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Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 6

The first fourteen questions test your knowledge over a variety of subjects. The answers to those questions all relate to each other in some manner. You must determine what they have in common to answer the final question.

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

Author
professorjon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
68,800

Updated
Jul 20 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
7368

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 184 (15/15), Mairezdoats (9/15), Guest 50 (13/15).

Question 1 of 15

1. Gregorian and Julian are types of what? Hint

Arches

Dances

Junipers

Calendars

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Question 2 of 15

2. How long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun? Hint

a century

an hour

a month

a year

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Question 3 of 15

3. What thick fleshy white root is harvested in the spring and fall and then processed using distilled vinegar? Hint

horseradish

catnip

turnip

lamb mint

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Question 4 of 15

4. Ty Cobb, Al Kaline and Alan Trammell all played for what major league baseball team? Hint

Orioles

Tigers

Cubs

Bears

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Question 5 of 15

5. What is the name of the career criminal in 'The Simpsons'? Hint

Smithers

Snake

Fox

Bear

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Question 6 of 15

6. In what 1944 movie does Katharine Hepburn play a Chinese woman who leads an uprising against the Japanese? Hint

Dragon Seed

Bringing up Baby

Woman of the Year

The Dogwoman

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Question 7 of 15

7. What 1943 movie dealt with subject of lynching? Hint

Horsefeathers

The Caine Mutiny

The Ox-bow Incident

Hang 'Em High

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Question 8 of 15

8. What movie was a loose remake of the 1963 film, 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'? Hint

Love Crazy

Monkey Business

It's a Dog's Life

Rat Race

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Question 9 of 15

9. What was the name of the character portrayed by John Wayne in the 1969 movie "True Grit"? Hint

Mad Dog Earle

Rabbit Maranville

Rooster Cogburn

Cat Ballou

10. In the episode of 'The Simpsons' entitled 'Das Bus' there is a parody of the film 'Lord of the Flies'. In both the movie version and the Simpson's episode there is a monster that lives in the cave. What is the monster? Hint

a snake

a dragon

a boar

a wolf

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Question 11 of 15

11. Sirius is also known as what? Hint

Cat's Paw

The Cow Fish

The Swamp Fox

The Dog Star

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which is a type of knot? Hint

grampa

tiger lily

dog collar

sheepshank

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Question 13 of 15

13. In what 1952 film does Charles Coburn hand a paper to his secretary, played by Marilyn Monroe, and tell her to 'find someone to type this'? Hint

Some Like it Hot

How to Marry a Millionaire

The Seven Year Itch

Monkey Business

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Question 14 of 15

14. John Updike wrote which of the following novels? Hint

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Cat of Many Tails

Elephants Can Remember

Rabbit Is Rich

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Question 15 of 15

15. I have paved the way for you to answer the final question. The previous 14 answers, although in no particular order, have a common theme. What is the common bond of this quiz?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Gregorian and Julian are types of what?

Answer: Calendars

The Julian calendar was introduced in Rome in 46 B.C. It established the 12 month year of 365 days. The Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, revised the Julian calendar by subtracting ten days and restricting the leap year to every four years, celebrated only in years divisible by 400.

2. How long does it take the earth to make one revolution around the sun?

Answer: a year

It takes 365 and one fourth days for the earth to make a full rotation around the sun.

3. What thick fleshy white root is harvested in the spring and fall and then processed using distilled vinegar?

Answer: horseradish

Horseradish is a member of the mustard family.

4. Ty Cobb, Al Kaline and Alan Trammell all played for what major league baseball team?

Answer: Tigers

Alan Trammell was a member of the 1984 Detroit Tigers, which won the World Series. Al Kaline was on the world champion 1968 Tigers. Ty Cobb was one of the original inductees into the Hall of Fame.

5. What is the name of the career criminal in 'The Simpsons'?

Answer: Snake

If there is a major crime occurring in any episode of 'The Simpsons', you can be sure Snake is involved.

6. In what 1944 movie does Katharine Hepburn play a Chinese woman who leads an uprising against the Japanese?

Answer: Dragon Seed

Based on a novel by Pearl Buck, Hepburn plays an Asian woman named Jade.

7. What 1943 movie dealt with subject of lynching?

Answer: The Ox-bow Incident

Directed by William Wellman, the movie starred Henry Fonda as member of a lynching party, who comes to believe that a suspected murderer, played by Dana Andrews, is innocent.

8. What movie was a loose remake of the 1963 film, 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'?

Answer: Rat Race

"Rat Race" starred Seth Green, John Lovitz, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

9. What was the name of the character portrayed by John Wayne in the 1969 movie "True Grit"?

Answer: Rooster Cogburn

John Wayne portrayed Rooster once more in the 1975 movie, "Rooster Cogburn", which co-starred Katharine Hepburn.

Answer: a boar

A pretty funny episode, it does a good job at poking fun at a pretty serious movie.

11. Sirius is also known as what?

Answer: The Dog Star

The Dog Star is the brightest star in the heavens. It is in the constellation Canis Major.

12. Which is a type of knot?

Answer: sheepshank

The sheepshank is a knot for shortening a line.

13. In what 1952 film does Charles Coburn hand a paper to his secretary, played by Marilyn Monroe, and tell her to 'find someone to type this'?

Answer: Monkey Business

The movie stars Cary Grant as a scientist who thinks he has discovered the fountain of youth. He later finds out that he had some help from a chimp who had poured a formula into the water cooler.

14. John Updike wrote which of the following novels?

Answer: Rabbit Is Rich

'The Hound of the Baskervilles' was written by Arthur Conan Doyle. 'Elephants Can Remember' was written by Agatha Christie and 'The Cat of Many Tails' was written by Ellery Queen.

15. I have paved the way for you to answer the final question. The previous 14 answers, although in no particular order, have a common theme. What is the common bond of this quiz?

Answer: The Chinese Zodiac

The common bond is the Chinese Zodiac. The first two answers are Calendar and Year or CALENDAR YEAR. The next twelve answers are, in no particular order, HORSE, TIGER, SNAKE, DRAGON, OX, RAT, BOAR, ROOSTER, DOG, SHEEP, RABBIT and MONKEY. These are the animals of the Chinese New Year. The current Chinese New Year, which began February 12, 2002, is the year of the horse.

Source: Author professorjon

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