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1.
  The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is another in my occasional series of Common Bond quizzes. All the answers are names that should point you towards the world of television.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Supersal1, Oct 21 10
Difficult
Supersal1
1231 plays
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  Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Aren't common bond quizzes fun? This is my third one. This time you need to guess what movie the first nine answers all relate to.
Tough, 10 Qns, kristina71, Sep 24 08
Tough
kristina71
839 plays
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  Fiachra's first common bond quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
As the title states my first effort,and I hope I got it right. You are looking for a name from history. Have fun and enjoy.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Fiachra, Sep 22 09
Difficult
Fiachra
553 plays
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  What's The Link? 4    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My fourth Common Bond quiz is about one of the most famous authors of the 20th Century and his work.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Sep 24 08
Difficult
tjoebigham
653 plays
5.
  What's The Link? 5    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For my fifth Common Bond, the link of the questions is a very, VERY famous movie!
Difficult, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Sep 24 08
Difficult
tjoebigham
752 plays
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  What's The Link?3    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My third Common Bond quiz, these 9 questions point to a subject that is not generally well known though we see the results often.
Difficult, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 11 11
Difficult
tjoebigham
990 plays
7.
  Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I am feminine in form with tales of demise. I am famous you will see if you can unmask me.
Difficult, 10 Qns, climbinggirl, Sep 24 08
Difficult
climbinggirl
870 plays
trivia question Quick Question
In what country is Urquhart Castle located?

From Quiz "Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3"





10Q CB Difficult Trivia Questions
1. What is the name of the award for The International Competition Honoring Outstanding Achievement in Design Communications?

From Quiz The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Astrid

The Astrid awards are awarded by MerComm inc. They cover fields such as advertising, graphic design and websites.

2. What was the first name of evangelist Billy Graham's wife?

From Quiz Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2

Answer: Ruth

Ruth Bell Graham was a remarkable women whose life dream was to become a missionary. She lived as a child in pre-revolutionary China and then later in Korea.

3. What name does a comic strip character, sitcom actor and alcoholic drink have in common?

From Quiz What's The Link? 5

Answer: Alexander

Dagwood and Blondie Bumstead's son is named Alexander (he was known as Baby Dumpling in his infancy), Jason Alexander is best known as George Consanza on "Seinfeld" and brandy Alexander (brandy mixed with chocolate) was named for Alexander the Great because it was said one needed the courage of the Greek conquerer to drink it.

4. What is the name of the "sheepish lion" in a 1951 Disney cartoon?

From Quiz Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3

Answer: Lambert

Poor Lambert! He has no idea that he is a lion. The stork delivers him to a mother sheep who raises him as if he was a lamb. All the other lambs pick on him until the day a wolf chases his mama and he has to save her. No one picks on him after that! "Lambert the Sheepish Lion" is my favorite old Disney cartoon.

5. Name the Japanese novel here.

From Quiz What's The Link? 4

Answer: The Makioka Sisters

The other three titles are German (Guther Grass' "Tin Drum"), French (Jean-Paul Sartre's "Nausea") and Italian (Ignazio Silone's "Bread and Wine"). Junchiro Taniziaki wrote "Makioka Sisters", a probing look at Japan's post-WW2 society.

6. What 410 mile river flows into the sea at Long Island Sound?

From Quiz Fiachra's first common bond quiz

Answer: Connecticut

This is one of the heritage rivers in the USA, it enters the sea at Long Island Sound.

7. Who wrote "A Man For All Seasons" and "Lawrence of Arabia"?

From Quiz What's The Link?3

Answer: Robert Bolt

Sheriff penned the WW1 play "Journey's End", Rattigan wrote "The Winslow Boy" and "The Browning Version" and Orton did "Loot" and "What The Butler Saw".

8. What was the name of the hurricane that killed around 364 people in September 1960?

From Quiz The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Donna

Hurricane Donna swept across the Caribbean and the east coast of the USA, causing damage from Florida to Canada. It formed on August 29th and dissipated on September 14th and created for itself a record as the Atlantic hurricane to affect the most land area.

9. What is the name of the elusive serial killer that only killed five women during the Victorian era?

From Quiz Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2

Answer: Jack the Ripper

He preyed on women of the night in London's Eastside, and then disappeared without a trace...the world may never know who was Jack the Ripper. Was he an artist, physician, royalty, or a common thug?

10. What screenwriter put his experience of the 50's Hollywood Communist witch hunts into a movie starring Woody Allen?

From Quiz What's The Link? 5

Answer: Walter Bernstein

Bessie, Lawson and Trumbo were members of the "Hollywood Ten" (first to be blacklisted), but it was Bersnstein who used his experience as the basis of his 1976 script "The Front", directed by Martin Ritt (NOT by Allen!). Ritt and co-star Zero Mostel also fell afoul of the blacklist.

11. This ancient northern European culture was located in Russia and Germany. Their name means barrow or grave.

From Quiz Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3

Answer: Kurgan

The Kurgan people lived in northern Europe as long ago as 5000 B.C. They are believed to have domesticated animals and are noted for burying their dead in barrows or pit graves which was different than other cultures of the time.

12. Complete this Dorothy L. Sayers title: _______ Of Witness.

From Quiz What's The Link? 4

Answer: Clouds

"Clouds Of Witness" is another novel in Sayers' Lord Peter Whimsey mystery series, so beloved of fans of the classic English whodunnit.

