Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 38

Answer: Income Tax

The 16th Amendment was passed in 1913.

Answer: Tennessee

A lawyer before he became an actor, Thompson served on the Watergate committee. He appeared in several movies including "The Hunt for Red October" and "Die Hard 2" before returning to politics and being elected to the U. S. Senate. After his term expired in 2002, Thompson returned to acting.

Answer: Connecticut

The Huskies, led by Diana Taurasi, beat the Tennessee Volunteers 73-68. I had Duke in the pool.

Answer: Virginia

The 7-4 Center, Ralph Sampson, was drafted out of Virginia by the Houston Rockets with the first pick of the 1983 draft.

Answer: Mediterranean

The Balearic Islands are located about 150 miles east of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. The islands include Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza.

Answer: Top Hat

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in the 1935 film. The plot involves mistaken identities as Ginger believes that Fred is married to her best friend. In the meantime Fred is doing everything he can just to get to know Ginger.

Answer: Electric Company

The "Electric Company" ran from 1971-1977. The series used comedy sketches to teach grammar and phonetics. Danny Seagren appeared as Spider-Man from 1974-1977.
source: IMDB

Answer: Indiana

A delightful film set in Bloomington Indiana. It is a story about love, growing up, and oh yeah, a bicycle race. The movie starred Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern and Jackie Earle Haley.

Answer: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, the Keystone state, was first settled in 1643. The state flower is the Mountain Laurel and the state bird is the Ruffed Grouse.

Answer: Two hundred dollars

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener (and of course Malkovich) star in the 1999 movie directed by Spike Jonze. Cusack plays a puppeteer, who while working as a clerk, discovers a portal in his office, which leads into John Malkovich's head. Along with his wife, and the beautiful Maxine ,(a woman that Craig lusts after) he turns it into a business venture. For two hundred dollars, you can be John Malkovich for fifteen minutes.

Answer: State

John Caldwell Calhoun, (1782-1850), was born in South Carolina. He was educated at Yale and passed the South Carolina bar exam in 1807. He entered Congress in 1811, served as Secretary of War in the cabinet of James Monroe, and then as Vice-president under John Q. Adams and Andrew Jackson.

He resigned as Vice-President in 1832 and returned to the Senate. In 1844, he served as Secretary of State to President John Tyler.

Answer: Jailhouse Rock

Elvis hit the charts with "Jailhouse Rock," which peaked at number 1 in October of 1957. "The Wonder of You" peaked at number 9 in 1970. "Suspicious Minds" hit number 1 in 1969 and "Burning Love" peaked at number 2 in 1972.

Answer: The King of Marvin Gardens

Jack Nicholson stars as a long winded talk jockey David Staebler, at a Philadelphia station in the 1972 drama. David goes to Atlantic City to visit his brother Jason (played by Bruce Dern)whom he has dubbed 'the King of Marvin Gardens'. He soon learns his brother is mixed up with a crime syndicate.

Answer: Kentucky

Walter Brennan (1894-1974) won the 1938 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as an old horse breeder and track man. Brennan also won Best Supporting Actor Oscars for the 1936 film "Come and Get it" and the 1940 film "The Westerner". He also co-starred in "Meet John Doe", "Sergeant York" and "Blood on the Moon".

Answer: Monopoly

The common bond is the Parker Brothers game "MONOPOLY". Monopoly was invented by Charles Darrow in 1934. He first sold it to a department store in Philadelphia. However the game was so popular, he could not keep up with production, so he sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935. (http://www.monopoly.com/pl/page.history/dn/default.cfm) The clues include places on the board, such as INCOME TAX (1) TENNESSEE Avenue (2) CONNECTICUT Avenue (3) VIRGINIA Avenue (4) MEDITERRANEAN Avenue (5)The TOP HAT, which is a game token (I always like to be the shoe) (6) The ELECTRIC COMPANY, one of the utility companies represented in the game. (the other is Waterworks) (7) INDIANA Avenue (8) PENNSYLVANIA Avenue or PENNSYLVANIA Railroad (9) When you pass GO you collect TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS (10) STATES Avenue (11) Go directly to JAIL. Do not collect TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. (12) MARVIN GARDENS (13) and KENTUCKY Avenue. (14)