Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 29

Answer: The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Charles Walters directed the 1964 musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" starring Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell. Debbie plays a mountain girl who survives the sinking of the RMS Titanic; who leaves her home in search of a husband and a better life. The other movies starred Elizabeth Taylor.

Answer: A rose is a rose is a rose

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967) lived in Paris together for over 40 years. Stein's line "A rose is a rose is a rose" first showed up in "Sacred Emily" in 1913, but also appeared in later works by the famous authoress.

Answer: Poor Little Rich Girl

Shirley Temple stars in the 1936 movie "Poor Little Rich Girl" as little Barbara who gets lost and is picked up by entertainers. The entertainers put her in their act, which is eventually heard over the radio by her father. The movie co-starred Alice Faye, Jack Haley and Gloria Stuart.

Answer: Lifeboat

In the 1944 film "Lifeboat" Hitchcock appears in a picture in the newspaper advertising a diet. "Lifeboat" starred Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, and William Bendix. The story featured nine survivors of a battle between a ship and a submarine in which both vessels were lost. Hitchcock also appeared as a newspaper cut out in the 1948 film "Rope" and in a photograph in the 1954 film "Dial M For Murder."

Answer: California

Arizona's state gemstone is Turquoise. The state gemstone of Illinois is Fluorite. The gemstone of Texas is the Texas Blue Topaz.

Answer: Dawson's Creek

James Van Der Beek plays Dawson Leery and Katie Holmes stars as Joey Potter in the 1998 series "Dawson's Creek."

Answer: John Jacob Astor

John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) monopolized the fur trade. He then made millions in investments.

Answer: Lovejoy

The character of 'Reverend Timothy Lovejoy' is just one of the many characters voiced by Harry Shearer. Among the other voices provided by Shearer include Montgomery Burns, Wayland Smithers, Principal Skinner and Otto Mann.

Answer: Iceberg Lettuce

Iceberg Lettuce is a type of Crisphead lettuce as are Imperial, Vanguard, and Western Lettuce.

Answer: Titanic

The common bond is the 1912 sinking of the Titanic and the 1997 movie. The clues include (1) MOLLY BROWN who was a passenger on the Titanic and a character in the film. (2) ROSE, the heroine of the film played by Kate Winslet. (3) In the movie Titanic, Rose refers to herself as a 'POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL' which was also the name of the 1936 movie co-starring Gloria Stuart, who played Rose at age 101. (4) The Titanic did not have enough LIFEBOATS. (5) Although largely ignored in the movie, the CALIFORNIA was the boat within ten miles of the Titanic that failed to come to her rescue. (6) Jack DAWSON is the name of Leonard DiCaprio's character and the name that Rose adopts after she is rescued from the ocean. (7) JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV (grandson of the fur trader) was a first class passenger aboard the Titanic who went down with the ship.

In the movie, Astor was portrayed by Eric Braeden. (8) Spicer LOVEJOY is the character played by David Warner in the film "Titanic." An interesting side note to "Titanic" is that Warner also appeared in the 1979 movie "S.O.S. Titanic." In that movie, he survived the sinking of the ship.

He also appeared as the Evil Genius in the 1981 film "Time Bandits" which featured a scene aboard the doomed liner, although the scene did not involve Warner. (9) And, finally, the Titanic sank after colliding with an ICEBERG.