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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.
Lewis B. Smedes
Even famous dads have to deal with 2 a.m. feedings, skinned knees and scratched car bumpers, but like their lesser-known counterparts, most would say it's all worth it. While some kids follow in their father's footsteps, some go down a different path altogether. Regardless, dads -- famous or otherwise -- can have a big impact on their kids. See if you know who these famous fathers are.
1
This filmmaker has eight children! He must have had his hands full, since his career spans four decades of remarkable movies, including "Jaws" (1975), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Munich" (2005). Who is this famous father?
a) Brian DePalma
b) George Lucas
c) Peter Bogdanovich
d) Steven Spielberg
2
Although all four members of British rock group, the Beatles, are fathers, which one has a daughter who is a leading fashion designer with her own label?
a) John Lennon
b) Ringo Starr
c) Paul McCartney
d) George Harrison
3
This American golf champion, who had a famously close relationship to his father, Earl, recently became a father himself, to a baby girl:
a) Vijay Singh
b) Gary Player
c) Ben Hogan
d) Tiger Woods
4
This famous dad was vice president of the United States and a cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize:
a) Joseph Lieberman
b) George H. W. Bush
c) Al Gore
d) Dick Cheney
5
This American film actor and social activist has four children (and counting) with partner, actress Angelina Jolie:
a) Billy Bob Thornton
b) Brad Pitt
c) George Clooney
d) Matt Damon
6
A father, pediatrician and social activist, his 1946 book, "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care," sharply redefined the course of child care in the baby boom years after World War II. Who is he?
a) T. Berry Brazelton
b) William Sears
c) Leonard Nimoy
d) Benjamin Spock
7
This famous dad -- a singer and actor -- is now enjoying being in the shadow of his even more famous daughter, the star of the popular television series "Hannah Montana." Who is he?
a) Garth Brooks
b) Billy Ray Cyrus
c) Clint Black
d) Kenny Chesney
8
"Father of three" is just one of this famous dad's jobs. He is chairman for a computer software company, a cofounder of the world's richest philanthropic foundation and one of the world's richest men. Who is he?
a) Ronald Lauder
b) Paul Allen
c) Warren Buffett
d) William Henry Gates III
9
Which famous dad -- himself a former quarterback for the NFL -- has two sons who earned Superbowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards in consecutive years?
a) Bart Starr
b) Roger Staubach
c) Archie Manning
d) Johnny Unitas
10
This famous father -- a Colombian novelist and short-story writer -- is known as one of the masters of magic realism, a style that weaves together realism and fantasy. Who is he?
a) Germán Espinosa
b) Fernando Vallejo
c) Ãlvaro Mutis
d) Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
