Mickey's Common Bond Part J Trivia Quiz

Answer: the Normandie

The Normandie was a French ship. The problem of getting troops and supplies across the Atlantic through the wolfpacks of U-boats was vexing, but the Allies managed to solve it in time to win the war. The use of aircraft was the most effective approach.

Answer: Anatole France

France's real name was Jacques Thibault. He was born in Paris in 1844 and died in 1924. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. One of his other famous works was "The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard."

Answer: 44

Hammerin' Hank broke the immortal Babe's record on April 8, 1974 at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, which is no more. He had tied the record 4 days earlier off Jack Billingham at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. He hit his record breaker off Al Downing of the LA Dodgers. You've probably seen the film clip a thousand times, with those two boys running around the bases with Aaron.

When they pat him on the back, he looks back at them nervously. This was probably because he had received many death threats from "people" who thought that a black man had no right to break Ruth's record.

This was one of baseball's great moments.

Answer: Route 66

One of their episodes was actually titled "Mon Petit Chou," French for "my little cabbage."

Answer: Utah

Both parks are in the sparsely populated southern half of Utah. Canyonlands National Park is east of Bryce Canyon.

Answer: Omaha, Nebraska

Okay, I admit this was sneaky. I was trying to get you to choose one of the Kansas Cities, but the Royals in this question are the minor league Omaha Royals. They are the AAA farm team of the Kansas City Royals. Their AA farm team is the Wichita (Kansas) Wranglers. One of their A teams is the Wilmington (Delaware) Blue Rocks, the only pro team in the Diamond State.

Answer: The Sword in the Stone

"Sword" was made during a relatively dry period for Disney animated features. Only 7 were produced from 1956 to 1976.

Answer: Switching Channels

In "The Front Page," both the editor and the reporter were men. In "Switching Channels," editor was male, reporter female, same as in "His Girl Friday," another remake of "Page."

Answer: gold

The English "gold" is related to the German "Gelt" since both are members of the same linguistic "family", the Teutonic languages. The Spanish "oro", French "or" and Italian "oro" are all related since all 3 languages are Romance languages. Not that they're the languages of love but that they are descended from Latin, the Roman language.

Answer: Mulberry

The most famous Mulberry Street is probably the one in Manhattan's Little Italy. It's lined with restaurants and shops.

Answer: Mike and Ike

Mike and Ike candy is made by Just Born Inc. of Bethlehem, PA. They also make Peeps and Zours. I have no idea what they are.

Answer: Fleet Street

Fleet Street is synonymous with British journalism. The other streets also have their claim to fame: Threadneedle: Bank of England ("The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"); Bond: tailored suits (just ask James); Pudding Lane: place where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. It burned most of the city.

Answer: Monty Hall

Shades of Kevin Bacon! Mathematicians and others have been discussing the "Monty Hall Problem" or "Monty Hall Dilemma," based on the probability of choosing the door with the grand prize and how the probability changes when one door is eliminated!

Answer: Ed Rommel

Rommel was an American League umpire and, on April 18, 1956, he became the first major league umpire to wear glasses during a game.

Answer: Knots Landing

The Ewings and their relatives and friends kept the evening hours heated up for many years on "Dallas" (1978-1991) and "Knots Landing," which actually ran longer than "Dallas."

Answer: The Craft

This movie was about a coven of evil high school girls. Bet that couldn't happen in real life!

Answer: Airborne Express

Airborne was the first express company to have its own airport!

Answer: Invasion USA

Chuck's best-known TV venture was "Walker, Texas Ranger."

Answer: Beaches

Bette Midler starred in and sang the theme song for this 1988 movie.

Answer: D-Day

The common bond is D-Day! This quiz is dedicated to the memory of great American historian Stephen Ambrose. He was one of the world's foremost authorities on World War II. He wrote "D-Day June 6, 1944, the Climactic Battle of World War II," "Band of Brothers," "Citizen Soldiers," "Pegasus Bridge," and "The Wild Blue," and other works concerning the War.

He also wrote "Uncommon Valor," "Nothing Like It in the World," and bios on Eisenhower and Nixon. He will be sorely missed. Answers explained: The invasion (question 18) of Normandy (question 1) in France (ques 2) took place on June 6, 1944, or 6/6/44 (4 and 3).

The greatest invasion fleet (12) of all time, before or since, was assembled for D-Day and crossed the stormy English Channel (8). Five beaches (19) were used: Utah (5) and Omaha (6) for the Americans and Sword (7), Juno, and Gold (9) for the British and Canadians, Free French, Polish, etc. Artificial harbors were made with portable docks code-named mulberries (10).

The overall commander of the invasion was General Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower (11), later two-term President.

The commander of the ground forces was British Field Marshal Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (13). The German commander was Feldmarschal Erwin Rommel (14). Hundreds of landing craft (15,16) of various types and sizes were used. Airborne (17) forces (American 82nd and 101st Divisions and British 1st and 6th)also played an important part by holding key positions until the ground forces could move in sources: ci.omaha.ne, about.com, imdb.com, kirjasto.sci.fi, us-businessreport.com