Another Common Bond Quiz: Have Fun: Part F

Answer: bananas

Studies show potassium may be important in preventing strokes. Other major sources are avocados, citrus fruits, green, leafy vegetables, milk and nuts.

Answer: From Russia With Love

Sean Connery played 007. Robert Shaw was assassin Donovan "Red" Grant, and Lotte Lenya played KGB agent Rosa Klebb. "Doctor No" was the first Bond film, "Goldfinger" the third, "Thunderball" the fourth. All starred Sean Connery.

Answer: Death on the Nile

"Death on the Nile" (1978) starred Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, also starred Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, George Kennedy, and Angela Lansbury, plus a whole lot of other nice people.

Answer: Sleepers

Bobby D. plays regular-guy priest Father Bobby, Dustin is down-at-the-heels attorney Danny Snyder, and Kevin plays low-life prison guard Sean Nokes, who abuses a group of boys in a reform school. You might hate Kevin after you see this one.

Answer: Annie

Of course, "It's a Hard Knocks Life" and "Tomorrow" are better known. Sarah Jessica Parker was the third actress to play Annie.

Answer: The Kids in the Hall

The Kids are from Canada, hotbed of American comedy. Dave Foley appeared on "News Radio" and in "Blast from the Past."

Answer: Manhattan

Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote "Manhattan" for the show "Garrick Gaieties" in 1925. This was long before Rodgers teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II.

Answer: Hannah

A palindrome is a word, name, or group thereof that's spelled the same forward and backward. One of the longer, better known palindromic sentences is "Able was I ere I saw Elba," supposedly what Napoleon might have said. Another long one is "Was it a bar or a bat I saw?" Other palindromic names include Bob and Otto. There are also palindromic numbers, like 2002.

Answer: sisters

The De Haviland sisters, Joan and Olivia, were born in Tokyo to British parents. Joan later changed her name to Fontaine. Both were top Hollywood stars. Joan's best-known roles were in "Rebecca" and "Suspicion." Olivia's best-known were in "Adventures of Robin Hood," "Gone with the Wind," and "The Snake Pit."

Answer: Cairo

That's Cairo, Illinois, of course. "Confluence" means a place where two rivers flow together, like the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh. Davenport, Iowa; Memphis, Tennessee; and Baton Rouge ("red stick"), capital of Louisiana, are all on the Mississippi as well.

Answer: Alice Roosevelt

Alice, daughter of Teddy and his first wife, was born in 1884, long before TR became famous. She always had an independent and sassy nature and was known for saying "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me." She later married and became Alice Roosevelt Longworth, living to age 97.

Answer: September

"Septem" is Latin for "seventh," so "September" means "seventh month." "October" means "eighth month." The position of the months changed when the calendar changed.

Answer: aphrodite.la

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty, counterpart of the Roman Venus.

Answer: Stardust

Hoagy wrote an instrumental version of "Stardust" in 1927, and the lyrics were added later by Mitchell Parrish. It is one of the most recorded songs ever written.

Answer: Woody Allen Movies

Yes, those great Woody Allen movies, like "Bananas" (1971) (question 1), "Love and Death" (1975) (2,3), "Sleeper" (1973) (4)and "Annie Hall" (1977) (5,6). "Manhattan (1979) is (7), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986)(8,9), and "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985) (10).

Then there were "Alice" (1990) (11), "September" (1987) (12), "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995) (13) and "Stardust memories" (1980) (14). That's my latest commons quiz. Hope you enjoyed it. Mickey. Sources include my.webmd.com, imdb.com, peaches.com, ilohwy.com, theodore-roosevelt.com, 4stardust.com, and geociities.hollywood.com