john_sunseri's Series Trivia

1. What restaurant chain's slogan is "Eat Fresh"?

From Quiz John's Common Bond #8

Answer: Subway

Subway has over thirty thousand locations in over 90 countries around the world. It made a combined $9 billion in 2006. Famous for its five-dollar footlong submarine sandwiches and for spokesman Jared Fogle (who lost over 240 pounds on his 'Subway diet'), Subway has become a major franchise around the world. Some of its other slogans since it opened its first store in 1965 have been "Subway, My Way" and "The Way a Sandwich Should Be".

From Quiz John's Common Bond #7

Answer: Walrus

"I told you 'bout the walrus and me, man You know that we're as close as can be, man Well here's another clue for you all The walrus was Paul." Strange song, that also references other Beatles hits like "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Lady Madonna" and "The Fool on the Hill". This line has been taken to be a cryptic clue as to Paul McCartney's death and replacement in the band by a lookalike, which would have been a nice trick.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #6

Answer: Kangaroo

The kangaroo (along with the emu) appears on the Australian coat of arms, and the animal is inextricably linked to that country--Australian Aborigines have a long history of using the creatures for meat and fur. The largest species, the Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) can reach nearly seven feet in height and weigh 200 pounds.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #5

Answer: Sapporo

The Olympic Winter games in Sapporo were the first held in Asia, and the city beat out Banff, Salt Lake City and Lahti (in Finland) for the honor of hosting them. Sapporo also hosts the Yuki-matsuri (snow festival) every year, bringing millions of people to town to see the ice sculptures, which are illuminated at night.

From Quiz Fourteen People : Common Bond

Answer: John Candy

Candy was an important member of Toronto's "Second City Television" (alongside Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and other giants of comedy). In 1991, he became part owner of the Canadian Football League team the Toronto Argonauts (which won the championship that year). He died of a heart attack at age 43.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #3

Answer: Something Wicked This Way Comes

The book was filmed in 1983 by Disney, and starred Jason Robards as Charles Halloway and Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark. The movie won the Saturn Award in 1984 for Best Fantasy Film. The book is a favorite of Stephen King's, and he spent some time in "Danse Macabre" analyzing it.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #2

Answer: Buffalo Bill

William Frederick Cody had to defend the nickname, though. There was a fellow named Bill Comstock who was also called 'Buffalo Bill', and the two men had a sharpshooting contest to determine who would keep the nickname. Cody won, and he's remembered to this day.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #1

Answer: Carrie Nation

All these women were members of temperance movements, but it was Ms. Nation (born Carrie Moore, in Kentucky) who was arrested 30 times for what she called "hatchetations", in which she would march into a bar with her supporters and sing hymns while smashing the merchandise and the fixtures. She was pleased when President McKinley was killed, because she thought that he'd brought it on himself by secretly drinking alcohol. A pleasant lady.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #8

Answer: Hudson

Jennifer Hudson took a seventh-place finish in 2004's season of "American Idol" and made the most of it. "Dreamgirls" was her first movie (she played Effie White), and she took home a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for it. Rock Hudson (real name Roy Harold Scherer Jr.) co-starred with Doris Day in "Pillow Talk" (and many other films), and though he never won an Oscar, he was nominated for one for his performance in "Giant".

From Quiz John's Common Bond #6

Answer: Morgan

Dexter Morgan is a blood-spatter technician for the Miami police department and, yes, a serial killer. Orphaned at a young age and raised by a policeman who saw what he was turning into, he was taught to kill only those who were murderers or other irredeemable criminals themselves. The television show on Dec 13, 2009 drew 2.6 million viewers, making it the most popular episode of any Showtime original drama at the time. Dexter Morgan is played by Michael C. Hall.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #5

Answer: Harp

Harpo Marx (you see why I didn't give you his name?) was born Adolph, and his brothers were Julius (Groucho), Milton (Gummo) and Chico (Chico). He taught himself how to play the harp by looking at a picture of an angel with the instrument he saw in a pawnshop, and by the time he finally sought out professional teachers, they couldn't help him with his technique--but they were fascinated to see him play the thing the way that he did. In spite of that, he was a competent musician.

From Quiz Fourteen People : Common Bond

Answer: Twiggy

Twiggy was (and is) a multi-media star. She released albums in the seventies (one of them reaching #33 on the United Kingdom charts), won Golden Globes for her stage work and, in 2005, became a judge on television's "America's Next Top Model".

From Quiz John's Common Bond #3

Answer: The stuff that dreams are made of

"The Maltese Falcon" is considered by many (including Roger Ebert and me) to be one of the greatest films of all time. It's full of quotable material: "I won't play the sap for you"; "When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it"; and "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it".

