Link's The Word Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Legend of Zelda

The video game 'The Legend of Zelda' was first brought out in 1986 and turned out to be the first game in a long-running series. The character Link is not always exactly the same but is always a male Hylian who often wears a pointed cap and a green tunic. Link usually works to save his world, Hyrule, from the evil Ganon and he is accompanied by the princess Zelda, who he also sometimes saves from Ganon.

The very successful game was developed by game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and is mainly published by Nintendo. Not only was a television series based on the game made in the USA in 1989 but since 1997 manga adaptations have been released in Japan.

Answer: Hugh Jackman

In the movie 'The Missing Link' the explorer and adventurer Sir Lionel Frost is contacted by the intelligent and self-educated Mr Link - a sasquatch/missing link. He asks Sir Lionel to help him find his long-lost relatives and the movie is about what happens when they go looking.

The movie was directed by Chris Butler, who also wrote the screenplay, and Mr Link was voiced by Zach Galifianakis. Hugh Jackman voiced Sir Lionel and, among his many other roles, he has also played the characters of Wolverine in the X-Men series of movies (2000 to 2017) and of Phineas Taylor Barnum in the 2017 movie, 'The Greatest Showman'.

Answer: Bonobo

Simon Green is a British DJ, producer and musician who is now based in Los Angeles and chose the name of a species of ape as his professional name. His first single to be released was called 'Terrapin' and in 2000 his first solo album, 'Animal Magic', came out. More releases followed and his sixth album, 'Migration' (2017), was nominated for a Grammy Award.

The same album was nominated for and won Album of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards of 2017 and Bonobo himself was nominated for Act of the Year at the same awards. The single 'Linked' was released online in July 2019 and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the Grammy Awards and did not win but was the runner-up.

Answer: The Wind on the Moon

Eric Linklater was born in 1899 and died in 1974 and wrote mainly for adults, producing many fictional and non-fictional literary works. He also wrote three books for children: 'The Wind on the Moon', which was published in 1944, 'The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea (1949) and 'Karina With Love' (1958).

'The Wind on the Moon' was about the different adventures of two sisters, who were turned into kangaroos for a while but met, and were aided by, a falcon and a puma. They later rescued their dancing teacher from jail and then rescued their father from a tyrant. In 1945 the book was awarded the prestigious annual Carnegie Medal by the British Library Association (as it was then known) whose members deemed it that year's outstanding English-language book for young people.

Answer: Hairspray

'Hairspray' was released in 1988 and was written and produced by John Waters. It was about a somewhat plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad, managing to achieve her ambition to be a dancer on the local television show for teenagers.

Tracy liked the handsome and popular Link Larkin, who was in this television show, 'The Corny Collins Show', and also went to Tracey's school. During the movie he became attracted to Tracey and they ended up together.

A stage version was produced in 2002 and then a later movie based on this was released in 2007. Both were very successful and this later movie's stars included John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Tracy's mother, and Zak Efron as Link.

Answer: Hybrid Theory

The longstanding Californian band Linkin Park was formed in 1996 by three high school friends and the group was first named Xero. After personnel and name changes, the group decided to call themselves Linkin Park, a name inspired by Santa Monica's Lincoln Park.

They released their first album, 'Hybrid Theory', in 2000 and it was a great success, rising to at least number ten in the album charts of over twenty countries and also receiving (often-multiple) Platinum certifications in over twenty countries.

Released in 2012, 'Living Things' was their fifth album, which was again very successful, and the 2013 'Recharged' was a new remix album while 'In The End' was one of the singles released from 'Hybrid Theory'.

Answer: USA

Link TV was originally called WorldLink TV and was started in December 1999 as a non-commercial network. It is an American satellite television network which has its headquarters in Burbank, California and is owned by the Public Media Group of Southern California.

The 24-hour-a-day channel shows music videos and broadcasts news reports and documentaries from many different countries which show different viewpoints on both home and world affairs. In 2010 Link TV launched ViewChange.org to increase awareness of global issues. This is an online video platform which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Answer: Chimpanzee

In the 1986 movie 'Link' an American student played by Elizabeth Shue spent some time at the home of an English scientist played by Terence Stamp. Also in the house were his three chimpanzees, who he was training and using to research the missing link between humans and apes. When the scientist disappeared the student stayed on but the chimpanzees grew increasingly aggressive.

Link was actually played by an orangutan named Locke whose fur was dyed to make him appear more like a chimpanzee but the other two apes were both played by real chimpanzees. The movie had mixed reviews from the critics and was not financially successful but Elizabeth Shue and the composer Jerry Goldsmith, who wrote the film's score, were both nominated for a Saturn Award.

Answer: Bananarama

The female group Bananarama was formed in 1980 by Keren Woodward, Siobhan Fahey and Sara Dallin. Among personnel changes, Siobhan left the group for some years but later returned then again left while Keren and Siobhan have always remained part of the group and now perform as a duo. The band was apparently influenced in their choice of their name by Roxy Music's 1973 single, 'Pyjamarama'.

Bananarama were very successful for a number of years, with thirty of their releases reaching the Top 50 in the UK Singles Chart between 1982 and 2009. The 1984 album 'Bananarama' was their second one to be released and rose to number sixteen in the UK Albums Chart and reached the top forty in the US one. As well as 'Link', which was not released as a single, the album included 'Robert de Niro's Waiting . . .' and three other tracks which were successful when released as singles.

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker

In the American television show 'Square Pegs' Amy Linker and Sarah Jessica Parker played two girls trying to fit in at their new school. Its twenty episodes were shown on CBS between 1982 and 1983 and the show received positive comments from the critics.

As an adult Amy Linker concentrated more on other aspects of her career but Sarah Jessica Parker continued to act, moving on to appear in a number of movies. She returned to television in the adult role of Carrie Bradshaw in the popular 'Sex and the City', which was shown between 1998 and 2004, and she received several awards for her performance in the role.