Another Quiz_Beagle Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Henry Morton Stanley

Interestingly, Stanley served on both sides in the American Civil War, but it was as special correspondent for the New York Herald that he went in search of the explorer David Livingstone, greeting him (perhaps!) with the quote "Dr Livingstone, I presume?" In later life, Stanley became a British MP (for Lambeth) and was knighted in 1899. All the wrong answers also have many famous quotes attributed to them.

Answer: Bette Davis

Bette Davis was not only a fine actress who was awarded two Oscars (for 'Dangerous' and 'Jezebel'), but was also awarded the US Department of Defense's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, for her work in creating the 'Hollywood Canteen', a free club for allied service personnel. Kim Carnes took 'Bette Davis Eyes' to number one in the US in 1981. 'Gary Gilmore's Eyes' was a UK top ten hit for The Adverts in 1977, 'The Eyes of a New York Woman' was a B J Thomas song from 1968 and 'The Eyes of Laura Mars' was a Faye Dunaway film from 1978.

Answer: Calcutta

Calcutta was renamed Kolkata in 2001 and Dum Dum has been Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport since its refurbishment in 1995. The BBC, while happy to call Bombay by its new name of Mumbai, still refers to Kolkata as Calcutta; the new name has not even been adopted by all Indians, and the 'Calcutta Post' is still a daily newspaper. New Delhi is the capital city of India, built to the south of the old city, and what used to be Madras is now Chennai.

Answer: Henry Thomas

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr (to give him his full name) played the adorable Elliott in 'E.T.' with brother Michael (MacNaughton) and sister Gertie (Barrymore). He is still an actor and musician. All the wrong answers played relatives of Drew Barrymore in films (Willaim Hurt in 'Altered States', David Keith in 'Firestarter' and Jude Ciccolella in 'Mad Love')

Answer: Loving

Charles Goodnight (a one-time Indian Scout and Texas Ranger) teamed up with the cowboy Oliver Loving to blaze this historic trail after the American Civil War. Leslie Thomas's book features a man called George Goodnight, who abandons his suburban British life and changes his name to Oliver Loving to set off on a madcap dash around the world.

Answer: The Dixie Chicks

Their line-up at the time was Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, and they had sold over 30 million albums. On 10 March 2003, in the preamble to their song 'Travellin' Soldier', during a concert in London, Maines commented "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." All the wrong answers are also all female bands, but not as successful or controversial as The Dixie Chicks.

Answer: Ryder

Shaun Ryder was frontman of not only the Happy Mondays, but also Black Grape. The lady born as Horowitz found fame as Winona Ryder and Jack Ryder played Jamie Mitchell in 'Eastenders'. Anthony Horowitz is the author of the 'Alex Rider' books.

Answer: Tin

Tin (Sn) is used in alloys such as bronze and pewter to prevent corrosion and also with lead as solder. Early tin cans were often sealed with lead, causing poisoning. Despite the British still referring to 'tins' and the Australians referring to 'tinnies', most cans today are made of Aluminium (Aluminum). Somehow an 'aluminnie' doesn't sound the same!

Answer: 36D

All the songs listed are from the Beautiful South's number one (in the UK) album 'Carry On up the Charts' (1994). The song '36D' was an indictment of glamour models and the whole glamour industry.

Answer: Cup

Q1. Stanley - the Stanley Cup is awarded to the champion of the National Hockey League's playoffs. It was originally (1892) awarded to the top amateur ice hockey club in Canada and was presented by the then Canadian Governor General, Lord Stanley.
Q2. Davis - the Davis Cup, commisioned by Harvard player Dwight Davis, is awarded for an international men's tennis competition.
Q3. Calcutta - the Calcutta Cup is one of the oldest international trophies still contested. It started out in India (Calcutta) and the trophy, competed for by Scotland and England in the Six Nations' Rugby, was formed from the Calcutta Club's funds of Silver Rupees, melted down.
Q4. Thomas - the International men's Badminton championship trophy.
Q5. Loving - a loving cup has two handles, so that two people can hold it together, and is often used at formal banquets.
Q6. Dixie - the Dixie cup was originally (1907) called the 'Health Kup' and was invented by Lawrence Luellen and marketed by Hugh Moore.
Q7. Ryder - the Ryder Cup was originally (1926) competed for by golf teams from the USA and Great Britain, but by 1979 the US had won so often that Europe was allowed to join GB. Since then, it has been much more evenly contested.
Q8. Tin - 'Tin Cup was a 1996 'RomCom' film starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo.
Q9. 36D - a lingerie size of a brassiere in the UK, equivalent to a US 36C, an Australian 14C and a European/Japanese 80D.

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