Common Bond US TV Drama Trivia Quiz

Answer: Duckie

"Rubber Duckie" was one of the early Sesame Street songs to become a hit, from the 1970 album "The Sesame Street Book & Record". Sung by Ernie in a bathroom to his favorite little friend.
"Rubber Soul" was an album by The Beatles.

Answer: Spinning Jenny

The colorfully named Spinning Jenny was an improved spinning machine that could produce more than one ball of thread at a time, thus typifying one of the advantages of industrialisation, improved production. Samuel Crompton later built on this idea to produce his own "Spinning Mule".

Answer: Abbey Road

The zebra crossing in the picture is outside the Abbey Road studios where the album was recorded.
The White Album cover was almost completely white, Rubber Soul had the four faces of the Beatles staring out at you and Sgt Pepper had perhaps the most theatrical cover of the Beatles in "band" uniforms amongst a crowd of people in a garden.

Answer: Sweeney Todd

Originally made into a movie in 1982 with George Hearn as Todd and Angela Lansbury as Mrs Lovett, there was also a recorded concert performance in 2001 with George Hearn reprising his role as Todd and Patti LuPone as Mrs Lovett. However after the 2007 version, the first actor most people will associate with the role is Johnny Depp, who starred with Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett.
(Information from www.IMDB.com)

Answer: Tony Awards

Hugh Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2014, even winning for Best Actor in a Musical in 2004 for "The Boy From Oz". Neil Patrick Harris hosted the awards in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Other recent hosts include Sean Hayes and Whoopi Goldberg.

Answer: The Star of David

The Star of David is made up of two blue equilateral triangles superimposed on each other. This rests between two broad stripes of the same blue on the white background.

Answer: Jimmy

Millie and her friend Dorothy are trying to be modern girls in 1920s New York, but she encounters Jimmy Smith at a dance. A fun film with Julie Andrews in the title role which deals with flappers, white slavery and true love!

Answer: Jack McGee

Jack McGee was a reporter who interviewed Dr David Banner about the appearance of a green monster at his research facility (which is when the quote was spoken). His digging forced Banner and his alter-ego, the Hulk, to go on the run, trying to stay ahead of the reporter while searching for a cure and coincidentally helping people every week.

Answer: Bad Bad Leroy Brown

The song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was Number 1 on the American Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1973. "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" was Croce's debut hit the previous year. "Me and Bobby McGee" was originally performed by Roger Miller before being a hit for Janis Joplin. "Junkyard Blues" was made up.

Answer: NCIS

Ducky and Jimmy Palmer, Tony DiNozzo, Timothy McGee, Caitlin Todd and Ziva David, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Abby Sciuto and Jenny Shepherd are or were all characters on NCIS, one of the highest rated dramas on US television in the 21st Century.