13. Who was the Bond girl in "Diamonds Are Forever"?

From Quiz What's The Link?3

Answer: Tiffany Case

Jill St. John played Tiffany, so named because her mother gave birth to her in the famed jewel store. Solitaire is from "Live And Let Die", Stacy from "A View To A Kill" and Jinx is from "Die Another Day"

14. What is the first name of the actress who also has the title of Lady Haden-Guest?

From Quiz The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Jamie

Jamie Lee-Curtis is married to actor Christopher Guest, who has the title of Baron Haden-Guest of Saling in the County of Essex. They married in a 1984, after Ms Curtis had seen a publicity photograph of Mr Guest and gave her 'phone number to his agent.

15. What does the term Crux refer to?

From Quiz Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2

Answer: constellation

Crux is a small constellation located in the southern hemisphere that is also known as the southern cross.

16. What musical family was best known for bluegrass music?

From Quiz What's The Link? 5

Answer: Carter

Alvin and Sara Carter were the hub of this first family of bluegrass music, along with their daughter Janette, Alvin's sister Maybelle and Sara's sisters Helen and June (who later wed the late, great Johnny Cash). Yokum is the family of Al Capp's hillbilly L'il Abner and Hatfield and McCoy are the famed feuding families.

17. What professional wrestling trio was made up of Michael "P.S." Hayes, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, and Buddy Roberts?

From Quiz Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3

Answer: The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Freebirds started their wrestling career in Georgia. They were controversial for defending their tag team title using any of the three instead of just the two who actually won it.

18. What is the nickname of Jonny Quest's guardian?

From Quiz What's The Link? 4

Answer: Race

Richard "Race" Bannon was hired by the government to watch over Jonny Quest (even though his scientist father, Benton, still lived). Jonny's Hindu pal Hadji and bulldog Bandit rounded out the cast of this cult cartoon from the 60's.

19. What adjective describes early Egyptian Christians?

From Quiz What's The Link?3

Answer: Coptic

The Copts were an early Christian sect based in Egypt.

20. What was the name of a popular magazine for teenage girls, published from 1964 to 1993, featuring the "Cathy and Claire" problem page?

From Quiz The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Jackie

"Jackie" was allegedly named after popular children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who worked for the publishing company at the time. As well as the famed problem page, it offered tips on make up and fashion, articles on pop starts and a centre page pull out of the latest heartthrob. Many a young girl's bedroom was decorated with "Jackie" centerfolds of David Cassidy and Marc Bolan, to name but two!

21. What is Hugo, the mascot for New Orleans NBA team?

From Quiz Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2

Answer: Hornet

This team was once called the Charlotte Hornets until they moved to New Orleans. However, during the 2005-06 season due to the devastation of hurricane Katrina they were located in Oklahoma City.

22. What late millionaire has a screen actor for a great-grandson?

From Quiz What's The Link? 5

Answer: Getty

Rockefeller was an oil magnate like J. Paul Getty, but only Getty has screen actor Balthazar Getty for a great-grandson (Balthazar's real first name is Paul, for his ancestor's middle name). Vanderbilt and Carnegie were in railroads and steel, respectively.

23. In what country is Urquhart Castle located?

From Quiz Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3

Answer: Scotland

Urquhart Castle is located in Scotland on the shores of Loch Ness. In 1691, it was blown up to prevent it from being used as a Jacobite base. It's location on the shores of Loch Ness make it a popular tourist location.

24. What was the code name of Avenger John Steed's crippled superior?

From Quiz What's The Link? 4

Answer: Mother

"Mother" was played by Peter Newcombe and was always seen in a wheelchair.

25. Which UK football club played their home games at Highbury until 2006?

From Quiz Fiachra's first common bond quiz

Answer: Arsenal

Arsenal were founded at Woolwich in 1886 and were originally called Woolwich Arsenal. Arsenal moved from Highbury in 2006.

26. What was the name of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel?

From Quiz What's The Link?3

Answer: Flush

She married Robert Browning and wrote "Love Songs from the Portuguese". Virginia Woolf wrote the novel "Flush" from the POV of the dog. Lady is the star of the Disney cartoon "Lady and the Tramp", Mumu the title character of a Turgenev story and Carmen just sounds right for a Spanish-descended dog!

27. What was the name of the last passenger pigeon, which died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914?

From Quiz The Name of the Game - Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Martha

At the time that Europeans first settled in America, the passenger pigeon could be numbered in billions. During migration, flocks could be up to 300 miles long, taking days to pass by. Because of the damage they caused to farm crops, and the fact that they were quite tasty, they were hunted to extinction. The passenger pigeon memorial is situated at Cincinnati Zoo and depicts a statue of Martha.

28. This city was the capital of the confederacy for most of the US Civil War. It is also where the White House of the Confederacy is located, which was the wartime home of Jefferson Davis.

From Quiz Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2

Answer: Richmond, VA

A little known fact about Richmond was that it was originally named Powhatan which was probably located where Fulton Hill is now, and above the falls was known as Paqwachowung. According to the accounts of English settlers there was 40 to 50 warrior families that resided in this area.

29. What stage producer was actress Margaret Sullavan's husband?

From Quiz What's The Link? 5

Answer: Leland Hayward

Four-time Tony-winning producer Hayward was Sullavan's third husband (she was married to Henry Fonda and director William Wyler before); he produced both stage and screen versions of "Mister Roberts", one of Fonda's best known stage and screen roles.

30. What actor played Murray Slaughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"?

From Quiz Kristina's Common Bond Quiz Number 3

Answer: Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod is probably most recognized for playing Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat". He also had the role of Joseph "Happy" Haines on the TV series "McHale's Navy".

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