Common Bond No 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer won the 1961 British Open at the Royal Birkdale course, the 1962 Open at Troon. Jack Nicklaus won in 1966 at Muirfield and also in 1970 at St Andrews. Lee Trevino was the Open winner in 1971 (Royal Birkdale) and 1972 (Muirfield) while Sam Snead won the competition in 1946 at St Andrews.

Answer: Dominique

Jeanine Deckers aka The Singing Nun was born in October 1933. Taking the name Sister Luc-Gabrielle she became a Dominican nun in the Fichermont Convent in her native Belgium.

Answer: Mona Lisa

Believed to be the portrait of Madame Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a rich Florentine, Da Vinci only parted with it on his deathbed - entrusting it to his friend and patron King Francois I of France, who hung it in the palace at Fontainbleu. Louis XIV took the painting when he moved the French court to Versailles. Later it adorned Napoleon's bedroom until it was moved to Paris on the opening of the Louvre almost 200 years ago.

After being stolen the 'Mona Lisa' was found a short distance away about two years later and restored to its place in the Louvre.

Answer: CBE

The CBE (Commander in the the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) bears the motto 'For God and the Empire'. It is the third highest award in the category after Knight Grand Cross (KGCBE) and Knight Commander (KCBE). The Beatles were awarded MBEs (the lowest grade) in 1965. EGM (Empire Gallantry Medal), DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) and DSO (Distinguished Service Order) are awarded to military personnel only.

Answer: Fortnum and Mason

William Fortnum was a footman to Queen Anne. His duties included replacing the old candles each night with new ones - selling the discarded ones to the ladies of the household. He also had a sideline grocery business, and after persuading his landlord Hugh Mason to enter into partnership, Fortnum and Mason opened in Piccadilly in 1707.

Answer: Shakira

Shakira Isabel Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. At the age of 13 she went to Bogota intending to become a model but instead she secured a recording contract with Sony. At 14 she released her debut album 'Magia' (Magic)with all of the tracks being of her own composition.

Answer: Guyana

Guyana (formerly British Guyana) is a republic in South America bordering Venezuela, Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, Georgetown being its capital city.

Answer: Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb and his twin Robin were born in 1949 on the Isle of Man, moving to Australia in 1958. In 1976 they were voted 'Group of the Year' in Australia. His marriage to Lulu lasted until 1973 and he married Yvonne Spenceley in 1975. In the 1990s the Brothers Gibb (Bee Gees) were awarded an American Lifetime Achievement award and were inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. Maurice died in Miami in January 2003.

Answer: Billingsgate

The first documented report of a market at Billingsgate was written about 1,000 years ago. In 1364 a Royal Warrant was granted forbidding all foreigners from selling fish in London. The actual market was created in 1698, with fish previously being sold direct from river boats.

Answer: Michael Caine

Dear old Maurice Micklewhite first acted under the name of Michael Scott but was forced to change this upon applying for his Equity card as there was already an actor of this name. The story goes that he was standing in a phone box in Leicester Square hearing the news from his agent when he looked up and saw 'The Caine Mutiny' was showing at the Odeon cinema. Thus Michael Caine was born. The links to the answers: Caine played Harry PALMER in the spy films 'The Ipcress File', 'Funeral in Berlin', 'The Billion Dollar Brain', 'Midnight in St Petersburg' and 'Bullet to Beijing'.

His daughter from his first marriage to Patricia Haines is DOMINIQUE, he appeared in the 1986 film 'MONA LISA' which starred Bob Hoskins and he was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1992 (knighted in 2000). Caine played Charlie FORTNUM in the 1983 film 'Beyond the Limit', his second wife SHAKIRA Baksh was Miss GUYANA in 1967 and he was born in London in 1933 with the christian name MAURICE. Finally, his father was a fish porter at BILLINGSGATE market.