Common Bond Entertainment Trivia

1. Which actress played Abbie Carmichael on "Law and Order"?

From Quiz TV or not TV

Answer: Angie Harmon

While all the choices were female leads on "Law and Order", ADA Abbie Carmichael was played by Angie Harmon. She played the role from 1998 through 2001. Harmon went on to play a police detective on "Rizzoli & Isles" which aired from 2010 to 2016.

From Quiz Tribute to a Bygone Era

Answer: October 7, 1952

On October 7, 1952, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers four games to three, to tie their own record of four consecutive World Series wins. The Yankees and Dodgers had a long-standing rivalry, dating back as far as the 1941 World Series and continuing when the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.

From Quiz More Common Bondage

Answer: 1932

The 1932 Winter Olympics were called the 3rd Winter Olympics. They were held between February 4th and February 15th at Lake Placid, New York with 17 nations participating. The 1st Winter Olympics were in Chamonix, France in January, 1924; it included 14 events in six sports. The 2nd Winter Olympics were held at St. Mortiz, Switzerland in 1928, with 25 nations participating. The 1936 Winter Olympics were held in Germany.

From Quiz An Uncommon Bond

Answer: Galveston, Texas

Just eleven years after the devastating Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania on May 31, 1889, Galveston, Texas was hit with the Great Storm of 1900, also known as The Great Galveston Hurricane (before they gave hurricanes names of people). The hurricane struck on September 8, 1900 and destroyed two-thirds of the city of Galveston. At the time, it was the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

From Quiz Entertainment Common Bond

Answer: 1998

The Winter Olympics are held every four years. The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in Nagano, Japan, from February 7th to February 22nd in 1998. There were 72 participating nations, with 68 events in seven sports. Women's ice hockey, curling and snowboarding were introduced for the first time.

From Quiz Common Bonding

Answer: Molly

"Ghost" was a 1990 film where Demi Moore played Molly Jensen opposite Patrick Swayze's Sam Wheat. When Sam is murdered, a reluctant psychic named Oda Mae Brown comes to help Molly communicate with Sam, and reveal who the real murderer is. Whoopi played Oda Mae with wit and whimsy; she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her efforts.

From Quiz 60s Common Bonds VI

Answer: Oliver!

The 1968 film "Oliver!" is based on the Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist". The film won a total of six Academy Awards in 1968.

From Quiz Entertainment-related Common Bond: 80s Edition

Answer: Steve McQueen

Born Terence Steven McQueen in 1930, he has over forty movie and television credits. In 1967 he was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category. He turned down roles in "Ocean's 11", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and "Apocalypse Now", among other hit films.

From Quiz For the Planet

Answer: Who is Ken Jennings?

Since it was about "Jeopardy", I put the answers in the form of a question! All the choices given are big "Jeopardy" winners, e.g., Brad Rutter never lost a game of "Jeopardy" (to a human); Fred Spangenberg was the first to break the $100,000 winnings mark; Julia Collins won 20 straight games. But the answer is 'Who is Ken Jennings?", whose remarkable run ended in 2004, after winning $3,270,700!

From Quiz Five Word Common Bond

Answer: A bucket list

The name of the bucket list is derived from the euphemism for death, where people are said to have "kicked the bucket". That phrase has an uncertain origin itself, but may be traced all the way back to biblical times where the figurative use of 'bucket' is to fight against something (in this case, existence itself). Other sources trace the origin to around the 14th century with Scandinavian literature relating buckets to 'bending at the knees'. Others cite the French 'buquet' relating to the balance (or lack thereof) of animals being prepared for slaughter.

From Quiz Another Six-Word Common Bond

Answer: Kat

The Kit Kat is British in origin. It was created by the Rowntree's company in 1935 and later sold to Nestle, who were selling it in 16 different countries by 2010.

From Quiz Six-Word Common Bond

Answer: Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, but spent the later years of his adult life in the USA. As a child his genius was not obvious; in fact his parents were concerned about his intellectual development given that he didn't start speaking in sentences until the age of 3.

From Quiz And Then You Find the Answer

Answer: Florence

Florence Nightingale (the Lady with the Lamp) was born while her parents were travelling in Europe, and was named after the place of her birth. She came from an upper-class family, and was expected to settle down to a conventional life as a married woman. However, she spent her life both nursing, and training others to follow in her footsteps.

From Quiz One of These Things...

Answer: Ave Maria

While all of the options listed are prayers that are often associated with Catholic mass, only the Ave Maria is also known as the Angelic Salutation or Hail Mary. For Roman Catholics, it is a central part of the Rosary prayers. This prayer has been set to music by many different composers through the years; one of the better-known versions was written by the famous composer Franz Schubert.

From Quiz All of These Answers...

