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Famous Failures

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First book was rejected by 27 publishers.

a)

Dr. Suess

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Ronald Dahl

d)

Louis Sachar

2.

Raised by single mom and dropped out of high school. Rejected by every major record label.

a)

P. Diddy

b)

Tupac

c)

Jay Z

d)

Lil Wayne

3.

Told she didn't have the right look or was pretty enough to be a headliner.

a)

Lady Gaga

b)

Katy Perry

c)

Rhianna

d)

Adele

4.

Failed the entrance exam to engineering school.

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Socrates

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Albert Einstein

5.

Defeated seven times while running for political office.

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

John F. Kennedy

6.

Fired because her boss thought she was “unfit for TV”.

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Ellen DeGeneres

c)

Gwen Stefani

d)

Chrissy Tiegen

7.

Lived in a van with his family and dropped out of school at the age of 16. Now is an actor and comedian in more that 40 films.

a)

Jim Carrey

b)

Adam Sandler

c)

Rob Schneider

d)

Kevin Hart

8.

After his first performance he was told to go back to driving a truck for a living. He sold more that 600 million records and is known as the King of Rock & Roll

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Justin Timberlake

d)

Elton John

9.

First book was rejected by 27 publishers. Went on to sell over 600 million copies of their 44 books.

a)

Dr. Suess

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Ronald Dahl

d)

Louis Sachar