Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What city now stands on the site where the first European landings took place on the west coast of the United States? It is the 8th largest city in the US, and the birthplace of actors Robert Duvall, Ted Danson and Cameron Diaz.

Answer: San Diego

In 2014, San Diego had a population of 1.35 million people and is the second largest city in California, behind Los Angeles. The city's economy relies mainly on US military-related industries and tourism.

2. In what year did the "Easter Rising" occur in Ireland when the Irish Republicans took on the British troops in Dublin and surrounding counties to emphasise that the Irish people wanted an end to British rule in their country?. It was also the year that the terrible Battle Of The Somme took place in France during the First World War.

Answer: 1916

The year was 1916 and the Irish Republicans suffered a death toll of 318, while the British troops lost 116 men in this failed campaign over six days encompassing the Easter holiday period. The battle of the Somme between German troops and France's allies lasted over five months with hundreds of thousands of fatalities on each side.

3. What song was written by Johnny Cash in 1956 and topped the country charts for six weeks to become his first number one hit in a long and illustrious career? It was also the name of an award winning biographical musical drama released in 2005.

Answer: I Walk The Line

The movie entitled "Walk The Line" was based on Johnny Cash's early life and his romance with future wife June Carter. Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash in the film, and Reese Witherspoon's outstanding portrayal of June Carter Cash earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress and a bundle of other titles including the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actor's Guild Award.

The song itself was ranked #30 in the Rolling Stone magazine's compilation of the greatest songs of the century.

4. What is the name of the bird that has the habit of loudly mimicking the songs of other birds and also the title of an online tool that makes it simple to preview and share designs on your website or application?

Answer: Mockingbird

Despite the mockingbird's annoying echoing sounds, its name symbolises gratitude, cleverness and innocence. On the plus side it also sings pleasant songs. The online tool Mockingbird is powered by "Cappuccino" which is an opensource framework that makes it easy to build desktop-calibre applications that run in a desktop browser.

5. What is the name of the 1976 thriller novel by Ira Levin that is based loosely on the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and made into a great movie in 1978? The film highlights a meeting between Wiesenthal and the hated Nazi experimental doctor Josef Mengele.

Answer: The Boys From Brazil

The movie "The Boys From Brazil" follows the Nazi hunter's worldwide investigation of boys rumoured to have had DNA from Adolph Hitler and were living clones of that dictator.

6. Who was the great US president that was born in a simple log cabin, but went on to abolish slavery, modernised the economy and saw his country through its greatest disaster period in the mid-nineteenth century?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

As we all know President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated only six days after Robert E Lee, the leader of the Confederate Army, had surrendered to effectively end the Civil War after four years of bloodshed. In lists of the greatest American presidents printed from time to time, President Lincoln is quite often ranked as number one.

7. With three dormant volcanic cones this mountain is situated in Tanzania, Africa, and is the highest freestanding mountain in the world. What is the name of this mountain that is mentioned in Toto's number one Billboard hit "Africa" in 1982?

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro

A freestanding mountain is one standing alone and not in a mountain range like Everest and K2 so Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest under this definition. It is estimated that more climbers have died attempting this peak than those on Mount Everest, although many fewer people attempt Everest.

8. This university is the oldest institution in the University of California system and was founded in 1868. Each year, among other academic and sporting events, their football team, the Golden Bears, take on Stanford University's Cardinal in a traditional "grudge" match dating back to 1933 with "The Axe" being the prize. What University of California University is this?

Answer: Berkeley

The alumni and researchers of the University of California, Berkeley have over the years won 72 Nobel Prizes, 20 Academy Awards and 11 Pulitzer Prizes. Some of the more well-known former students are former US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara, former US Chief Justice Earl Warren and co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak.

9. Who was the famous US army general who coined the phrase "I came through and I shall return" following a forced evacuation caused by enemy troops during the Pacific phase of World War II?

Answer: Douglas MacArthur

The American, Australian, and other allied troops were forced from the Philippines by a large army of Japanese invaders in 1942, but General MacArthur's combined army, navy and air force defeated the enemy upon their return two years later and brought his promise to fruition.

10. If the name of this star is not already obvious, I can add that he was nominated for five Academy Awards for one win. That success was for an epic 1962 movie in which he played a character that has been voted by the American Film Industry as the greatest hero of all time in the movies.

Answer: Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck played Atticus Finch in the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" where he was the lawyer strongly defending a black man who was charged with raping a white teenage girl, and due to the southern states' strong racial bias back then, he was treated as an enemy by most people.

The nine questions relating to Gregory Peck were :- 1. - He was born in SAN DIEGO. - 2. He was born on April 5th, 1916. 3. He starred in the 1970 movie I WALK THE LINE. 4. Won the Academy Award for the 1962 classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. 5. Out of character for him, he played the nasty German doctor Josef Mengele in the 1978 film THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL. 6. Starred in the 1982 TV mini-series The Blue and the Gray playing ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 7. Was leading player in the 1952 movie The Snows of KILIMANJARO. 8. Attended the University of California BERKELEY. 9. Was DOUGLAS MACARTHUR in the 1977 movie of the same name.

Source: Author muffin1708

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Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10

The first nine questions will help you identify a legendary film actor who was in the movie business for over fifty years.

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