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Quiz about British Entertainment Common Bond

British Entertainment Common Bond Quiz

The common bond is in the field of entertainment. The British will have an advantage.

A multiple-choice quiz by TabbyTom. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
TabbyTom

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
152,339

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
884

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the President of the United States during World War I? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Howard Taft

Herbert Hoover

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which architect designed the Queen's House at Greenwich, the Banqueting House in Whitehall and St Paul's Church in Covent Garden? Hint

Sir Christopher Wren

Sir John Vanbrugh

Nicholas Hawksmoor

Inigo Jones

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the Scottish anthropologist who is remembered for "The Golden Bough", a study in comparative religion? Hint

Sir Arthur Keith

Victor Turner

Dr Joyce Pettigrew

Sir James Frazer

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you ordered "quenelles de brochet" in a French restaurant, what fish would be served to you? Hint

Mackerel

Salmon

Pike

Trout

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the Kent cricketer who kept wicket for England in most of the Tests played between 1947 and 1958? Hint

Alan Knott

Godfrey Evans

Les Ames

Alan Downton

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote the novel "The Color Purple"? Hint

Toni Morrison

Alice Walker

Maya Angelou

Audre Lorde

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which female name is an old word for the song-thrush? Hint

Merle

Philomela

Lynette

Mavis

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the third Doctor Who? Hint

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Patrick Troughton

William Hartnell

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Question 9 of 10

9. Cider is made from fermented apple juice. What drink is made from the fermented juice of pears?

Answer: (One Word - 5 letters - begins with P)

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, what is the common bond?

Answer: (Two Words - both 4 letters - apostrophe in the first word.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the President of the United States during World War I?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Wilson served from 1913 to 1921 and was thus President for the duration of the first World War. His "Fourteen Points" first outlined to Congress in January 1918, summarized the American programme for peace.

2. Which architect designed the Queen's House at Greenwich, the Banqueting House in Whitehall and St Paul's Church in Covent Garden?

Answer: Inigo Jones

Jones brought the classical style of architecture to England. He was also the designer for James I's extravagant court masques, and is generally credited with introducing movable scenery and the proscenium arch into the English theatre.

3. Who was the Scottish anthropologist who is remembered for "The Golden Bough", a study in comparative religion?

Answer: Sir James Frazer

Frazer saw religion as an intermediate stage between magic and science in mankind's quest for survival. Although many of Frazer's ideas are now regarded as outdated (he did no fieldwork and relied entirely on secondhand sources), "The Golden Bough" remains a classic work.

4. If you ordered "quenelles de brochet" in a French restaurant, what fish would be served to you?

Answer: Pike

Brochet means pike. Salmon, trout and mackerel would be saumon, truite and maquereau respectively.

5. Who was the Kent cricketer who kept wicket for England in most of the Tests played between 1947 and 1958?

Answer: Godfrey Evans

Evans played in 91 Tests and dismissed 219 batsmen. He is also remembered for some very entertaining batting.

6. Who wrote the novel "The Color Purple"?

Answer: Alice Walker

The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 and was made into a film directed by Steven Spielberg, in which Whoopi Goldberg won a Golden Globe for her performance as Celie.

7. Which female name is an old word for the song-thrush?

Answer: Mavis

The vogue for the name in Britain in the early twentieth century may be due to the once popular novelist Marie Corelli. She gave the name Mavis Clare to the heroine of her novel "The Sorrows of Satan." Since it's usually male thrushes that sing, maybe Mavis should really be a man's name! Merle, incidentally, means blackbird; Philomela is a poetic name for the nightingale; and Lynette has nothing at all to do with linnet.

8. Who was the third Doctor Who?

Answer: Jon Pertwee

The actors who played the Doctor, in order, were William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.

9. Cider is made from fermented apple juice. What drink is made from the fermented juice of pears?

Answer: perry

Like cider, perry is made mainly in the west country. Traditional-style perry makers include Dunkerton's, Weston's, Bollhayes, Franklin's and Summer's.

10. And finally, what is the common bond?

Answer: Dad's Army

Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon at Walmington-on-Sea includes Sergeant WILSON (played by John Le Mesurier), Lance-Corporal JONES (Clive Dunn), Private FRAZER (John Laurie), Private PIKE (Ian Lavender), Private GODFREY (Arnold Ridley) and Private WALKER (James Beck). Private Pike's mother, who has a very close relationship with Sergeant Wilson, is called MAVIS. Bill PERTWEE plays the part of Hodges, the A. R. P. warden, and the series was created and written by Jimmy PERRY in collaboration with the producer David Croft.

Source: Author TabbyTom

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