Commonality Quiz Time! (#2)

Answer: Madison

It was in the 1920s that Madison Avenue became almost synonymous with the "advertising industry" as it was around then that the area blossomed with advertising agencies. They were attracted to Madison Avenue because it was conveniently located near the popular travel hub Grand Central Station and also the citizens and customers of the wealthy Upper East side sector.

It was also an area that was less congested than the Downtown Financial district, so perhaps the feeling was that it better fostered creative thinking.

Answer: Olympia

Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 for her role in the film "Moonstruck." The 1 hour and 41 minute documentary explored the "heart-wrenching story of a woman becoming her own woman, on her own terms, to assert a gigantic creative force into the world." Olympia rebelled against her Old World upbringing and found out within herself how to cope with the feeling that her Greekness was seen as too ethnic by some while she studied at Boston University.

The film celebrates her proactive drive regarding her in acting career and politics.

Answer: Charleston

The Juba dance was the predecessor of The Charleston. It was brought over by enslaved Africans from Kongo between 1735 - 1740, and evolved into what we know it as today--the Charleston, the name given to it by Europeans. The Juba dance was also called the hambone, and Pattin' Juba was known as an African American style of dance.

It involved a one-legged sembuka step, coming over over-and-across, while patting and/or stamping and/or slapping the chest and arms and clapping.

Answer: Salem

Salem's ad slogan was, "Take a puff, it's springtime." That slogan was still used during an ad campaign in the 2000s in which models in matching green outfits to the brand's green box, puffed away enjoying the product. Nowadays, Salem is a product of the Imperial Tobacco Group, sold to them in 2015.

Answer: Lincoln

The Lincoln Aviator is a luxury SUV consisting of three interior rows of seating. It is a mid-size vehicle, positioned between the Nautilus and Navigator in size. The 2022 Lincoln Nautilus is smaller
than the Aviator, has 250-325 horsepower and a4-cylinder V6 engine. The Lincoln Navigator is the large sized luxury SUV, capable of 450 horsepower.

Answer: Helena

Diana and Mariana are also character names in "All's Well That End's Well" but not in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Titania the Queen of the Fairies is in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" but is not a character's name in "All's Well That Ends Well". Helena is one of the four young lovers along with Demetrius, Lysander, and Hermia at the center of the story in "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Answer: Columbia

It was Columbia, the 10th oldest university in the country established in 1754, that was first to grant the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Their College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City was the first U.S. university to grant the M.D. as opposed to the M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine) degree. And "The Columbia Review" remains the nation's oldest college literary magazine, having published its first issue in 1815.

It was called "Literary Monthly" at first.

Answer: Columbus

After Columbus died in 1506, he was buried in Valladolid, Spain. Three years later his remains were taken to his family mausoleum, which was in Sevilla. In 1542, in accordance with the will of his son Diego, Columbus's remains were transferred to Santo Domingo, Hispaniola (now in the Dominican Republic). Hispaniola was ceded to France by Spain, and in 1795 Columbus's bones were moved to Havana, Cuba. More than a hundred years later they were shipped back across the Atlantic and
returned to Sevilla in 1898.

Answer: Augusta and Concord

While Dominga, Black Muscat and Centennial are all types of grapes, Galettes, Bhaajanees and Pannekakes are all types of crepes. Both Augusta and Concord are varieties of grapes. The Dominga grape grows in large clusters and has a bit of a yellowish skin.

The Black Muscat grape goes by a few other names such as Golden Hamburg, or Muscat Hamburg. Centennial grapes are a popular seedless North American variety. Concord grapes are often used to make jelly, grape juice, candy, etc. The Augusta grape is used for making red wine.

Answer: State capitals

Madison Avenue is the advertising center, and Madison is the capital of Wisconsin,
Olympia is the capital of Washington state.
Charleston is the state capital of West Virginia.
Salem is the capital of Oregon.
Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska.
Helena is the capital of Montana up there in Big Sky country, and Columbia is the capital of the state of South Carolina.
Columbus is the capital of Ohio.
And in the final question, a two-for-one, Augusta is the capital of Maine and Concord is the capital of New Hampshire.