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Common Bonds 3 Trivia Quiz

Welcome to my third installment of my set of five Common Bonds Quizzes. Just like my two previous ones, nine of the questions will be random things that are connected through the highly entertaining and somewhat iconic common bond (question 10).

A multiple-choice quiz by CheshireAlice. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
CheshireAlice

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,400

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1840

Question 1 of 10

1. In what year did Johnny Carson release a book titled, "Happiness Is a Dry Martini"? Hint

1945

1957

1935

1965

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Question 2 of 10

2. Queen Elizabeth I's cousin, Mary was known as the queen of what country?

Answer: (one word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which theatrical university out of the following is based in Glasgow, Scotland? Hint

Los Angeles City College Theater Academy

The Academy Theater of Portland, Oregon

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Theater Academy in Finland

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Question 4 of 10

4. What most famously recognized street of New York is known for theater? Hint

Central Park

Times Square

Harlem

Broadway

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following names has never been mentioned in the song "Mambo #5"? Hint

Monica

Hilary

Jessica

Angela

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Question 6 of 10

6. What 1969 Who Album features the song, "Pinball Wizard"? Hint

Jimmy

Billy

Tommy

Davey

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who played in a 1962 production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' in England? Hint

Robert Englund

Christopher Lee

Bela Lugosi

Ian McKellen

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was James Bond's profession? Hint

journalist

cook

spy

actor

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which acclaimed artist's work was featured on the cover of The Velvet Underground's album 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'? Hint

Tyler Costigan

Andy Warhol

Colin Farrell

Claude Monet

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the common bond?

Answer: (Two Words or surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year did Johnny Carson release a book titled, "Happiness Is a Dry Martini"?

Answer: 1965

John William Carson was born in Corning, Iowa on October 10, 1925. He was raised in Norfolk, Nebraska. His other published book, written in 1967 is called "Unhappiness Is...A Blind Date".

2. Queen Elizabeth I's cousin, Mary was known as the queen of what country?

Answer: Scotland

Whether we acknowledge it or not, we have been learning about Queen Mary of Scots for years. The nursery school rhyme, "Mary Mary quite contrary" is about Queen Mary and how she had to sneak around with one of her lovers.

3. Which theatrical university out of the following is based in Glasgow, Scotland?

Answer: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Applications to the School of Music's Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses is via CUKAS at www.cukas.ac.uk.

4. What most famously recognized street of New York is known for theater?

Answer: Broadway

Broadway is the street in New York that has come to symbolize live theater entertainment throughout the world.

5. Which of the following names has never been mentioned in the song "Mambo #5"?

Answer: Hilary

Lou Bega mentions the names: Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Mary, and Jessica.

6. What 1969 Who Album features the song, "Pinball Wizard"?

Answer: Tommy

There are 20 tracks on the original album. It was turned into a movie, shortly after sales sky rocketed, with Roger Daltry, lead singer of the Who, as Tommy.

7. Who played in a 1962 production of 'Much Ado About Nothing' in England?

Answer: Ian McKellen

Sir Ian played the role of Count Claudio with the Belgrade Theatre Company, Coventry.

8. What was James Bond's profession?

Answer: spy

Commander James Bond, also known as 007, is a fictional British spy created by writer Ian Fleming in 1953.

9. Which acclaimed artist's work was featured on the cover of The Velvet Underground's album 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'?

Answer: Andy Warhol

Warhol is best known for his extremely simple, larger-than-life, high-contrast color paintings and silk-screen prints of packaged consumer products, and everyday objects. He also rendered stylized portraits of twentieth century icons Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor. Warhol was also an avant-garde filmmaker, publisher, music producer and actor.

10. Who is the common bond?

Answer: Alan Cumming

1)Alan Cumming was born on the 27th January 1965. 2)Alan Cumming was born in Aberfeldy, Scotland. 3)He graduated in 1985 with a B.A. (Dramatic Studies)from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. 4) His theater work includes 2001's "Design for Living' on Broadway and the hugely successful 'Elle' by Jean Genet which he adapted and starred in Off-Broadway in 2002.5) Hilary Lyon was his wife from 1985-1993 they are now divorced. 6)Published his first novel called "Tommy's Tale" in 2002-2003. 7)For Halloween 2002 in Vancouver, Cumming and his "X2" costar, Ian McKellen, dressed as their characters Fegan Floop (from "Spy Kids") and Gandalf (from the Lord of the Rings trilogy) respectively. "He carved me this great Nightcrawler pumpkin and helped answer the door so there were Gandalf and Floop handing out candies." 8) he would go out into the forest, or down to the shed in the garden, and make up little stories to act out - spy stories. 9)Alan wrote the forward to the book "Andy Warhol Men", which was published in late 2004.

Special thanks to www.imdb.com and www.alancumming.com/ for providing the very interesting bio.

Source: Author CheshireAlice

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