Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 21

Answer: Jan Murray

Born Murray Janowski in 1917, Jan Murray hosted several other TV shows including "Blind Date", "Dollar For a Second" and "The Jan Murray Show". He also made numerous appearances on other television shows and was a semi-regular on "Hollywood Squares" during the sixties. (From the IMDB)

Answer: Bobby

Hank Hill's son Bobby is 12 years old. He has a girlfriend named Connie and someday he wants to be a comic.

Answer: Peter Pan

"Peter Pan" was created by James Barrie in 1902. Filmed many times, the best known version is the 1953 Disney movie.

Answer: Cindy Lou

"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" was filmed in 1966. Boris Karloff was the narrator. It was made into a feature film in 2000, starring Jim Carrey and directed by Ron Howard.

Answer: Dharma and Greg

"Dharma and Greg" premiered in 1997. Greg, an attorney, met and married the free spirited and kooky Dharma on their first date. The show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson.

Answer: Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden starred with Ed Harris (who also directed) in the 2000 film, "Pollock", the story of American painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). She plays Lee Krasner, an artist who puts her career on hold to become Pollock's companion and caretaker.

Answer: Oliver!

Sir Carol Reed directed all four of the classic movies. "Odd Man Out" was made in 1947, "The Fallen Idol" in 1948 and "The Third Man" in 1949. He finally won his Oscar for the 1968 musical "Oliver!"

Answer: Alice

Linda Lavin starred as Alice in the series that ran from 1976-1985. She played Alice Hyatt, who worked as a waitress in a small diner run by Mel Sharples. (Vic Tayback)

Answer: Harry and the Hendersons

In the 1987 movie "Harry and the Hendersons", the family just doesn't encounter Bigfoot, they literally run over him with their car. John Lithgow stars as George Henderson, who after hitting Bigfoot, thinks he has killed the beast, so he decides to take him home. However, of course Bigfoot wasn't dead, he was just stunned.

Answer: Carol Reed

Sir Carol Reed (1906-1976) films included "Our Man in Havana" and "The Young Mr. Pitt". Reed developed a reputation for being able to work well with children from such films as "Oliver!" and "The Fallen Idol". "Trapeze" starred Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, and Gina Lollobrigida. Lancaster before he became an actor, had worked in the circus as an acrobat. His partner was named Nick Cravat. Cravat often appeared in Lancaster's films, but he is best known for playing the gremlin in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" that starred William Shatner.

Answer: Architect

Christopher Wren is best known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral.

Answer: Tiger

Hobbes is the name of Calvin's stuffed tiger. The cartoon strip was created by Bill Watterson. The strip ran 1985-1996. In 1986, Watterson won the Rueben Award for "Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year". There are millions of Calvin and Hobbes books in print and they have become best sellers on the New York Times List. For more info visit www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/bio.html

Answer: Davy Jones

Davy Jones left home to become a jockey, but became an actor instead. He played The Artful Dodger in "Oliver!" and appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" with the rest of the cast on February 9, 1964, the same night as the Beatles made their debut. (Internet Movie Database) He was then cast, in 1965, as a member of The Monkees. (Along with Peter Tork, Mickey Dolenz and Mike Nesmith).

After The Monkees broke up in 1970, he toured with Mickey Dolenz, and for a short time he went back to his early career as a jockey.

Answer: Mike

A sequel to the 1948 film "The Paleface", Bob Hope stars as Junior Potter who comes to town to find his fathers's gold. The gold catches the interest of Mike Delroy (Russell) aka "The Torch", the leader of a gang of thieves, who are based in the town of Sawbuck Pass. Roy Rogers co-stars as the federal agent who uses Hope as bait in order to capture her. So now you have some of the answers to my quiz "SON OF PALEFACE," so go play it.

Answer: The Brady Bunch

"Here's the story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls. They all had hair of gold just like their mother, the youngest one in curls..." The clues are the Brady kids Jan (1) Bobby (2) Peter(3) Cindy (4) Greg (5) and Marsha (6) and cousin Oliver. (7) Alice was the maid (8) and Florence Henderson, who played Carol Brady. (9) Carol was Mrs. Brady's first name and Reed is the last name of the actor who played Mr. Brady. (10) Mr. Brady was an architect. (11) Tiger was the name of the Brady's dog. (12) Davy Jones of the Monkees made one of the more memorable guest appearnces on the show, a role he also played in the 1995 movie "The Brady Bunch Movie." (13) Mr. Brady's first name was Mike. (14)