Answer: The Archies

'The Archies' was a fictional band from a cartoon TV show, 'The Archie Show'. It released several singles, with the biggest hit being 'Sugar Sugar' in 1969, which reached number one in the US and the UK.

From Quiz Entertainment-Related Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene (Steve Buscemi)

Garland Greene, played by Steve Buscemi, finds six-year-old Debbie playing by herself and Debbie invites him to join her. While sitting down, pretending to drink tea, Debbie asks him if he knows the song "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands". He does and they sing together. Later, as the plane takes off, Greene is shown singing that song on the plane and the camera shows Debbie, unharmed, watching the plane leave.

From Quiz Entertainment-related Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Jack Frost

Also starring Kelly Preston, Mika Boorem, and Henry Rollins, "Jack Frost" grossed just over $34 million dollars worldwide. George Clooney had been signed on to play the title role, but he left the film in order to film "Batman & Robin".

From Quiz A Four-Word Common Bond

Answer: Marines

Both of these terms were originally used by sailors or members of the US and British Navy to describe their Marine colleagues. "Jarhead" is thought to be related to the appearance of the Marine dress blues uniform, which had a high collar, resembling a Mason jar. "Gyrene" was first jokingly used as a derogatory term, but was embraced by the Marines during World War I.

From Quiz Guess the Famous Actress

Answer: Nanny

Before her marriage, Princess Diana was a nanny. Both Fran Drescher ("The Nanny") and Juliet Mills ("The Nanny and the Professor") played nannies on TV.

From Quiz Disney Common Bond

Answer: Huntsman Spider

There are more than a thousand Sparassidae (Huntsman) species around the world. They can normally be found in the warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. They get their name from their speed and mode of hunting.

From Quiz Parrotman's Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Cuba

At 104,556 square kilometers, Cuba is the largest. Hispaniola is second at 73,929 square kilometers. Jamaica is much smaller, at just under 11,000 kilometers, but is the largest island in the Caribbean Commonwealth. Victoria Island is larger than Cuba, but is in Arctic Canada.

From Quiz Three-word Common Bond

Answer: 2002

The year 2002 also saw two UK Royal funerals (Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother). The first non-stop solo balloon journey was made by Steve Fossett, starting and finishing in Australia. This was, in fact, the first non-stop round the world flight of any kind.

From Quiz Movie Common Bond

Answer: 1946

Also born in 1946 were Cher, Susan Sarandon and Ozzy Osbourne. Other notable events of 1946 included The United Nations Security Council holding its first meeting, the abolition of the Italian Monarchy and the nationalisation of the Bank of England.

From Quiz A Quiz_Beagle Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries, perhaps best known for his portrayals of Dame Edna Everage and 'cultural attaché' Sir Les Patterson, contributed a comic strip to 'Private Eye' that was illustrated by Nicholas Garland. The book that resulted - "The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie" - was banned in Australia.

From Quiz Common Bond Fun

Answer: sharks

There are more than 375 species of sharks, and 8 orders of sharks. Sharks have no bones; their skeletons are made of cartilage.

From Quiz Meathead's Common Bond

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, also known as Teddy Roosevelt, was born in 1858, and was the 26th President of the United States. The teddy bear was named after Roosevelt. He was president from 1901 to 1909, and his vice president was Charles Fairbanks.

From Quiz My First Common Bond

Answer: Morgan

These dollar coins were minted regularly from 1878-1904, but in 1904 the government suspended their production until 1921, when they were produced for one more year. After their short-lived comeback, the Morgan dollars were replaced by the Peace dollars, which were minted from 1921 to 1935. Over the course of their production years, Morgan dollars were produced at a total of five different mints (Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, Carson City, and New Orleans), more than any other coin to date.

From Quiz Hapagirl's Common Bond III

Answer: Walter

Walter Winchell (1897-1972) was credited with the advent of the "Gossip Column", while Walter Cronkite is probably best known for the anchor position he held for 19 years on the "CBS Evening News". Sir Walter Raleigh was a courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I and one of the explorers of Virginia and North Carolina which ended with the fated colony at Roanoke. Soon after his return to England he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, a lady-in-waiting of the queen, which led to his imprisonment in the Tower of London. He was later charged with treason against King James and again imprisoned. He was beheaded on October 29, 1618. Other famous Walters include Walt Disney and Walt Whitman.

From Quiz Hapagirl's Common Bond II

Answer: Cornelius

Born Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall, (wow, I can't imagine having to spell all of that as a child), in 1928, Roddy McDowall played the part of Cornelius in "Planet of the Apes" (1968). He reprised this role in "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" (1971), "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" (1972) and "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" (1973).

From Quiz Hapagirl's Common Bond I

Answer: Scott Feldman

While all of these were pitchers for the Texas Rangers, Scott Feldman was born in Hawaii in 1983. Feldman received the Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year award for both his freshman and sophomore years and went on to be All-American in both those years as well.

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