Ilona's 15 Common Bond Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wayne

Wayne Newton was born on April 3, 1942. Wayne is his middle name. His first name is Carson. He is a singer and an actor best known for his song "Danke Schoen."

Answer: Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase was born October 8, 1943, in New York City. His grandmother called him Chevy, which she got from "The Ballad of Chevy Chase." Chase is listed in the "Social Register" as his family originally came over on the Mayflower.

In the "National Lampoon" movies, Clark Griswold (Chase) is the main character. Griswold does not like when things do not go his way and often has tantrums.

Answer: Nerds

Nerds emerged in 1983 through the Sunmark Corporation sub-division known as Willy Wonka Candy Cooperation. Since then, the name Willy Wonka Candy Cooperation has changed. The candy is essentially sugared sugar with some sugar on top. As one factory worker stated, "Basically, we start off with a sugar crystal, and we just keep coating it with more sugar."

Answer: Garth

Garth Brooks was born on February 7, 1962, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Garth is his middle name, and his real first name is Troyal. He is the first singer to have more diamond albums than the Beatles. While he is a country singer, many of his songs have crossed into mainstream pop.

Answer: Thespian

The word thespian comes from Thespis, who was a 6th-century BC poet. It is widely believed that he was the first person to perform on stage as someone other than himself (i.e., acting). And so, the word thespian came to be synonymous with actor.

Answer: Caveman

Geico used the caveman commercials first in 2004. The phrase, "It's so easy a caveman could do it," was first coined by Noel Ritter. A short story inspired Ritter, by George Saunders, called "Pastoralia." The commercials take place in modern settings with modern cavemen who are offended by the idea that they can only do simple things.

Answer: Barbara Walters

Barbara Jill Walters was born on September 25, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Her family originally came from the Russian Empire and was a Jewish family. Her paternal grandfather was born in Poland, but he later emigrated to the UK, where he changed the family name from Waremwasser to Walters. Her father was then born in London but moved to New York in 1909. Her mother and four sisters arrived the following year.

Walters became a journalist in 1951. In 1962 she joined "The Today Show." She started as a writer and researcher but quickly moved up to a show regular as a "Today Girl," which meant they wouldn't give her the hard news. But soon, she was doing her own reporting and interviews. She left "Today" in 1976 and joined "ABC Evening News." Two years later, she became the host of "20/20" She since interviewed people from Patrick Swayze to Anwar Sadat. She retired in 2016.

Walters passed away on December 30, 2022 at the age of 93.

Answer: France

France is located in Western Europe. Its capital is Paris, and the national language is French. The official name of France is the French Republic, or in French, République Française. The country is both agricultural and industrial.

In total, Spain borders five countries: Morocco, Andorra, France, Portugal, and Gibraltar.

Answer: Buckwheat

William Thomas, Jr. played Buckwheat in the original "Our Gang" series. He was popular in his neighborhood with the other children. Since Thomas has a speech impediment, they made his character have one as well, which is why he said "O-tay" instead of "Okay."

Answer: Grumpy Old Men

John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) are neighbors who have been feuding for fifty years since childhood. Ariel (Ann-Margaret) moves across the street, and both guys are attracted to her. So, fuel is added to the fire.

Answer: Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls have been a team since 1966. The Bulls won the NBA Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998 in the 20th century. Michael Jordan was on each of those teams in the 1990s.

Answer: Matt Foley

The Honorable Matthew Joseph Foley was born on January 24, 1951. From 1981-1983 Foley was a sub-dean of the Social Work Faculty at Queensland University. In 1989, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He retired from politics in 2004.

Answer: Denise

Denise Huxtable was the second-oldest Huxtable child. She is best known for how she dressed, her hairstyles, and her free-thinking ideas. Bonet was sometimes a series regular, sometimes a reoccurring character, often due to Bonet's life outside the show. Bonet also had her own series playing Denise called "A Different World"; however, she left that show after the first season.

Answer: cat

The domesticated cat (which includes the house cat, the farm cat, and the feral cat) consists of at least sixty different breeds. Like most wild cats, the domesticated cat has retractable claws and excellent night vision. It was believed for a long time that the Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, but recent archeological evidence suggests that the people of Western Asia were the first.

Answer: Saturday Night Live

"Saturday Night Live" premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975. Throughout its many years, there have been many cast members who've come and gone. And many different skits.

1. Wayne - "Wayne's World" was a skit starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell. The skit was so successful it has two movies made as well.

2. Chevy Chase was one of the first cast members (known initially as The Not Ready For Prime-Time Players). He was the first cast member to host "Weekend Update," the news-spoof segment. He started each "Weekend Update" with "I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not."

3. "The Nerds" segment featured Bill Murray as Todd DiLaMuca and Gilda Radner as Lisa Loopner. Jane Curtin played Lisa's mother, Mrs. Loopner. Usually, the sketches were set in the Loopner house. Todd would make fun of Lisa's flat chest and often give her noogies. Lisa often responded to his jokes with, "That was so funny, I forgot to laugh."

4. Garth (played by Dana Carvey) was Wayne's sidekick in the "Wayne's World" skits. Incidentally, Garth Brooks has been one of many musical guests on the show as well.

5. "Master Thespian" was played by Jon Lovitz and was an egocentric actor who spoke with an English accent. His catchphrase was, "Acting!"

6. The "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" skit starred Phil Hartman as Keyrock, a caveman frozen in a glacier but who was since thawed out and become a lawyer.

7. Gilda Radner impersonated Barbara Walters in the "Baba Wawa" skits. The name was based on the fact that Walters had a speech impediment. Walters said Radner was "the first person to make fun of news anchors. Now it's done all the time."

8. In the "Coneheads" skits, the Coneheads were a family with cone-shaped heads. They were aliens from the planet Remulak. The father was Beldar (played by Dan Aykroyd), the mother was Prymatt (played by Jane Curtin), and their daughter was Connie (played by Laraine Newman). They were sent to spy on the earthlings and claimed they were from France when asked where they were from. One of the catchphrases often spoken by the parents to Connie was "Maintain low tones."

9. Buckwheat (played by Eddie Murphy) sang songs in Buckwheat (from "Our Gang's") typical speech impediments. For example, "Lookin' for Love" was "Wookin' Pa Nub."

10. Dana Carvey played Grumpy Old Man. He was sometimes part of "Weekend Update." He hated everyone and everything. He usually would say, "In my day..." and then go on about how horrible his life was, "but we liked it!"

11. Bill Swerski's Superfans (often featuring non-cast member George Wendt) were a group of guys that loved Chicago sports teams. They would make ludicrous claims such that if Michael Jordan played alone for the Bulls strapped in a Lazy-boy recliner, the Bulls would win the game by many points. They loved Polish sausage and aimed to have had multiple heart attacks. They mainly focused on football and basketball and called the teams "Da Bulls" and "Da Bears."

12. Matt Foley (played by Chris Farley) was an unmotivated motivational speaker. He would explain that he was "thrice divorced" and "lived in a van down by the river." He would usually fall at some point and break a table or wall.

13. Brian (Adam Sandler) hosted "The Denise Show," which was focused on Brian trying to get his girlfriend Denise (guest host Shannen Doherty) to return to him after she dumped him. His father (voiced by Phil Hartman) would call in and yell at him at some point in the skit.

14. Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car" was a skit initially with Dana Carvey and Victoria Jackson. Toonces was their pet cat who could drive a car. The cat, however, didn't drive well and would drive off a cliff or get into an accident.