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4 quizzes and 100 trivia questions.
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  The Play's the Thing   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
The first 24 questions are on a variety of subjects. The answer to the last question is related to what the previous 24 answers have in common.
Average, 25 Qns, JellyTrollMorton, May 22 23
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  My Second Common Bond Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The first 24 questions will give you the clues to answer question 25. The answers will all lead to a theatre question.
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  An Alphabetical Common Bond    
Multiple Choice
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Questions 1-24 take you on an A-to-Z journey across multiple trivia categories and multiple difficulties. In addition, the answers to these questions have something entertainment-related that links them all together. Can you deduce what that is?
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  Grand Old Common Bond    
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Working through twenty-five questions is a bit heavy going, but keep on galloping through the question hurdles!
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W: Near the end of the 17th century, some 150 residents of Salem, Massachusetts were arrested for being:

From Quiz "An Alphabetical Common Bond"





Common Bond 25 Questions Trivia Questions
1. Who sat in the corner eating his Christmas pie, according to a nursery rhyme?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Jack Horner

"Little Jack Horner, Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie, He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said What a good boy am I!" Jack Horner dates back to the time of the dissolution of the monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII. Jack was entrusted with a pie which concealed the deeds for 12 grand houses; of course, he couldn't resist stealing just one of them--the plum.

2. What is the name of Angela Bowers' son on "Who's the Boss?"

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Jonathan

Jonathan was played by Danny Pintauro. Danny Pintauro was an Eagle Scout.

3. What laundry detergent once advertised itself in the USA as stronger than dirt?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Ajax

Television commercials in the 1960s featured a white knight magically zapping dirty clothes clean with a lance while the "stronger than dirt" theme played in the background.

4. Which mouse, created by Hanna-Barbera, had a seemingly endless feud with Tom the cat?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Jerry

Tom and Jerry are not the only animals featured in the classic cartoon show, "Tom and Jerry". There is a bulldog called Spike, who appears in some episodes to save Jerry from Tom. Jerry also has to watch out for an alley cat called Butch, who seems even more determined than Tom to harm him.

5. B: In 2003, British animator Jonti Picking created a Flash animation depicting which dancing animals?

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: Badgers

Entitled "Badger Badger Badger", this funny little video is little more than a voice repeating the word "badger" with the occasional "mushroom" and "snake", and pictures to match. The video replays itself over and over, and the video will become out of sync with the audio if you let it run long enough.

6. What do the letters EST stand for, in the United States?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Eastern Standard Time

Eastern Standard Time is the time zone used in New York State and other Eastern states in the union. The US government actually has a web page with Official US time accurate within 1.8 seconds. It is www.time.gov.

7. To which city did the University of California move, in 1873?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Berkeley

The University of California was founded in 1869 in Oakland, California, but soon moved to Berkeley.

8. Henry Charriere wrote which book about his imprisonment?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Papillon

"Papillon" is an autobiography by Henri Charrière, first published in France in 1969. According to its author, "Papillon" is an autobiographical novel. Charriere stated that all events are truthful and accurate, allowing for minor lapses in his memory.

9. C: "Chamandis", popular in Kerala, India, are made with what fruit?

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: Coconuts

A chamandi is a dish made with coconuts, chili peppers and coriander seeds.

10. What did Arthur Ashe die of?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: AIDS

Ashe was valedictorian of his high school class. Arthur Ashe was a tennis player. After a heart surgery he was required to have a blood transfusion. One of the blood transfusions had the HIV virus and the doctors informed him that he was HIV positive. It was shortly after Ashe and others were diagnosed with HIV as a result of blood transfusions they started testing the blood more carefully before giving it to other people.

11. Pier Paolo Pasolini directed a 1964 film about the gospel according to which apostle?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Matthew

The apostle Matthew is sometimes referred to as Levi. He worked as a tax collector.

12. Which mountain is the highest in the British Isles?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Ben Nevis

The highest mountain in the British Isles at over 4400 feet, Ben Nevis has been conquered in a variety of weird and challenging ways. A group of Glasgow University students pushed a bed to the summit in 1981. Other appendages accompanying climbers include a barrel of beer, a wheelbarrow and even a piano. A Model T Ford was driven to the summit in 1911, and a horse and cart have also reached the summit.

13. E: Steve Hogarth, the lead vocalist for the Scottish rock group Marillion, was also part of which other band?

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: The Europeans

The Europeans were active from 1981 to 1985. During that time, they released three albums, including "Vocabulary" and "Recurring Dreams."

