Mystery Relations - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Richard Chamberlain. The Californian also tried his hand as a singer, stage actor, and movie actor but was most successful on the small screen. Dr. Kildare's first season earned him a Golden Globe award, and Shogun in 1980 and The Thorn Birds in 1983 would add two more to his trophy case.
  
• A2) Shirley Jones. The mother of both David and Shaun Cassidy played a couple of minor TV roles before landing a part as a nurse in South Pacific on Broadway then moving to the big screen in 1955's Oklahoma!.
  
• A3) Herb Alpert. The trumpet player is the 'A' in A&M Records, with cofounder Jerry Moss.
  
• A4) Judith Rossner. The novel is based on the real 1973 murder of schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
  
• A5) Gabe Kaplan. The comedian, actor, and poker player starred as Gabe Kotter, a high school teacher who tries to teach the Sweathogs a few life lessons to supplement their regular classes.
  
• A6) Valerie Curtin. The character became Janet Wood, a role played by Joyce DeWitt for nine years and 173 episodes. Valerie, Jane Curtin's cousin, appeared in a Welcome Back, Kotter episode in 1976.
  
• A7) Al Gore. Thirty-one years earlier, the former Vice President had graduated from another Ivy League school, Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in government.
  
• A8) Rhea Perlman. The Cheers actress was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy Awards ten times between 1983 and 1993, taking home the statue in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1989.
  
• A9) Pavel Bure. The right wing tallied 60 goals for the Vancouver Canucks in both 1992-93 and 1993-94 and 59 goals for the Florida Panthers in 2000-01.
  
• A10) Ewan McGregor. Both actors played Luke Skywalker's tutor, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• A11) Frank Perdue. The tender chicken man would make his last commercial twenty-four years later, four years after handing the company reins over to his son Jim.
  
• A12) Terri Schiavo. The initial cause of her injury and ultimately the cause of her death was never determined conclusively.

Bonus theme answer: the first five pairs of people were born on March 31 in the same year (1934, 1935, 1945, 1948, and 1971), while the last pair passed away on the last day of March in 2005.

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