Common Bond Quiz 26

Answer: Marie

Marie Tussaud is famous for the wax museum she opened in London in 1835. She originally came to UK in 1802 to exhibit her sculptures in a traveling show, and was then unable to return to France due to the Napoleonic Wars.
Marie Curie was the Polish born French scientist who pioneered research into radioactivity and became the first person to win a Nobel prize in two different fields.
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France prior to the French revolution, and was executed by guillotine for the crime of high treason.

Answer: Fingers

The fingers are complimented by the thumb and in some cultures, the little finger is referred to as the "pinkie". This is derived from the Dutch word "pinkje", which also means the little finger.

Answer: Penguin

All species of penguin live in the Southern Hemisphere, apart from one, the Galapagos penguin, which unsurprisingly is found on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Ecuador.

Answer: Garibaldi

Guiseppe Garibaldi was a revolutionary, who for his part in an uprising in Piedmont in 1834 was sentenced to death. He had already escaped to France before sentence was passed however and by 1836 had moved on to South America.
He became a captain in the navy of the Rio Grande do Sul republic as they attempted unsuccessfully to break away from Brazil and by 1842 had moved on to Uruguay where he led their navy in the fight for independence from Argentina, as well as leading the newly formed Italian Legion, known as the "Redshirts".
In 1848, he led these Redshirts back to Italy to fight the Risorgimento, or resurrection, of Italy in the war of independence against the Austrians. For his bravery and the roles he played in Italy and Uruguay, he is often known as the "hero of two worlds."

Answer: Digestive

The digestive system actually starts with the mouth and all that saliva and ends with the anus. Along the way it takes in the oesophagus, the pipe by which food travels from your throat to your stomach and the small intestine, which at about 22 feet long (6.7 meters) doesn't seem very small at all.
The colon is the final place in the body where water is absorbed and the resulting solid matter then passes through into the rectum, where it is stored prior to being expelled via the anus.

Answer: Bourbon

Bourbon whiskey is made from corn and prominent distilleries include Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Wild Turkey. Another major bourbon producing state is Tennessee, although manufacturers there, such as Jack Daniels, label their product Tennessee whiskey.

Answer: Nice

In a tragic case which shocked the world, Duncan was pulled from the vehicle as her scarf became entwined and died as a result of her neck being broken.
Nice was, until 1860, a part of Italy, but after France assisted Italy in helping to defeat the Austrians in the Second Italian War of Independence, the Treaty of Turn ceded the city to France by way of thanks.
Nice is also famed for its noon cannon, a practice that was started in 1860 by Sir Thomas Coventry, a very punctual former military man and resident of the city. His wife was all too easily distracted and would often forget his noon time meal, so he began firing the cannon in order to remind her he required feeding. The tradition continues to this day, and it easy to spot first time visitors to Nice as they twitch at noon for the first few days.

Answer: Rocky

The song was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in USA and the movie scene in which Sylvester Stallone playing Rocky runs up the 72 steps at the entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art while the track is played is well remembered.
"Gonna Fly Now" (1977) was also included on the soundtrack for "Rocky II" (1979) and "Rocky III" (1982), from which the big hit was "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor.

Answer: Blue Riband

The first recipient of the Blue Riband was S.S. Sirius in 1838, which completed the westbound journey in 18 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes, and then took 15 days exactly on the return trip.
The S.S. United States in 1952 managed a somewhat quicker time of 3 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes westbound and 3 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes eastbound.
Both are quite a lot faster than the first well documented crossing, that of John Cabot in "Matthew" who crossed from Bristol to Newfoundland in 35 days in 1497.

Answer: Biscuits

All are UK biscuits. MARIE are a plain biscuit, similar to a Rich Tea and perfect for dunking in a cup of tea. They were first made in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. The chocolate covered deliciousness of biscuit fingers are known as FINGERS, which first hit the market in 1897, making them much older than another chocolate covered treat, the PENGUIN which has only been around since 1932.
The currant filled biscuit which resembles a squashed fly sandwich and is known as a GARIBALDI have been made since 1861 while the older DIGESTIVE biscuit originated in Scotland in 1839 and was originally believed to aid digestion, hence the name.
BOURBON biscuits were originally called Creola when introduced in 1910, with the bourbon name not being adopted until the 1930s and taken from the royal House of Bourbon in France. The chocolate flavoured biscuit combined with the chocolate buttercream filling makes these a favourite dunking biscuit and for myself hugely preferable to the coconut flavoured NICE biscuit which has been around since at least 1895.
ROCKY biscuits are made by Fox's at their Kirkham factory and although Fox's have been making biscuits since 1853, they were best known for Rocky by the mid 1980s, while BLUE RIBAND is an old timer, having first being made in Scotland in 1936.