Three of a Kind, Part 49 Trivia Quiz

Answer: skipper

Alan Hale Jr. played the role of Jonas Gumby on "Gilligan's Island" (1964-1967). His partner and first mate, Gilligan (played by Bob Denver) called him "Skipper" because he was the owner and pilot of the boat "Minnow." In the course of a "three-hour tour" from Hawaii, the Minnow was lost and the cast stranded on an uncharted desert island. Carroll O'Connor was considered for the part of the Skipper. After three seasons on broadcast television, three made-for-television movies were produced, as well.

Skipping rope (UK) or jumping rope (US) occurs when a rope is swung such that it passes alternatively over the head and under the feet of the skipper. This is a good form of exercise (often associated with boxers) as well as a team and individual sport. Competitions may judge entertainment value or speed. There is much variety in rope skipping including some forms in which more than one person skips at the same time. Chants sung to the cadence of the rope swings are popular with children.

Skippers Seafood & Chowder House is a franchise of independently-owned seafood restaurants. Their clam chowder and sauces are canned/bottled and sold in grocer's. The chain was founded in 1969 by Herb Rosen; the first store was in Bellevue, Washington.

Answer: thunder

In the motion picture "Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome" (1985), Mel Gibson plays Max Rockatansky, an exile in the post-apocalyptic Australian desert. The thunderdome in question is a sort of steel-caged gladiatorial arena, a huge structure in which "two men enter, one man leaves."

Since 1993, the Denver Broncos American football team has used a grey Arabian horse as its mascot. Although there have been three, all of them have been called "Thunder." In addition to appearing at home games, Thunder has appeared in the Super Bowl. The Broncos also have a human mascot, a person dressed in a Broncos football uniform, wearing a horse's head, but he's not as cool as Thunder.

A thunderegg (sometimes spelt thunder egg) is a rock like a geode which is plain on the outside but filled with chalcedony, agate, jasper, opal, and crystals of quartz and gypsum. They tend to be spherical and are unimpressive on the outside. Sliced in two and polished, they are often beautiful. The State of Oregon is the source of the most thundereggs in the US; it is the official state rock. Northwest Indians taught that thunder eggs are the eggs of thunderbirds.

Answer: gorilla

In "George of the Jungle" (animated TV series 1967; motion picture 1997), George's best friend is an erudite gorilla named Ape. The producers were Jay Ward and Bill Scott, the zanies who created Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ape was voiced by Paul Frees on television and by John Cleese in the film.

Among the non-human residents of Earth in the "Planet of the Apes" series, gorillas appear in military, law enforcement, and labouring roles. General Ursus and Aldo are examples.

"Gorilla" is the name of James Taylor's 1975 album and includes the song titled "Gorilla" is one of the tracks. It might have made more sense to name the album "Mexico" or "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" because these tracks did so well as singles. The lyrics to "Gorilla" say, in part, "He's got arms like legs, he's got hands on his feet / He's got a nose like a doughnut, he's got a tendency to overeat / He don't use tools or weapons, he don't eat meat / He likes to stick to the bushes, tends to avoid the street."

Answer: morning

The Academy Award for the Best Original Song in a Motion Picture in 1972 was given to "There's Got to Be a Morning After" from "The Poseidon Adventure." Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn wrote it. In the film, the character Nonnie (played by Carol Lynley) sang the song but the voice was actually that of Renee Armand. Maureen McGovern covered it the next year and it rose to first place on the U.S. Billboard popularity chart.

The daily service of Matins or Morning Prayer in the Anglican Churches was derived from the medieval morning canonical offices (matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, and compline). The first Books of Common Prayer derived Evening Prayer or Evensong from the monastic hours said/sung later in the day. Most Anglican clergy and religious say these prayers daily, in public or in private, and many lay people follow this practice, as well.

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot wrote "Early Morning Rain" by imagining a man standing outside the fence at an airport watching a Boeing 707 take off in the rain. He wrote the song in 1964. Ian and Sylvia recorded it in 1965, as did Peter, Paul and Mary. Lightfoot himself recorded it in 1966.

Answer: roll

There are six degrees of freedom which can be experienced by a ship. One of these is roll. A ship rotates around an imaginary longitudinal axis which runs the length of the vessel, parallel to the waterline. When the superstructure of a ship tilts first to starboard and then to port, this is called roll.

In many Asian cuisines, savoury contents -- shredded vegetables, shrimp, glass noodles, minced meat -- are wrapped in some sort of wheat-flour skin and deep fried. The result is called an egg roll, whether there's egg in it or not. To enhance the flavour, egg rolls may be dipped in soy sauce, hot Chinese mustard, plum sauce, or a red chili sauce.

