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Can You Find the Common Bond? Trivia Quiz

This is a Geographical common bond with individual questions on a range of topics. I hope you enjoy it!

A multiple-choice quiz by kctiger18. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kctiger18

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
306,799

Updated
Nov 03 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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2850

Last 3 plays: Guest 107 (4/10), Guest 107 (8/10), Guest 1 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which composer is best known for ragtime music? Hint

John Philip Sousa

George Gershwin

Scott Joplin

Irving Berlin

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the third president of the United States?

Answer: (two words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What do the letters CBS stand for in the name of the American television and radio network? Hint

Continental Broadcasting Service

Columbia Broadcasting System

Countrywide Broadcast System

Complete Broadcast Service

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Question 4 of 10

4. Beirut is the capital of what Middle Eastern country? Hint

Iran

Iraq

Lebanon

Jordan

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Band is most famous for its recording of "For What It's Worth"? Hint

The Yardbirds

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

The Kinks

Buffalo Springfield

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which W.C. Handy composition has been recorded by Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vallee, the Mills Brothers, and Stevie Wonder among others? Hint

Delta Blues

Kentucky

St. Louis Blues

Brand New Tennessee Waltz

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which General was Carthage's greatest hero? Hint

Hamilcar Barca

Hannibal

Marc Antony

Antiochus III

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who invented both an early submarine and the first steamship? Hint

Robert Fulton

George Whitehead

James Reeves

W.C. Smith

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Question 9 of 10

9. What state does the Wizard of Oz's Dorothy Gale hail from?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the common bond?

Answer: (Geography - One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which composer is best known for ragtime music?

Answer: Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin was born around 1868 and had a huge hit with "Maple Leaf Rag". He died in 1917. Ragtime music influenced songwriters and composers like Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Fats Waller and many others.

2. Who was the third president of the United States?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic-Republican, made history when he peacefully assumed power from John Adams, a Federalist. This peaceful transition of power from one political party to another was a major test of the new nation.

3. What do the letters CBS stand for in the name of the American television and radio network?

Answer: Columbia Broadcasting System

CBS first broadcast on radio in 1927. Originally called United Independent Broadcasters, then renamed Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System, William Paley dropped the Phonographic from the company's name. CBS expanded from radio into television in the early 1950s.

4. Beirut is the capital of what Middle Eastern country?

Answer: Lebanon

Located on the Mediterranean Sea, Beirut's history can be traced back over 5000 years. It has long been an important city starting with the Phoenicians, later the Greeks, Romans and Arabs all have ruled it.

5. Which Band is most famous for its recording of "For What It's Worth"?

Answer: Buffalo Springfield

"Stop! Hey! What's that sound? Everybody look what's going down." Buffalo Springfield's members included Stephen Stills and Neil Young who later joined with the Byrds' David Crosby and the Hollies' Graham Nash to form Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Other members included Jim Messina (who recorded the classic "Your Mama Don't Dance" with Kenny Loggins) Richie Furay and Dewey Martin.

6. Which W.C. Handy composition has been recorded by Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Rudy Vallee, the Mills Brothers, and Stevie Wonder among others?

Answer: St. Louis Blues

W.C. Handy, the Father of the Blues, was originally a Coronet player, then learned Trumpet and piano and also sang. He composed hundreds of songs, and was a music teacher at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, one of the first colleges for African-Americans in the South.

7. Which General was Carthage's greatest hero?

Answer: Hannibal

Hamilcar Barca was Hannibal's father. Hannibal served as a military advisory to Antiochus III. Marc Antony was Julius Caesar's great rival.

8. Who invented both an early submarine and the first steamship?

Answer: Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton was an American who lived much of his life in Europe. He was commissioned by Napoleon to design a submarine. He called it "Nautilus". He also built the first successful commercial steamship with his wife's uncle.
The other three, by the way, are my great-great grandfathers.

9. What state does the Wizard of Oz's Dorothy Gale hail from?

Answer: Kansas

Other famous people from Kansas: Amelia Earhart, Bob Dole, Melissa Etheridge, Wilt Chamberlain and Jeff Probst. Kansas is known as "the Sunflower State" and is also known for wheat production.

10. What is the common bond?

Answer: Missouri

All the above answers, Scott JOPLIN, Thomas JEFFERSON (city), Columbia, Lebanon, Buffalo, Springfield, St. Louis, Hannibal, Robert FULTON, and KANSAS City are all cities in the Show-Me State - Missouri.

Source: Author kctiger18

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