Common Bond - Revenge of the Llamas Style Quiz

Answer: The Postman

Tom Petty knew that he wanted to be in a band from the moment that he saw The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. He is never given a name in the film but the following piece of conversation is presumably intended to be ironic:
Postman: I know you. You're... famous.
Tom Petty: I was.

One other piece of irony lies in the name that the postman gives for the current president - Richard Starkey, the real name of Ringo Starr.

Answer: Eight days

Fried eggs would be "juevos fritos," cold feet is "pies frios," and llamas rule would be "regla de las llamas."

Interestingly enough, "I am called llama" in Spanish is "me llaman llama." That has nothing to do with this question. It just seemed interesting.

Answer: Norwegian

Roald Amundsen was the intrepid Norwegian polar explorer who accomplished this feat. Leading the famous South Pole Expedition (1910-1912) he reached the South Pole on December 11, 1911 beating a British team led by Robert Scott by 35 days.

Answer: Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of Rutherford B. Hayes

Lucy Webb Hayes was the first First Lady with a college education and the first one to be called the "First Lady." She was extremely popular throughout her time in the White House with the general population, although her views on liquor which she banned from the White House earned her the nickname of 'Lemonade Lucy' among those who appreciated a good drink.

Answer: 64

The I Ching is an ancient Chinese text providing a symbol system used to impose an order to chance events. Modern interpretation has allowed the 64 hexagrams (composed of upper and lower trigrams or three line sets) to be used as tools for divination or foretelling the future.

The Kama Sutra is an ancient Sanskrit text on the art of love. One section is devoted to love making and 64 different sexual acts are described, some of the more advanced should only be tried by the more acrobatically inclined.

Answer: Penny

The penny was made out of copper from 1793-1837, bronze 1837-1857, copper-nickel alloy 1857-1864, bronze 1864-1942, zinc coated steel 1943, brass 1944-1946, bronze 1946-1962, brass 1962-1982, and since 1982 copper plating over zinc.

Some US pennies have a mistake called the "floating roof." Due to an error at the mint, the roof of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the penny does not appear to be attached to the building. It appears to "float" in mid-air. Coin collectors call these and other coins with errors on them FIDO's (freaks, irregulars, defects and oddities).

Answer: Strawberry

After the Revolution Thérésa was arrested. She became a mistress to the Commissary of the Convention who saved her from the guillotine. She used her influence to get other prisoners released and is credited with saving many lives.

Answer: Walrus

A walrus (WALvis + ROS) can weigh over 2 tons and live for over 50 years. Contrary to Lewis Carroll's opinion walruses do NOT eat oysters (partially due to their absence in the areas inhabited by walruses). Surprisingly aardvark comes also from Dutch - meaning ground/earth pig. Hippopotamus comes from Greek and means river horse. Leopard is a mix between lion and panther.

Answer: All share the nickname of the Bulldogs

The bulldog is the third most common nickname for U.S. colleges and universities. Besides the ones named it is also the nickname of Bowie State, Butler, the Citadel, Cumberland, Drake, Fisk, Fresno State, Gonzaga, and Louisiana State among others.

Answer: James Clerk Maxwell

Maxwell continued the work of Faraday and Ampere on electromagnetism. A mountain range on Venus is named after him, the only one not named after a female or a goddess. He was also the first person to create a permanent color photograph.

Answer: Sadie Frost

David Vaughan was a psychedelic artist of the sixties who did many of the famous posters of that era. His murals covered many of London's trendier boutiques. His paintings and posters of the era have become collectors items. His later works include harrowing depictions of war and famine leading to comparisons with Goya.

Sadie Frost is an actress in her own right having appeared in many features including "Captain Jack", "Soul Patrol", and "The Heavy".

Answer: Warm Gun

"Big Frank" D'Amico started out as a stand up comedian and went on to supporting and starring roles on TV and in independent films. He starred in the critically acclaimed feature "Hitters" directed by Eric Weston and was in Vanessa Parise's "Kiss the Bride". He had recurring roles on the sitcoms "Becker" and "Grounded for Life".

Answer: Blackbird

In spite of its name, the male blackbird has a bright golden beak and a tiny golden ring around its eye. The female is brown. It has taken up residence all over the New South Wales and Victorian seaboards and further inland having arrived in Melbourne from England in the 1850s.

Answer: Let

This is derived from the Old English word "lettan" meaning to hinder or to make late.

Answer: Beatles

The Beatles produced an amazing amount of music while they were together. These titles are among them. From the album
"With the Beatles(UK)/The Beatle's Second Album(US)" in 1963 we have 1) Please Mister POSTMAN. From "1964 Beatles for Sale(UK)/Beatles VI(US)" comes 2) EIGHT DAYS a week. In 1965 from "Rubber Soul" comes 3)NORWEGIAN Wood (The Bird Has Flown). In 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" produced 4) LUCY in the Sky with Diamonds and 5) When I'm SIXTY-FOUR. Also in 1967 the "Magical Mystery Tour" produced 6) PENNY Lane, 7) STRAWBERRY Fields Forever, and 8) I Am the WALRUS. From the 1967 album "Yellow Submarine" came 9) Hey BULLDOG. In 1968 "Abbey Road" came out with 10) MAXWELL's Silver Hammer. The 1968 album "The Beatles" contains 11) Sexy SADIE, 12) Happiness is a WARM GUN, and 13) BLACKBIRD. On the 1969 album "Let it Be" is the track 14) LET It Be.

The following members of the Revenge of the Llamas team contributed material for this quiz: Glendathecat, Deputygary, Exit10, Katren, Maninmidohio, Sierot, and Tlc123.