Professorjon's Common Bond 30 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jessica

Eighteen month old 'Baby Jessica' fell down a well in October of 1987. She was rescued on October 16, after being trapped 58 hours.

Answer: Jack

Euchre is a card game played with 25 cards based on trumps. The rank of the trump suit is the Benny (or Best Bauer, usually a joker), the Jack of the trump suit (also known as the Right Bauer), the same color jack as the trump suit (also known as the Left Bauer), the Ace, the King, the Queen, the ten and the nine.

A variation of Euchre that I am more familiar with is the game of Dirty Clubs. In the game of Dirty Clubs, players bid on trump suit, unless a club is turned up, which makes clubs automatically trump.

In this variation of the game, the Jack of the Trump suit is the highest ranking card in the deck. In addition, Baeur is the original German word, but in English it is usually written Bower.

Answer: antennae

Ray Walston stars as the Martian who becomes stranded on Earth when his one man space ship crashes after narrowly colliding with a NASA rocket plane. Bill Bixby co-stars as Tim O'Hara who passes the Martian off as his uncle Martin O'Hara.

Answer: Harvey

The Harvey Awards are one of the comics industry's oldest and most respected awards. They are presented annually to those creators and publications that receive the most votes from their peers in the comics industry.

Answer: I Love a Rainy Night

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers formed in Los Angeles in the mid seventies. Petty also had a hit with Stevie Nicks in 1981 entitled, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." "I Love a Rainy Night" was a hit for Eddie Rabbit.

Answer: Roger and Me

Michael Moore wrote and directed the 1989 film about his attempt to pursue General Motors Chairman Roger Smith and confront him about the loss of forty thousand jobs.

Answer: Playboy

The first edition featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover.

Answer: Walter Maranville

Walter James Vincent Maranville (sometimes spelled as Marranville) played in the major leagues from 1912-1935. Among the teams he played for included Boston, Pittsburgh and Chicago. He also served as a player Manager for the 1925 Cubs.

Answer: Warren Harding

The scandal involved the secret leasing of naval oil reserve lands to private companies. It was first revealed to the general public in 1924 after findings by a committee of the U.S Senate.

Answer: It has 18 carats

Pure Gold has no alloys and is soft and malleable, but it has 24 carats. Gold does come in many other colors, but pure gold is always yellow.

Answer: Peter

The chief of the 12 Apostles. He is traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Rome. Peter was the son of Jona and the older brother of Andrew. He was a fisherman, who was brought to Jesus by his brother Andrew. Jesus changed his name to Peter. (By that I mean that Jesus made Simon change his name to Peter, not that Jesus decided to be called Peter)

Answer: Hair

"Hair" peaked at #2 for the Cowsills in 1969. The Cowsills was a family group consisting of five brothers, (Bill, Bob, Paul, Barry and John) their younger sister (Susan) and their mother (Barbara). The Cowsills were the inspiration for the Partridge Family. "Good Morning Starshine" was by Oliver. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" was by the Fifth Dimension. "Easy to Be Hard" was recorded by Three Dog Night. All of the songs are from the musical "Hair" which first opened off Broadway in October of 1967.

Answer: Volkswagen

Volkswagen is often misspelled as Volkswagon. Other cars by Volkswagen include the Eos.

Answer: Tricks

The lyric comes from the song "Underneath it All."

Answer: Rabbits

The common bond is RABBITS. Your answer must be plural because there is no such thing as ONE RABBIT. The clues include JESSICA RABBIT, from "Who framed Roger Rabbit?" (1) Jack is the name of a type of rabbit as in JACKRABBIT. (2) Antenna is also known as RABBIT EARS. (3) HARVEY was the name of the 6'4 rabbit in the 1950 movie "Harvey," which starred Jimmy Stewart. (4) "I Love a Rainy Night" was a hit song for EDDIE RABBIT. (5) ROGER is the name of the Rabbit in "WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?" (6) PLAYBOY is famous for it's BUNNIES (7) Walter Marranville was known by his nickname, "RABBIT MARRANVILLE." (8) A WARREN is a colony of rabbits. (9) Rabbits like CARROTS. (carats-Puns are legal) (10) PETER Rabbit is a character from Beatrix Potter. (11) HAIR is a homophone for HARE, a rodent related to the rabbit family. (12) Another car manufactured by Volkswagen was the VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT. (13) Tricks is a homophone for TRIX, a breakfast cereal noted for the line "SILLY RABBIT, TRIX ARE FOR KIDS." (14) Hope you enjoyed the quiz, although I left out Bugs Bunny, the Easter Bunny and the rabbit in the hat (which was always one of my favorite gags in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.") I also hope you did not need a lucky rabbit's foot to solve the bond!