14. Which Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was made into a movie starring Madonna?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Evita

Tim Rice did the lyrics for "Evita". "Evita" is the story about Eva Peron of Argentina. Webber and Rice first did the musical on Broadway in 1979. In 1997 the movie version with Madonna and Antonio Banderas was released.

15. Where in your body will you find the olecranon?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Elbow

The olecranon is the end of the ulna bone at the elbow joint.

16. F: Think of any whole number. Now add 8. Double your result. Subtract 6. Divide this answer by 2. Subtract the number that you started with. Your answer is:

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: Five

This trick will work with any number. Here's why: Let x = the number you start with. Adding 8: x + 8. Doubling: 2(x + 8) = 2x + 16. Subtracting 6: 2x + 16 - 6 = 2x + 10. Dividing by 2: (2x + 10)/2 = x + 5. Subtracting x: x + 5 - x = 5. So no matter what number you start with, you will always get 5 as a final result.

17. What Christmas movie stars Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: It's a Wonderful Life

In the movie when there's a run on the bank, the lady who plays Mrs. Davis was told to just make up an amount to get a natural reaction from Jimmy Stewart (George Baily). She came up with $17.50 and his reaction was quite natural. Mrs. Davies was played by Ellen Corby.

18. What brand of beer was trademarked by the Lemp Brewing Company in 1903?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Falstaff

Although the Lemp Brewing Company started out as the Western Brewing Company in 1840, and old Falstaff cans said "since 1870," the brand name was not trademarked until 1903.

19. Which British organisation initiated a telegraph service in 1870 and followed up 42 years later by introducing the telephone system to the public?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Royal Mail

The Royal Mail became available to the people of Britain in 1635. Since that date the organisation has been at the forefront of communications in the United Kingdom. In 1840 it introduced the penny postage, this made mailing a viable activity for the general population for the first time.

20. Which girl's name is the name of a no-stick spray?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Pam

The first patent for Pam No-Stick Spray came out in 1957. Still used today Pam keeps food from sticking in pans when cooking.

21. What was the British equivalent of American and Canadian Vaudeville?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Music Hall

A British institution from around about 1850 to 1930, Music Hall was the most popular form of entertainment for the general public. The advent of talking movies heralded the beginning of the end for many of the Music Hall's superstars.

22. H: What can happen to you if you consume too much "bad" cholesterol?

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: Heart attack

Bad cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) will pile up in your arteries, blocking blood flow to your body. Heart attacks are the #1 cause of death worldwide.

23. What is the name of the reindeer who wasn't allowed to join in any reindeer games?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Rudolph

People who live in the Arctic regions where reindeer live drink reindeer milk. The question comes from the song "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Rudolph was actually created for a group of Montgomery Ward stores. It was created by Robert L. May to give the store a promotional gimmick for the store. May based his ideas on the story of "The Ugly Duckling". May's brother-in-law later added lyrics and a melody to May's story creating the song we know as "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". Gene Autry became the best known singer of the song.

24. What is the first name of an C. S. Forester character whose last name is Hornblower?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Horatio

Horatio Hornblower was an early nineteenth-century British naval officer who worked his way up from midshipman to admiral in a series of eight novels and two compilations of short stories by C. S. Forester.

25. What is the covered walkway that surrounds a monastic quadrangle called?

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Cloister

If you were to choose a cloister existence rather than a secular one, you would opt for a quiet private place where you could remain undisturbed.

26. What famous Disney character was originally called Mortimer by its creator?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse's birthday is November 18, 1928. His creator Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966 from lung cancer. Mickey Mouse first appeared in a cartoon called "Steamboat Willie"which was a parody of the Buster Keaton film "Steamboat Bill, Jr.". (Information on Buster Keaton from fun trivia editor LadyCaitriona).

27. John Daugman has done computer work related to which part of the human body?

From Quiz The Play's the Thing

Answer: Iris

Daugman has developed the algorithms first used by biometric devices that identify people based on patterns in their irises (the colored portion of the eye).

28. Queen Victoria was the ___ of India. Complete the title.

From Quiz Grand Old Common Bond

Answer: Empress

Twenty years after the Indian Mutiny in 1857, Victoria became Empress of India. At that time, the British Empire also included Australia, New Zealand, Canada and numerous African countries.

29. J: Using your neighbors as examples of social behavior is known as "keeping up with the ________"

From Quiz An Alphabetical Common Bond

Answer: Joneses

This term originated with a comic strip from the early 20th century which ran for 28 years. It was written by Arthur R. Momand.

30. In England they're called chips, what are they called in America?

From Quiz My Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: french fries

Chips (as they are known in America) are called crisps in England.

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