From the middle 18th century, a "roll call" has been a way of taking attendance or recording a vote in a group of people. The names of people on a list (the roll) are announced aloud (the call) and the individuals' presence or vote is recorded. A roll-call vote in a legislative context is a way of capturing and recording the manner in which each member voted.

Answer: guard

People employed to control automotive and pedestrian traffic at crossings are called variously crossing guards in North America, crosswalk attendant in Australia, school road patrol in New
Zealand, and colloquially lollipop man/lady in Great Britain and Australia. The slang term refers to the round sign mounted on a stick used to signal traffic to stop so pedestrians can cross the street.

When one's abdomen is tender due to internal pain, pressure on the external abdomen will cause the muscles to tense or even to spasm to protect the organs within. This is called abdominal guarding or "défense musculaire." When perceived by an examining physician, it is a sign for internal inflammation such as peritonitis, appendicitis or diverticulitis.

Answer: captain

The 1922 novel "Captain Blood" by Rafael Sabatini was made into a silent motion picture in 1924. Warner Brothers remade "Captain Blood" in 1935 with the relatively-unknown Flynn and deHavilland. A sequel film, "The Son of Captain Blood," was made in 1962, starring Sean Flynn (Errol Flynn's son).

Republic Pictures, which specialized in serials shown in theatres, produced "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" in 1941. The story was adapted from a series of comic books. DC Comics now owns the character.

Captain Midnight was a hero pilot featured in a lengthy radio series, a theatrical series, a television programme, and a syndicated newspaper strip. The captain was sponsored at first by the Skelly Oil Company but then by the Wander Company, the makers of Ovaltine. The lead character, Captain Jim "Red" Albright, code-named "Captain Midnight," used high technology to detect and defeat bad guys. During WWII, the captain led the Secret Squadron against US enemies Baron von Karp, Admiral Himakito and General von Schrecker. After the war, they dealt with criminals and spies.

Answer: sage

The Seven Sages of Greece were 6th century BC thinkers highly regarded for their wisdom. They include Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Priene, Solon of Athens, Chilon of Sparta, and any two of Cleobulus of Lindos, Periander of Corinth, Myson of Chenae and Anacharsis the Scythian.

Zane Grey wrote "Riders of the Purple Sage" in 1912 to describe the conflict between Mormons and "Gentiles" in territorial Utah. The novel is a sort of prototype to the popular Western. The story has been adapted to the screen five times.

Sylvester Stallone's first-born son was Sage Moonblood Stallone (1976-2012). He was an actor, and directed, produced and distributed motion pictures. He appeared with his father in two of the "Rocky" films.

Answer: box

A box is a container, made of paper, wood, plastic, metal or some other substance, normally square or rectangular in shape, used to ship or store things. Some boxes, such as those made of corrugated cardboard, are disposable while others, made of ivory, silver and the like are precious. The pizza box is perhaps one of the great inventions of the 20th century.

An accordion or concertina is a musical instrument in which hand-held bellows compress air which passes over reeds to produce a note. They are colloquially called squeezeboxes because the operator/player squeezes the aurophone to produce the air flow required.

A mitre box (or "miter" box in US English) is a device used to make precise saw cuts (from from 45° to 90° angles). The carpenter's saw fits into the box which guides the blade exactly to the desired angle. They are typically made of wood but the expensive ones are of metal. It is especially useful in cutting molding.

Answer: tenth

One part of anything evenly divided into ten parts is a tenth, which may be expressed as a fraction (1/10) or a decimal (0.1). In biblical terms, a tithe is one tenth of something: produce or money. The standard prefix for a tenth is "deci-" as in decilitre, a decigram, or a decibel. The prefix derives from the Latin "decimus" meaning tenth.

Anticipating the necessity of fighting a war in a mountain environment, the Tenth Mountain Division was created in 1943. The light infantry division was trained to conduct operations in a mountain environment, training in Western Washington and Colorado. The division deployed to Italy where it fought north through the mountains until it met the German troops being forced south by the Seventh Army.

Tenth Island is sometimes called Barrenjoey and sometimes called Roobala mangana. It is part of a group of uninhabited islands off the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is an important home for a colony of Australian fur seals who calve there annually and as a nesting area for both black-faced cormorants and little penguins (also known as fairy penguins and blue penguins). On 5 June 1993, 35-year-old Therese Cartwright was SCUBA diving at the seal colony when she was attacked and killed by a 5-metre (16 foot) great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).