Three of a Kind, Part 51 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Babe

Dick King-Smith wrote a 1983 novel called "The Sheep-Pig" about a pig raised to work like a sheepdog. This was adopted into the 1995 motion picture "Babe." The movie was filmed in New South Wales. It was a commercial success; the sequel ("Babe: A Pig in the City") was not.

Although the Babe Ruth League was founded in Hamilton, New Jersey, as an American youth baseball and softball league, it has grown to be an international organization. Many well-known professional baseball players came up through the Babe Ruth League: Carl Yastrzemski, Rod Carew, George Brett, Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken Jr., and Randy Johnson.

Margaux Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, advertised a Fabergé named Babe, introduced in 1977. While popular, it was discontinued in 1992, only to be produced anew by Beauty Brand Development as a nostalgia scent.

Answer: purple

The American rock musician Prince both wrote the music for and starred in the motion picture "Purple Rain" in 1984. Much of the film is of concerts by Prince and The Revolution. There are also lots of shots of things in Minneapolis.

Purple is a mattress manufacturer located in Utah which sells its products (mostly) directly to the consumer. In addition to mattresses, Purple sells other comfortable things such as pillows and cushions. Their products are made from their proprietary "hyper-elastic polymer."

The cartoon Flintstones' pet is Dino, a purple dinosaur. From the beginning of the series, Dino has shared the family home with Fred and Wilma. He was voiced by Mel Blanc (1960-1989). He (Dino, not Mr. Blanc) is a Snorkasaurus.

Answer: cole

Nathaniel Adams Cole (1919-1965) was an American singer, jazz pianist and songwriter. His stage name was Nat King Cole. He performed both individually and as the leader of a jazz trio. In 1956, Cole was the first African-American man to host an American network television programme.

On the morning of Thursday, 12 October 2000, the USS Cole (DDG-67) was taking on fuel in Yemen's Aden Harbour. A suicide squad of al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the guided-missile destroyer, killed seventeen American sailors and injured 39 more. Shape charges made of C-4 explosive were used in the attack. Osama bin Laden boasted of the "success" of the attack in a video made to recruit new members to al-Qaeda.

Cole's Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is a National Historic Landmark because it was the first cemetery used to bury members of the Mayflower Pilgrims. It is across the street from Plymouth Rock. 52 of the original 102 settlers did not survive the first winter (1620-21).

Answer: hang

A hangfire occurs when there is a lapse in the triggering of a firearm in which the primer ignites but the propellant does not. It is not particularly dangerous if it is only momentary. If propellant ignition is completely prevented, it is termed a misfire. The shooter examining a weapon in which a hangfire has occurred is in great danger of shooting him or herself or someone else unintentionally and unexpectedly.

People who congregate to associate, chat, waste time and do nothing much can be said to "hang out." The term formerly was used to mean the act of lodging or residing in a particular place; it was in this sense that it was used by Charles Dickens in 1836. A derived term is the noun "hangout" meaning the place at which one or many hang out.

In various athletic endeavours, when a person jumps or an object is thrown or kicked into the air, the amount of time it remains in flight is called hang time. When a football is kicked, the time it spends in the air is hang time. When a basketball player jumps to shoot or pass, the player's time aloft is hang time. Skateboarder's have hang time; so do tae-kwon-do fighters.

Answer: neck

A gooseneck is a coil of metal or plastic which can be bent in almost any way. It tends to hold whatever shape into which it has been bent. Goosenecks are commonly seen holding lamps and microphones. Because the center of the gooseneck is empty, electrical wires or fibre-optic cables easily pass through.

In American slang, lovers who kiss and hug continuously and repeatedly are said to be necking (or petting, or spooning, or making out). The British English equivalent is getting off; the Irish equivalent is shifting. When performed in automobiles, the activity is called parking.

