remorse after the latter’s death in 1937; she later commissioned paintings of her mother from an old photograph (instructing the artist, however, to lighten the complexion). These were prominently displayed in her home for the remainder of her life. In fairness, it should be noted that biracialism was tolerated far less in Oberon’s day than is the case now. Another factor which caused her considerable embarrassment was her complexion, which was damaged by an accident in 1937, and from a reaction to certain cosmetics and drugs in 1940. Her second husband, cinematographer Lucien Ballard, devised a special camera light to disguise her facial scars; this light was dubbed the Obie in her honor. Oberon died in retirement in Malibu, California in 1979, after suffering a stroke. She was 68 at the time of her death.



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Geena is a skilled archer, and was a semifinalist for the US Women's Olympic Archery Team prior to the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. During US Olympic trials in 1999, Geena ultimately placed 24th out of 28 semifinalists for the three-woman archery team.



Archery is not the limit of Geena's involvement with women's sports. She is also an outspoken advocate for "Title IX" (formally known as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972), the United States federal law mandating the right of equal opportunity for girls and women in high school and college sports. Geena sponsors a web page championing Title IX issues on the Women's Sports Foundation site; visit www.geenatakesaim.com for more information.

Even though she was just 16, Marilyn was encouraged to marry by the last of her guardians, even though they had only dated for six months.

Claire Forlani was born on July 1, 1972 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. Her claim to fame was her portrayal of Susan Parrish in "Meet Joe Black" (1998).

Chinkaras are considered sacred by the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan. In addition, he also killed several blackbucks. He was sentenced to a five-year jail term for this but appealed against it in a higher court. In 2002, he was arrested for killing one person and injuring three others while driving under the influence of alcohol. He's also been in trouble for getting into brawls at nightclubs and physically assaulting his then girlfriend, Aishwarya Rai.

During his summer breaks, Jed spent time in Maui, Hawaii, working as a surf instructor, waiter and adventure sports consultant. He spent the summer of his junior year in college studying geriatric physiology and socialised medicine while travelling through Europe.

They named him after a character in a book not an actual jet.