Common Bond Quiz 13

Answer: Tate

Tate Modern is one of four art museums that operate under the Tate name, the others being Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives. While Tate Britain and Tate Liverpool exhibit artefacts dating back to 1500, Tate St. Ives primarily exhibits artists with a Cornish connection and Tate Modern is devoted to modern artists and their works.

Answer: Duffy

Duffy is from Bangor in Wales and her first album found success all over the world and with it she won a BRIT award and a Grammy, as well as being nominated for an Ivor Novello award. Her second single from the album was "Mercy", released in 2008 and like the album, a worldwide hit.

Answer: Whitehead

When a child was born, a whitehead would be held, touching the head of the newborn while a Maori elder recited an incantation with a dual purpose. Firstly to pass power and prestige from the gods to the child and secondly to open the child's ears and eyes to the knowledge of their ancestors.

Answer: Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis has not only won Oscars for his roles in "My Left Foot" (1989), "There Will Be Blood" (2007) and "Lincoln" (2012), he has also been nominated for "In The Name Of The Father" (1993), "Gangs Of New York" (2002) and "Phantom Thread" (2017), losing out to Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody and Gary Oldman respectively.

Answer: Austin

Austin is home to the largest bat colony in North America, and visitors can watch as an estimated 1.5 million bats emerge from under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge just before sunset each night between March and October.

Answer: Wordsworth

"Wonder Showzen", also known as "Kids Show" was anything but a kid's show, with its topics of sex, war, politics and religion dealt with by "Sesame Street" style puppets. In fact, each show started with a warning, "If you allow a child to watch this show, you are a bad parent or guardian."

Answer: Hughes

Emlyn Hughes played an incredible 474 games for Liverpool between 1967 and 1979, winning the league four times as well as two European Cups and an FA Cup. Chuck Hughes was a wide receiver, playing for the Detroit Lions, who in 1971 became the first NFL player to die on the field during a game in a match against the Chicago Bears. Sarah Hughes won gold at the 2002 Olympics in singles figure skating at just 16 years old, becoming the first American woman to win the Olympic gold without ever having won either a World or U.S. senior national title.

Answer: Motion

Obviously the words are commotion, promotion and emotion. As well as meaning movement, a motion can also be a proposal tabled before a committee.

Answer: Bridges

Rialto Bridge in Venice, where it crosses the Grand Canal is the shortest of the bridges mentioned at just 48 metres (157 feet), while Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco is the longest at an impressive 2737 metres (8080 feet) but even this is dwarfed by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge which opened in 2018 and covers a distance of 55 kilometres (34 miles).

Answer: Poet Laureate

All have held the position of Poet Laureate. Nahum Tate, between 1652 and 1715 was appointed by William III, while Carol Ann Duffy took up the post for Elizabeth II in 2009. William Whitehead served from 1757 to 1785 under George II, and Cecil Day-Lewis, father to actor Daniel held the title between 1968 and 1972 and was the first Poet Laureate appointed by Elizabeth II. Victoria appointed Alfred Austin in 1896 as successor to Alfred Lord Tennyson. William Wordsworth held the position prior to Tennyson between 1843 and 1850 and Ted Hughes was Poet Laureate for 14 years between 1984 and 1998. Andrew Motion held the position between 1999 and 2009 and was the first Poet Laureate to have his annual stipend increased from £200 to £5,000. Robert Bridges held the post for 17 years under George V between 1913 and 1930 and also wrote many hymns.