Common Bond 15 Questions Trivia

1. What is the link between a breed of pigeons used for racing, a well-hit baseball, and a Greek poet?

From Quiz An Animated Common Bond

Answer: Homer

Racing pigeons are released at some specified point, and timed to see how long they take to get back home. Because they are not all heading to the same spot, the winner is decided based on the time taken and the distance travelled, to calculate the fastest average velocity of each bird. A special breed called the Racing Homer is used. The sport of pigeon racing really took off in the 19th century, in Belgium. One of the earlier breeds used to develop Racing Homers was the English Carrier. In baseball, a batter who hits the ball so that it leaves the field of play without first touching the ground is said to have hit a home run, or a homer. Should this happen when there are three runners already on base and ready to score, it is called a grand slam, or just a slam. The author of the two foundational Greek epic poems 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' is not actually known. They have been attributed to a poet named Homer (along with a number of other works that are now considered the work of others), but scholars disagree as to whether they were the work of one man, or of two different individuals, or were produced over centuries of oral tradition that simply got written down in the 8th century BCE. Nevertheless, "everyone knows" that Homer wrote them!

From Quiz Ilona's 15 Common Bond

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."

From Quiz Presidential Common Bond

Answer: USS Constitution

The USS Constitution was built in 1794. It can be found at the end of the Freedom Trail in Boston, Massachusetts.

From Quiz MaceoMack's First Common Bonds

Answer: Texas Rangers

Nolan Ryan was hired by the Texas Ranger baseball organization in February of 2008, as the organization's president. In March 2011, Ryan was named CEO and principle owner of the Rangers. Ryan was named the 2012 CEO of the Year by the Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business. During his 25-year career (1966-1993) he was a top Major League Baseball pitcher, playing for four teams. Ryan recorded an unprecedented seven no-hit games and struck out a total of 5,714 opposing batters during his career. Ryan had his jersey number retired by three of the four teams he played for - the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (jersey # 30), the Houston Astros (jersey #34), and the Texas Rangers (jersey #34), the team he played his final five seasons with. Key word: Rangers

From Quiz I Don't Even Know Her!

Answer: See

"Pretty Woman" was a song made popular by Roy Orbison. It is also the title of a 1990 film with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

From Quiz Common Bond Classic #1 - Monsters' Studio

Answer: hunchback

Richard III was described in Shakespeare's play as having a hunchback and a withered arm. The bard may have exaggerated Richard's deformities for dramatic effect and to illustrate his inner crookedness. The discovery of the bones of Richard III in an English parking lot showed archaeologists that the last Plantagenet king suffered from scoliosis, which causes curvature of the spine, but not from kyphosis, which produces the distinct hunchback. Historians before Shakespeare described King Richard a little more accurately: Thomas More called him "crook-backed" rather than hunchbacked and Vergil noted he had one shoulder higher than another.

From Quiz Common Bond - Revenge of the Llamas Style

Answer: The Postman

Tom Petty knew that he wanted to be in a band from the moment that he saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. He is never given a name in the film but the following piece of conversation is presumably intended to be ironic: Postman: I know you. You're... famous. Tom Petty: I was. One other piece of irony lies in the name that the postman gives for the current president - Richard Starkey, the real name of Ringo Starr.

From Quiz Fourteen Plus One Equals Fifteen

Answer: Soldier

James Blunt attained the rank of Captain in the Army. He also attained his private pilot's license at the age of sixteen.

From Quiz FamkeFan007's First Common Bond

Answer: Suspect

Suspects are important in crime investigation, along with forensic evidence. The three incorrect answers are all from the related field of law and order.

From Quiz Wow! Yet Another Common Bond

Answer: Monte Cassino

Monte Casino was a monastery on top of a mountain. The Germans were slowing down the Allies in their approach to Rome. The monastery was bombed into rubble, but this made it easier for the Germans to defend. The Battle of Monte Cassino was the bloodiest in the Italian theater.

From Quiz Famous Person Common Bond

Answer: The Battle of Blenheim

All four choices are by Southey (1774-1843), but it is in 'Blenheim' that the boy Peterkin finds a skull in the field, leading Old Kaspar to tell the story of the 'famous victory' by the Duke of Marlborough.

From Quiz Nutter's First 'Common Bond' Quiz

Answer: Albert

Albert died of Typhoid in 1861. Victoria was so devoted to him she wore black every day, as a symbol of mourning, until she died on 22 January, 1901. The current monarch of Great Britain, Elizabeth II, celebrated fifty years on the throne in 2002.

From Quiz BlackDiamond's Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Nikolas Brino

Nikolas Brino is a quadruplet. His brothers Zachary and Lorenzo along with sister Myrinda all share in his duties as Sam and David Camden.

