A Second Common Bond, Bmrsnr style Quiz

Answer: yellow

The Yellow River or Huang He is the second longest river in China. At nearly 4400 miles (5464 Kilometers), it is also the sixth longest river in the world. In Florida, the Yellow River empties into the Pensacola Bay. In Iowa, the Yellow River can be found near the eastern border and is principally surrounded by state forest and farmland.

The Chippewa River and Wisconsin River in the state of the same name are both known as Yellow Rivers.

Answer: Sprint

In the 1930s Brown Telephone changed its name to United Utilities and then again to United Telecommunications in the 1970s. After running a contest later in the 1970s, the name was changed to Sprint. In 2005, Sprint and rival Nextel announced a merger to become the third largest telecommunications company in the United States.

Answer: Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris

French for Elysian Fields, the Champs-Élysées is the most prestigious avenue in Paris. Flanked on the west by the Arc de Triomphe, and on the east by the Place de la Concorde, the avenue is one of the most expensive stretches of real estate in all of Europe.

Answer: prologue

The prologue is considered to be in the voice of the character in the book, not the voice of the author. Prefaces, on the other hand, are used to articulate points in the author's voice. Preface's etymology is Latin and translates into made before (prae + factum).

Answer: 20

Also associated with the number 20 is Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks, Manu Ginóbili of the San Antonio Spurs, and Tony Stewart's two NASCAR Sprint-Cup victories. Several other MLB legends wore number 20 including Jackie Robinson, Lou Brock, and Mark Fidrych.

Answer: Armstrong

Nicknamed Satchmo, or Pops, Louis Armstrong was one of the most influential jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century. A first round pick out of the University of Iowa, B.J. Armstrong spent seven years with the Chicago Bulls and won three championships during his tenure there. Both Jeannette Armstrong and Kelly Armstrong are prominent Canadian authors, the former grew up on an Indian reserve in British Columbia and the latter specializes in the fantasy realm.

Born in New York, New York, Edwin Armstrong received 42 patents for his inventions, many of which concern the development of FM radio.

Answer: 1903

The fire itself happened on December 30th at the showing of the musical "Mr. Bluebeard" and claimed 602 lives. 571 died on site and 31 died later at the hospital. The theater had been billed as being "absolutely fireproof."

Answer: the Pyrenees Mountains

The Pyrenees Mountains form a natural border between France and Spain. Found within the Pyrenees is the small nation of Andorra which, in 2008, had the distinction of having the greatest life expectancy of any country in the world at 85 years as well as being the largest country not to have an international airport.

Answer: Cycles

Also featured were the Joni Mitchell song "From Both Sides, Now," John Hartford's "Gentle On My Mind," and the title song "Cycles" written by Gayle Caldwell. The title song peaked at 23 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and the album reached 18 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Answer: Tour de France

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The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France.

Here's how the first nine answers relate to the Tour de France.

1. The overall leader of the race is given the maillot jaune or YELLOW jersey at the end of each stage.

2. In each stage, points are awarded at certain places for placing in an intermediate SPRINT from 35 points for the first rider across, to 1 point for the 25th rider across. The leader in this classification at the end of each stage is given a green jersey to wear during the following stage.

3. Since 1975, the final stage of the tour has ended with laps around the AVENUE DES CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES. Riders can often be seen sipping champagne while riding in this final stage.

4. The PROLOGUE precedes the first real stage of the race, and is a short time trial to decide who wears the yellow jersey in the first stage.

5. 20 represents the number of stages traditionally held in the tour minus the prologue as well as the number of teams who typically ride (although occasionally, this number is as high as 22).

6. ARMSTRONG obviously refers to the first seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armsrong. During seven consecutive races from 1999-2005, Armstrong posted the fasted time.

7. 1903 was the year that the Tour de France was first run. Frenchman Maurice-Francois Garin was the victor in that inaugural race.

8. Some of the most exciting stages of the tour take place in the PYRENEES MOUNTAINS where riders must make grueling ascents and potential dangerous descents to remain in the field. It is not uncommon for riders to abandon the tour during these extremely difficult stages.

9. Obviously, CYCLES references the bicycle which is the equipment around which the entire event is organized.

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