From Quiz John's Common Bond #2

Answer: Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn was also in "Backdraft", "Apocalypse Now" and "Courage Under Fire". He was a United States marine for several years, and in his career he's played plenty of tough-guy roles.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #1

Answer: Shining Time Station

The show was aired in 1989 and ran until 1993, then ran in re-runs on Nick Jr and Fox Family. Didi Conn played Stacy Jones, who was the train station manager, and Brian O'Connor played the money-mad Schemer. The town's mayor, of course, is Osgood Bob Flopdinger.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #7

Answer: Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party was a turning point in the growing conflict between the American colonists and the Crown; previous to the events of December 1773, other ports had managed to resist the unloading of the tea (which was heavily taxed by Britain and delivered by the British East India Company), but the Governor of the Massachusetts colony refused to send the merchandise back to Britain. So the Americans destroyed the tea, throwing it into the harbor, rather than accepting the taxation of a government they hadn't elected.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #6

Answer: Underpants

Abdulmutallab sustained what had to be some very painful wounds from his attempt to light the bomb. Passengers on the flight noticed him trying to ignite the explosives and restrained him, and the flight landed safely, without further incident. Previously, in December of 2001, terrorist Richard Reid had attempted the same type of attack, with the explosives secreted within his shoes.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #5

Answer: Moose head

Chan's work with that moose head is a joy to behold. Over the course of his career, the Hong Kong actor has used practically everything as a weapon -chairs, ladders, boxes, whatever comes to hand. He does his own stunts as well, and according to his website he's broken "My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet..."

From Quiz Fourteen People : Common Bond

Answer: Pee-wee Herman

"Pee-wee's Playhouse" won 22 Emmys and co-starred Laurence Fishburne (as Cowboy Curtis), S. Epatha Merkerson (as Reba the Mail Lady) and Phil Hartman (as Captain Carl). Herman got into a bit of trouble in 1991, when he was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult movie theater, but he's made a comeback since then, playing in 1999's Johnny Depp movie "Blow" and guest-starring on shows like "30 Rock" and "Pushing Daisies".

From Quiz John's Common Bond #3

Answer: Band of Brothers

The series won six Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for Best Miniseries. It starred Damian Lewis, but it had a very large cast which included David Schwimmer, Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Hanks' son Colin.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #2

Answer: Clarice

"I think you're cute". I kinda had a crush on her myself, to tell you the truth. Janet Orenstein provided Clarice's voice. Other characters from the film were Hermey the Misfit Elf and Yukon Cornelius.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #1

Answer: Danse Macabre

The earliest artistic representations of the Danse Macabre are in a Parisian cemetery from 1424. Typically, they include Death leading a parade of dancing figures from all walks of life, but all the figures have been reduced to skeletons. 'Danca de Morte' is the Portuguese for the Dance of Death, 'Memento Mori' is a reminder of death in Latin, and 'Ars Moriendi' is the art of death and how to die well.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #7

Answer: Hedgehog

The hedgehog has several defenses; first, the sharp, hollow hairs (five to seven thousand of them). And then, the ability to roll into a tight ball so that any predator is presented with a sharp, dangerous globe of spines. Hedgehogs are great climbers, they swim very well, and they run at almost five miles an hour. A good thing, too, because they're supposed to be delicious. In fact, a British company (Hedgehog Foods, Ltd.) actually marketed a brand of potato chips called "Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps", though they were just being snarky--the snacks were really flavored with pork fat.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #5

Answer: Colt .45s

In 1965, the Colt.45s moved to the new, fancy indoor stadium (billed, somewhat extravagantly, the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by its owner). Since the stadium was called the Astrodome in honor of Houston's contributions to America's space program, the team changed its name to 'Astros'. In 2006 the team appeared in the World Series, losing to the Chicago White Sox.

From Quiz Fourteen People : Common Bond

Answer: James Brown

Brown, when he was six years old, lived with his aunt who ran a whorehouse. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade and eventually taught himself the harmonica and learned how to play guitar, drums and piano in his quest to be an entertainer. As of 2009 he'd won induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the New York Songwriters Hall of Fame, an honorary doctorate from Paine College, a Kennedy Center Honor, and many more accolades.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #3

Answer: Hoist with his own petard

A petard was a bomb used to knock holes in a castle's walls or gates, so to say that someone was hoist with his own petard is to say that he took the brunt of the explosion he intended for someone else. This falls under the category of 'poetic justice'.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #2

Answer: Sir Anthony Hopkins

Hopkins played Professor Van Helsing in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula", Zorro in 1998's "The Mask of Zorro" (though he passed the mantle--and the mask--on to Banderas in that movie) and Tricky Dick in 1995's "Nixon". He became an American citizen in 2000.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #1

Answer: Dead Zone

The largest dead zone ever discovered and recorded covered over 27,000 square miles. Of human-influenced dead zones, the presumed cause is the extensive use of chemical fertilizers which eventually reach the seas and cause algal blooms and hypoxia. One of the bigger zones is at the outflow of the Mississippi River, in the Gulf of Mexico.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #8

Answer: Battery

Battery can involve inappropriate sexual touching or rape, and some forms of child abuse. Assault always involves violence. Mopery is somewhat vague, but means somewhat the same thing as vagrancy or loitering (though the word has also come to mean 'exposing oneself to a blind person' due to its use in a 1944 comic novel). And bigamy means having more than one spouse.

From Quiz John's Common Bond #7

Answer: Queen of Hearts

Juice Newton received a Grammy nomination for her recording of "Queen of Hearts" in the country music category. The song was her highest-ranking ever on the pop music charts, though she reached number one on the country charts with "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" in 1981 and "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" and "Hurt" in 1985.

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