From Quiz This, That and The Other...Common Links

Answer: Music Themes Names

All are name-based theme songs from both movies and TV ('Lara's Theme' from 'Dr. Zhivago', 'Quentin's Theme' from the Gothic TV soap 'Dark Shadows' and 'Tara's Theme' from 'Gone With The Wind').

From Quiz Guess What's in Common

Answer: First Saturday in May

The Kentucky Derby, first leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, takes place at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky

From Quiz Ilona's 15 Common Bond

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.

From Quiz Presidential Common Bond

Answer: Short

Basso also means low or soft. Pequeño and petit can also mean little or small.

From Quiz MaceoMack's First Common Bonds

Answer: they were ducks

Donald Duck and Daffy Duck were stars of their own TV and theater cartoon series. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, who made occasional appearances in the cartoons, were identical triplets and nephews of Donald Duck. The Donald Duck character was created in 1934 by Walt Disney Productions. Donald, usually attired in a sailor suit and cap, has appeared in more films than any other Disney character, including his good friend, Mickey Mouse. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, the kids of Donald's sister, Della Duck made their first screen appearance 1937. Their full names were Huebert (Huey), Deuteronomy (Dewey) and Louis (Louie). Daffy Duck was the creation of Warner Brothers Studios in 1937. He made appearances in both the "Looney Toons" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoon series. Daffy Duck was a good friend of Bugs Bunny. Daffy often displayed his loud-mouth, short tempered persona in his animated films. Key word: Ducks

From Quiz I Don't Even Know Her!

Answer: Flush

Flush has many meanings: your face may be flushed (if you have broad shoulders, don't worry), your toilet may be flushed, your fish tank can be flushed. Flush can mean to become ruddy, to be thoroughly rinsed with water, to have plenty of assets, to be 'full' of something. When the queen is in the loo there may be a 'royal flush'.

From Quiz Common Bond Classic #1 - Monsters' Studio

Answer: Notre Dame

The Gipper was George Gipp, a 25-year-old football player who died of strep throat just a few days after leading his teammates at Notre Dame University to victory over Northwestern University. (This was in 1920, before the discovery of antibiotics.) Ronald Reagan portrayed Gipp in "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940) and used the phrase "Win one for the Gipper" as a U.S. presidential campaign slogan.

From Quiz Common Bond - Revenge of the Llamas Style

Answer: Eight days

Fried eggs would be "juevos fritos," cold feet is "pies frios," and llamas rule would be "regla de las llamas." Interestingly enough, "I am called llama" in Spanish is "me llaman llama." That has nothing to do with this question. It just seemed interesting.

From Quiz Fourteen Plus One Equals Fifteen

Answer: Neurosurgeon

A glioma is a type of brain tumour.

From Quiz Wow! Yet Another Common Bond

Answer: Die

To cross the Rubicon with an army was prohibited by law. This action was to declare war on Rome. The Senate sent Pompey to battle Caesar, but Caesar won and the rest is history. In this context the word 'die' does not refer to dice - the object or the game. A die is a mold used to create an object such as a statue. After a die is cast (that is, filled with the substance the object will be made of) it is broken in order to release the newly cast object. What Caesar was saying here was that the deed had been done and the old ways were no longer valid because things had changed.

From Quiz Nutter's First 'Common Bond' Quiz

Answer: Trigger

The horse died in 1965. Trigger was preserved and stuffed and is now in the Roy Rogers Museum which, in 2003, moved from Victorville CA, to Branson MO. A person who stuffs animals for cosmetic reasons is known as a taxidermist.

From Quiz BlackDiamond's Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Carly Simon

Carly Simon's first top ten hit was 'That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be'.

From Quiz This, That and The Other...Common Links

Answer: Dogs

Specifically, the dogs of U.S. Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, respectively.

From Quiz Guess What's in Common

Answer: Muhammad Ali

Born Cassius Clay, Jr., Muhammad Ali changed his name when he converted to Islam.

From Quiz Ilona's 15 Common Bond

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."

From Quiz Why's This Quiz So Random, What's the Common Bond?

Answer: Knight Rider

"Knight Rider" introduced us to KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand), the indestructible intelligent car that fought crime with Michael Knight, a Las Vegas detective who had his identity and face changed after he was shot in the face while on an independent case. The face he got ended up resembling David Hasselhoff, who played Knight for four seasons. The voice of KITT was William Daniels, of "St. Elsewhere" fame.

From Quiz Presidential Common Bond

Answer: The fourth

May 4th was chosen because it is a corruption of the classic line "May the force be with you". The American Film Institute selected this line as the number eight best film quote of all time.

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