Happy Birthday! Well, it’s a happy birthday for the ten people in our minisode today. We have ten famous people whose birthdays are on New Year’s Eve. Simple enough so let’s get going.
And if today is your birthday, have a happy one! To everyone else, happy new year. I hope 2023 brings you all the good things that 2022 did not.
Episode Transcript/Quiz
Happy Birthday! Well, it’s a happy birthday for the ten people in our minisode today. We’ve got ten famous people whose birthdays are on New Year’s Eve. Simple enough so let’s get going.
- What actor, born in 1959, starred in movies like Tombstone, Top Gun, and The Doors?
- Val Kilmer
- What singer and songwriter was born in 1943 with the name Henry Deutchendorf Jr and had hits with Take Me Home, Country Roads and Rocky Mountain High?
- John Denver
- Born in 1948, what singer was the Queen of Disco with hits like Hot Stuff and Last Dance?
- Donna Summer
- What actor, born in 1937, starred in movies ranging from Silence of the Lambs to The Remains of the Day to Transformers: The Last Knight?
- Anthony Hopkins
- Born in 1943 with the name Krishna Pandit Bhanji, what actor launched into stardom with 1982’s Gandhi?
- Ben Kingsley
- Born in 1881, what Canadian owned 150 salons and built a cosmetics empire making her (at the time) one of the wealthiest women in the world?
- Elizabeth Arden
- Born in 1738, what British General’s surrender after the battle of Yorktown effectively marked the end of the American Revolution?
- Charles Cornwallis
- Born in 1963, who is the co-founder and rhythm guitarist for the thrash metal band, Anthrax?
- Scott Ian
- What American gymnast won the All-around and Team Gold in the 2012 Olympics and a Team Gold in 2016?
- Gabby Douglas
- What French painter, born in 1869, was a leader in the Fauvism movement with paintings like Woman with a Hat and Self-Portrait in a Striped T-Shirt?
- Henri Matisse
And that’s it. If today’s your birthday, have a happy one! To everyone else, happy new year. I hope 2023 brings you all the good things that 2022 did not.
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