Memorial Day is a time to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country and also to thank all of the veterans and active members of the military. Let’s see if you can identify these United States Marines.
You have until noon Sunday to submit your answers as a comment. Comment will be hidden until I post the answers. No Googling!
This round will last til August. The person with the most points will win a B&N gift card (total $ based on # of total participants, so please play) and a randomly selected participant will win a fun prize from me.
Have fun and Good Luck! Last week’s Mark Ruffalo quiz here . Leaderboard and rules here.
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2. This author of the Bourne series also wrote under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. Robert Ludlum
3. Tom Cruise made Born on the Fourth of July a must see movie, but who was the Marine that lived and wrote it? Ron Kovic
4. This novelist wrote Sophie’s Choice plus many others. Although he joined the Marines at the end of WWII the Japanese surrendered before he left the US. William Styron
5. This author of historical fiction (Exodus and Trinity to name a few) joined the Marines at 17 and served in the South Pacific. Leon Uris
6. The lone woman on the list joined the Marines after earning a degree in history. She writes science fiction and her book The Speed of Dark won the Nebula prize in 2003. Elizabeth Moon
7. Which one of these actors was NOT a Marine? Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, or Joe Pesci Joe Pesci
8. This Vietnam vet wrote a biography on George Reeves while still in school and an autobiography a few years ago titled Life’s That Way. He’s seen on TV in Deadwood and Supernatural these days. Jim Beaver
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1. Is that Drew Carey??
2. Ludlum
3. His last name starts with a K, but that’s all I got.
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5. Leon Uris
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7. I’ll go with Harvey Keitel
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9. Jon Stewart, because that’s the only person I can name
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I need to watch more tv to keep up with your quizzes!
31 points isn’t bad! You earned 1 point for K because I think that’s pretty good 🙂
This is tough and these are mostly guesses. Thanks for another fun quiz!
1 – Drew Carey
2 – Robert Ludlum
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4 – William Styron
5 – Leon Uris
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7 – Gene Hackman since he seems the most likely to have been one
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10 – Steve McQueen – Bullit
55 points! Awesome.
We are a Marine family!
1. Drew Carey
2. Robert Ludlum
3. Ron Kovic
4. William Styron
5. Leon Uris
6. ?
7. Joe Pesci
8. Jim Beaver
9. ?
10. Steve McQueen – The Magnificent Seven/Bullitt
85 points for the Marine family!!
1. Drew Carey
2. Robert Ludlum
3. Ron something
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5. uris
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10. Steve McQueen
45 points 🙂
I swear some of these are on the tip, tip, tip of my tongue!!!
1. Drew Carey
10. Steve McQueen, Bullitt
25 points 🙂
#1 = Drew Carey
#7 = Joe Pesci?
#10 = Steve McQueen? – Bullit
I’m not sure what it says about me that the only answer to this quiz that I know for a fact is Drew Carey :0)
35 points! At least you got the movie ones 🙂