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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10   popular trivia quiz  
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The first nine questions will help you identify a legendary film actor who was in the movie business for over fifty years.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #3    
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Another influential doyen of the popular music industry, leading up to the mid-1960s, will have his/her identity revealed following the first nine questions.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 7    
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Please allow me to introduce another great entertainer from the past, by way of nine relative clues leading to the identity of this former silver screen star.
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  Something In Common 6    
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A common thread in the first nine questions will lead to the identity of a very popular TV series.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 5    
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Another famous entertainer of the 1950s and '60s will become known following nine relative clues referring to this person's identity.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 6    
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Thank you for the positive feedback I received for my recent contributions, so here's another quiz with nine clues leading to the identity of an entertainment legend who started out in the mid-1960s.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #9    
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The first nine questions and clues will lead to identifying a celebrity who joined the entertainment industry in 1958.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #2    
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The identity of a very enduring entertainment personality, especially prominent in the '50s and '60s, will be revealed via a common thread in the first nine questions.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #1    
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I was amazed to find that little or no information existed on-line regarding a certain legend of the entertainment industry. By solving questions 1-9 here you will discover this famous person's identity.
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  Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #4    
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The following nine questions will most definitely lead you to naming another great performer, mainly from the 1950s, in the entertainment industry.
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muffin1708's Series Trivia Questions
1. Who has played the part of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in a top-rated police drama series revolving around a fictional team of special agents?

From Quiz Something In Common 6

Answer: Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon has led a team of trained investigators in the long-running show "NCIS". It was the most-watched television series in the US in 2012.

2. What city now stands on the site where the first European landings took place on the west coast of the United States? It is the 8th largest city in the US, and the birthplace of actors Robert Duvall, Ted Danson and Cameron Diaz.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10

Answer: San Diego

In 2014, San Diego had a population of 1.35 million people and is the second largest city in California, behind Los Angeles. The city's economy relies mainly on US military-related industries and tourism.

3. Who was the US Civil War confederate soldier that Joan Baez assumed the identity of in her number three Billboard hit "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 7

Answer: Virgil Caine

The song goes, "Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train." The Danville train was an important transportation vehicle for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. As far as can be ascertained, Virgil Caine was a fictitious character. The three other named identities were, of course, major leaders of the Confederate army.

4. Name the year that Margaret Mitchell's famous novel "Gone With The Wind" was first published. It was also the year that "King of the Road" Roger Miller and actress Mary Tyler Moore were born.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 5

Answer: 1936

"Gone with the Wind" was first released in June 1936, and was made into the great blockbuster movie three years later. Country singer Roger Miller, who passed away in 1992, came into the world on January 2nd that year and Mary Tyler Moore made her entrance, just in time, on December 30th.

5. Can you name the North American city that, in 1901, was unanimously awarded the 1904 Summer Olympic Games by the IOC, only to have them then given to St. Louis, so as to coincide with the 1904 World's Fair?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #4

Answer: Chicago

A great deal of angst developed between Chicago and St. Louis as to the respective attendances being threatened by each other. St.Louis moved to stage its own athletics carnival in opposition to the, then, fledgling Olympic Games which had started its modern era just eight years earlier and didn't have the massive following that it now has. The IOC then asked US president Theodore Roosevelt to arbitrate the situation, and he decided on St. Louis to host the games. The "windy city" has had no luck in winning back the nomination, as its bids for the Summer Olympics in 1952 and 1956 were unsuccessful, and just recently Chicago's bid for the 2016 games was thwarted when the IOC eliminated it on the first ballot.

6. Name the music legend that Stevie Wonder paid tribute to in a song title in 1977. The song hit the top of the Billboard charts for three weeks that year.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #3

Answer: Duke Ellington

"Sir Duke" was Stevie Wonder's sixth number one hit on the Billboard Top 40 charts. He paid respect to the great Duke Ellington who had passed away in 1974. In this composition, Stevie Wonder also paid homage to the other three named artists: Basie, Miller and Satchmo, in addition to the great talent of Ella Fitzgerald. If ever there was an anthem for greats of the Big Band era, this was it.

7. In just over two years in the mid-1960s, New York band The Lovin' Spoonful hit the Billboard charts with seven consecutive top ten hits. What is the seventh song (and last hit) on this list?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #1

Answer: Nashville Cats

In 1967, "Nashville Cats" reached #8 and enjoyed eight weeks on the Billboard Top 40. The other three named songs were also top tens with "Summer in the City" being the group's only number one.

8. Which actor has been nominated multiple times for an Oscar, and broke through to win the Academy Award for Best Actor playing Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 movie "Crazy Heart"?

From Quiz Something In Common 6

Answer: Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges also received Oscar nominations for "Last Picture Show" in 1971, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" in 1974, "Starman" in 1984, "The Contender" in 2000, and successfully reprised the old John Wayne character "Rooster" Cogburn in "True Grit" in 2010.

