End of the Line - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Roy Scheider. His character, Police Chief Martin Brody, was referring to the title character of the 1975 blockbuster Jaws.
• A2) Michael Crichton. The Chicago native also called himself John Lange and teamed up with his brother as Michael Douglas.
• A3) William F. Buckley, Jr.. The New York City native also shared his conservative, Republican views on the television show Firing Line from 1966 to 1999.
• A4) Paul Newman. Actress Joanne Woodward survived the Academy Award winner (The Color of Money, 1986), with whom she shared the screen in ten major movies, along with appearing in five others that he produced or directed.
• A5) Gene Upshaw. The guard would win the second and third times with the Oakland Raiders in 1977 and 1981 before becoming the executive director of the National Football League Players' Association.
• A6) Bobby Fischer. Fischer Random Chess, also known as Chess960 for the total number of possible permutations under the game's handful of restrictions, was designed to combat the opening book knowledge or both players and computers. Fischer also designed and received U.S. Patent 4,884,255 for the auto-incrementing chess clock now standard in tournament play.
• A7) George Carlin. FM & AM was named Best Comedy Recording in 1972, while the others were honored as Best Spoken Comedy Album in 1993, 2001, and 2002.
• A8) Bill Melendez. J.C. worked on Bambi, Fantasia, and Dumbo for Walt Disney, on Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig for Warner Brothers, and on the Peanuts, Cathy, Garfield, and a Frosty the Snowman sequel with his own production company.
• A9) Bo Diddley. The Originator took his moniker from a #1 R&B hit one of his early groups had, but the source of the song name is unclear.
• A10) Dick Martin. Born as Thomas Richard Martin, the older half of the Rowan & Martin comedy duo saw their Laugh-In variety show top the ratings in both 1968 and 1969. You bet your sweet bippy.
• A11) Herb Score. The Cleveland Indians heat-throwing lefty fanned 245 batters in 1955, won 16 games, and posted a 2.85 ERA to capture Rookie of the Year honors.
• A12) Bernie Mac. The comedian and actor, born as Bernard McCullough, had just finished working on the movie Soul Men with Isaac Hayes when they passed away within one day of each other in August.

May the following other famous people, among others, also rest in peace: Edmund Hillary, Suzanne Pleshette, Sydney Pollack, Harvey Korman, Bobby Murcer, Skip Caray, Pete Newell, Sammy Baugh, Harold Pinter, and Eartha Kitt.