When two larger pieces of land are connected across an expanse of water by a narrow strip of land, the connection is called an isthmus or neck. The term "neck" was apparently adopted because such a strip of land is shaped rather like a goose's neck. A "tombolo" is a kind of sandy isthmus. In Scotland, the Crinan Canal crosses the neck between Loch Crinan and Loch Gilp, connecting the Clyde with the Inner Hebrides.

Answer: chase

A steeplechase is a horse race over a distance in which obstacles intervene, requiring the horses and riders to jump over fences, streams, hedges, and ditches. Steeplechasing originated in Ireland; the largest and perhaps best known steeplechase is the Grand National held in Liverpool, England.

Claire Danes played Angela Chase in the ABC television series "My So-Called Life." Her character was a 15-year-old high-school sophomore. The show was set in Three Rivers, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh, at Liberty High School. The programme ended after 19 episodes (1994-1995).

All manner of wiring, cabling, piping and ducting has to pass through the walls of a building in order to connect electricity, electronics, water/sewer, and HVAC. All of this is placed in a groove or space inside a wall called a chase. Chases pass not only through rooms but through floors, as well.

Answer: red

In "The Little Red Hen," a mother chicken finds some wheat and asks many friends to help plant it, harvest it, grind it, mill it, knead it, and bake it but none will help. When it comes time to eat the freshly-baked bread, all of these friends want a slice but she declines. The same story is told in Spanish (involving an ear of corn and some tortillas) as "La pequeña gallina roja."

Paul Neal "Red" Adair (1915-2004) was a bomb disposal expert in the Army in WWII who became a famous oil-well firefighter. He was portrayed by John Wayne in the motion picture.

Red Blood Cells (RBC) in the bloodstream are called erythrocytes. Their name comes from the Greek word "erythros" meaning "red" and the Greek word "kytos" meaning a vessel, jar or vase. Under a microscope, an RBC appears to be a bag of hemoglobin, the primary mission of which is to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. RBCs make up about half the volume of blood and contribute its red colour.

Answer: fall

Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a tense horror story about a family (of two) and their ancestral home which come to a simultaneous end. It appeared in a magazine in 1839 and was republished in Poe's collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" a year later. Roger Corman directed a film version starring Vincent Price in 1960.

A fall is a partial wig, a hairpiece which adds length to a woman's hair. They are manufactured in half-cap and 3/4-cap sizes. Some falls are made of human hair and others of artificial hair-like filament.

"Legends of the Fall" is a motion picture set in Montana in the early 20th century. Edward Zwick both produced and directed Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, and Henry Thomas. The film is a Western about a family (a father and his three sons) living on the prairie. It spans about sixty years.

Answer: magic

The Orlando Magic entered the NBA in 1989 as part of an expansion of the league. The team gained national attention through the play of Shaquille O'Neal. Stuff the Magic Dragon is their mascot, known for his slam-dunk stunts.

"The Magic School Bus" began with a single children's book in 1986 and has grown to include a television series, streaming programmes and video games. The various series define "edutainment" by combining fun stories about teacher Ms. Valerie Frizzle and her class going on field trips with solid educational content.

The Lovin' Spoonful sang, "Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart? / How the music can free her whenever it starts / And it's magic if the music is groovy / It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie." The song was written by John Sebastian and has climbed the charts in the US with three different records over time.

Answer: bell

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) provided the background for Hemingway's novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls." The main character is Robert Jordan, an American who goes to Spain to fight for the Second Spanish Republic. Hemingway took the title from a meditation by John Donne, a 17th century divine, who wrote, "any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."

Any rigid chamber which contains air and divers, which is lowered into the water to perform work, may be called a diving bell. The early examples were shaped like bells, hence the name. The pressure inside the bell prevents the water at the lower opening from entering. Diving bells are not propelled but rather suspended by cable from a tending vessel.

Robert "Kool" Bell is an American singer, musician and songwriter who gave his name to the band Kool and the Gang in 1964. Bell has since changed his name to Muhammad Bayyan. The band was an R&B funk band with a Jersey sound. They are especially remembered for their single "Celebration."