9. In 2007, the annual cultivation of this fruit was over two million tonnes, with 40% harvested in Europe and 13% in the United States. The leading producing country with almost half a million tonnes was Turkey. What fruit is this?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #9

Answer: Cherry

Cherries have been grown in Europe, reportedly, as far back as history allows. They were introduced into the US by British settlers in the 1600s, and some time later into Canada along the St. Lawrence River by the French.

10. Name the actress who played the landlady/love interest to John Wayne's gunman character J.B. Books in what was to be The Duke's last motion picture, "The Shootist".

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 7

Answer: Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall was nominated for a BAFTA award as Best Actress for portraying Bond Rogers in the movie. The true-life ailing John Wayne played a stricken gunman out for redemption.

11. What is the name of the eminent New York high school that has such notable alumni as playwright Arthur Miller, actor John Forsythe, and the songwriting legends Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 6

Answer: Abraham Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School has also had such celebrated people as actor, writer, and director Mel Brooks; actor Lou Gossett Jr.; bandleader Buddy Rich; and the members of The Tokens who had the number one hit for three weeks on the Billboard charts with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

12. What is the movie that earned Lee Marvin his Academy Award for Best Actor? The film also starred Jane Fonda and was directed by Elliot Silverstein.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #3

Answer: Cat Ballou

Lee Marvin showed his great versatility in his dual role as a drunken stumble-bum and a hired gunfighter in "Cat Ballou". The former role was a far cry from the image of the tough, no-nonsense guy he was used to portraying.

13. Who was the former "Mission: Impossible" television actress, born on December 11, 1944? She also played Dr. Carla Frankenstein in "Fantasy Island" and Mrs. Reynolds in Alex Haley's TV saga "Roots".

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Lynda Day George

Lynda Day George played the part of Lisa Casey in 41 episodes, from 1971-73 on "Mission: Impossible". She has acted in a huge number of cameo roles dating right back to "Route 66" in the early '60s.

14. What was the early novel by Jules Verne, which was published in 1864 and was made into a movie directed by Henry Levin in 1960? It co-starred James Mason.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #1

Answer: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

"Journey to the Centre of the Earth" was nominated for three Oscars in the categories of Best Art Direction, Special Effects, and Best Sound. Sadly though, no cigar.

15. In 2013, which city was named the 24th most populated US city by the Census Bureau? It was first settled by the English in 1630, and shares its name with a US band.

From Quiz Something In Common 6

Answer: Boston

Boston is the capital of Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest settled cities in the United States.

16. What song was written by Johnny Cash in 1956 and topped the country charts for six weeks to become his first number one hit in a long and illustrious career? It was also the name of an award winning biographical musical drama released in 2005.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10

Answer: I Walk The Line

The movie entitled "Walk The Line" was based on Johnny Cash's early life and his romance with future wife June Carter. Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash in the film, and Reese Witherspoon's outstanding portrayal of June Carter Cash earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress and a bundle of other titles including the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actor's Guild Award. The song itself was ranked #30 in the Rolling Stone magazine's compilation of the greatest songs of the century.

17. On what notable date was the Australian city of Darwin devastated by a tropical cyclone in 1974? It was also the day that the "world wide web" had its first successful trial run in 1990.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 7

Answer: December 25th

On December 25, 1974, Cyclone Tracy hit Australia's most northern city, Darwin, causing massive damage and killing 71 people. Expatriate New Zealand duo Bill and Boyd then produced a tribute song entitled "Santa Never Made it Into Darwin", which went to the top of the Australian music charts in early 1975. It was Christmas Day in 1990 when Tim Berners-Lee had the first successful trial run of the system that would become known as the World Wide Web.

18. What is the name of the New York public high school that had produced an institution world record of seven alumni who have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes for Physics?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 5

Answer: Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science, established in 1938 and commonly known as "Bronx Science", has also, since 1972, had at least six former students receive Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding Journalism and Literature achievement.

19. What was the explosive material invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, which was patented in 1867 as a substance "safer" than any of its forebears? It had its name taken from the Greek word for "strength".

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Dynamite

Alfred Nobel guarded the patent for dynamite closely to avoid indiscriminate use. However, over a period of time, a variation of the patent allowed others to supply and market the substance. The ramifications are thought to be the reason that Nobel made allowances in his will for the establishment of a prize to be given at discretion, to honour men and women for outstanding achievements benefiting mankind. Hence, the creation of the very famous Nobel prizes that have been awarded since then.

20. What was the year that Alcatraz became a prison, Max Baer defeated Primo Carnera for the world heavyweight boxing title, and the comic strip "Lil' Abner" was first published?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #1

Answer: 1934

The year 1934 was particularly hostile, with events such as the gunning down of gangsters by law enforcement officers. These included "Pretty Boy" Floyd, "Babyface" Nelson, and Bonnie and Clyde. The Long March of the Chinese Communists began and Adolf Hitler became Germany's Fuhrer.

21. Which actor played the part of George Costanza in a hugely popular TV comedy series that wound up in 1998?

From Quiz Something In Common 6

Answer: Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander starred in 172 episodes of "Seinfeld", a show that aired to great ratings success between 1989 and 1998. It highlighted the misadventures of four friends in New York City in what was regarded as a "show about nothing", but nevertheless became one of the most-watched TV shows in history.

22. What is the name of the bird that has the habit of loudly mimicking the songs of other birds and also the title of an online tool that makes it simple to preview and share designs on your website or application?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #10

Answer: Mockingbird

Despite the mockingbird's annoying echoing sounds, its name symbolises gratitude, cleverness and innocence. On the plus side it also sings pleasant songs. The online tool Mockingbird is powered by "Cappuccino" which is an opensource framework that makes it easy to build desktop-calibre applications that run in a desktop browser.

23. A most-visited tourist precinct and historic centre in Australia's largest city, located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, emphasises the historic importance of the area dating back to early colonial days. What is the name of this district?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #9

Answer: The Rocks

The Rocks were established soon after the first fleet arrived from England in 1788 for Australia's first European settlement. With the deterioration of buildings over the years, various resident groups curbed continuing efforts by the government to demolish the area. Some were able to survive and were refurbished with the result of this heritage precinct becoming a great tourist attraction. The government's involvement includes necessary maintenance and upgrading.

24. Who was the 19th century educator often described as the greatest American poet/lyricist, with magnificent offerings such as "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Song of Hiawatha"?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 6

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The US Postal Service celebrated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 200th birthday on the 15th day of March 2007 with the issuance of a 39-cent stamp in his honour. Ralph Waldo Emerson is lauded as the most original of American philosophers and essayists, and Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his tales of horror and the macabre, as well as his work in pioneering detective-fiction. Louisa May Alcott's most famous work was her novel "Little Women", which was based on her own childhood and family. It has since been adapted for the stage and screen, including a 1933 classic movie starring Katherine Hepburn.

25. Under the widely accepted code determining the meaning of different rose colours, what is the one that is associated with joy and friendship?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz # 5

Answer: Yellow Roses

Under the code, yellow roses represent friendship, joy and goodwill, while pink roses are for gratitude and appreciation. White are for purity, innocence and sympathy, and finally orange roses stand for enthusiasm and passion.

26. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated by Irish people and their descendants, at home and away, on what date each year? It is also the birth date of actors Rob Lowe and Patrick Duffy.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #3

Answer: March 17th

March 17th is when the Irish population celebrates a holiday in honour of their most commonly recognised patron saint, Saint Patrick, who is colloquially known as "Saint Paddy". Expatriate Irish people around the world fondly recognise this day even without an official holiday. St. Patrick's Day does have an amount of influence abroad with many innovations, such as the drinking of green beer (which is often supplied by brewers in Australia). Rob Lowe, who starred in "Brothers and Sisters" and "The West Wing", was born on this day in 1964, as was Patrick Duffy of "Dallas" fame in 1949.

27. Who portrayed Fred Flintstone in the 1994 movie "The Flintstones", and went on to be better known as Dan Conner in the decade-long TV show "Roseanne" alongside Roseanne Barr?

From Quiz Something In Common 6

Answer: John Goodman

John Goodman was the man in question. He has enjoyed a long and illustrious career in the entertainment industry since moving on from his first job as a bouncer.

28. Do you know the identity of a Baptist Minister who, at an early age, became a prominent figure in the African-American civil rights movement, and in 1964 was the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #4

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King

As some us know, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in 1968 at the age of 39, but is remembered as a true icon of civil rights. The three other named persons were also major leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.

29. Who was the actress that played the part of Sara in the award-winning 2003 movie "Cold Mountain"?

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #3

Answer: Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman was born Natalie Hershlag in Jerusalem, Israel in 1981, and came to America at the age of three. Since beginning her professional acting career at the age of thirteen, her star has continued to rise with a host of award nominations since 1997. These include success with the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for "Closer" in 2004. Earlier, she was given the Young Star Award for her performance in the 2000 motion picture comedy "Where The Heart Is".

30. What is the name of a delicious food mixture introduced into the French quarter of New Orleans in the early 1800s? It didn't appear in a cookbook until 1878.

From Quiz Muffin's Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Jambalaya

Jambalaya has a variation of recipes, according to tradition and taste, and was formulated by the Cajun people who were evicted from Canada and relocated to Louisiana, US. The move was spurred on by the "Treaty of Paris" in 1763.

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