Deaks' Common Bond Quiz

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1. Songs Lyrics: From which popular Gladys Knight and The Pips song are these lyrics? "L.A. proved too much for the man. So he's leavin' the life he's come to know. He said he's goin' back to find what's left of his world. The world he left behind not so long ago."

Answer: A Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight was born on May 28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia. The group originally included her brother Merald, sister Brenda and cousins Eleanor and William Guest. Shortly after, Elenor and Brenda announced they were both leaving and they were replaced by cousins Edward Patten and Langston George.

Although originally formed in the 60s they hit their peak in the 70s with most memorable Top-10 singles "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". Also in the mid seventies, they had hits with "The Way We Were" and "Try to Remember".

They had worldwide chart success in 1989 with the theme to the James Bond film "License To Kill".

2. Tourism: Which county in England would you visit to see 'The Lake District'?

Answer: Cumbria

The Lake District is a beautiful tourist attraction in Cumbria, formerly Lancashire, which is in the North-West of England.

3. American History: In which decade of the 1800s did Idaho, Wyoming and Utah become the 43rd, 44th and 45th states of America respectively?

Answer: 1890s

JULY 1890: Idaho and Wyoming were admitted as the 43rd and 44th states. 1895: Utah entered union as 45th state after five unsuccessful attempts. Congress would not admit Utah until Mormon elders outlawed polygamy.

4. Natural World: Semiarid, Coastal and Cold are all types of what?

Answer: Deserts

There are four types of desert and not all are hot.
Hot and Dry Deserts: Warm throughout the year and extremely hot in the summer.
Coastal Deserts: Cool winters followed by long, warm summers.
Cold Deserts: Long cold winters, with snow and high rainfall followed by short and mildly warm summers.
Semiarid: Similar to hot deserts with long and dry summers and little rain in the winter.

5. Ornithology: Which family of birds belong to the cuculidae and has breeds called Yellow-billed, Puerto Rican lizard and Squirrel?

Answer: Cuckoo

There are over 120 species of cuckoo that can be found worldwide. Species include, squirrel cuckoo, greater-spotted and yellow-billed cuckoo to name but a few.

6. Locality: In which US state would you find, 'LAX', 'Shasta Cascade' and also 'The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace'?

Answer: California

LAX is the Los Angeles World Airport. The Shasta Cascade is in the northeast corner of California and is said to be one of the country's most beautiful regions. 'The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace' is a museum/library located in Yorba Linda, California.

7. Leaders: Who was the third President of the United States of America?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the third President between 1801-1809.

8. International Cricket: Muttiah Muralitharan, Malcolm Marshall and Richard Hadlee all excelled at their sport mainly as what?

Answer: Bowlers

Richard Hadlee from New Zealand, Muttiah Muralitharan from Sri Lanka and Malcolm Marshall from the West Indies have all taken over 300 international test wickets.

9. Entertainment: Which of the following is a movie starring The Marx Brothers?

Answer: Duck Soup

Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx at their best in this 1933 movie.
All the other answers are just twisted versions of some of their other movies. "A Night At The Opera" (1935), "A Day At The Races" (1937) and "Animal Crackers" (1930).

10. And finally, which famous duo do all the answers to the preceeding nine questions relate to?

Answer: Laurel and Hardy

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were arguably the best comedy double act ever. With some of the funniest ideas and scenes in movies they soon became household names.
STAN LAUREL born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in 1890, Ulverston, Lancashire, England. Died in 1965 and buried at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
OLIVER HARDY born Oliver Norvell Hardy in 1892, Harlem, Georgia, USA. Died in 1957 and Buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Q1. Midnight Train To Georgia. Oliver Hardy's birthplace is Harlem, Georgia. Q2. Cumbria. Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston, Cumbria and also it is the home of the famous Laurel and Hardy Museum.
Q3. 1890s. Both Stan (1890) and Ollie (1892) were born in the 1890s
Q4. Desert. One of the most famous movies starring Stan and Ollie is called "Sons Of The Desert" and there was also an official fan club of the same name.
Q5. Cuckoo. Stan and Ollie's signature music was called "The Cuckoo Waltz".
Q6. California. Alas this is the final resting place for both Stan, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
California, and Ollie, Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park,
North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California.
Q7. Thomas Jefferson. Stan Laurel's birth name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson. Q8. Bowlers. Bowler hats were one of Stan and Ollie's famous trademarks.
Q9. Duck Soup. Stan and Ollie also starred in a movie called "Duck Soup" (1927).
Did anyone see my little twist? The first letter of each topic spells out STAN OLLIE.

Source: Author deaks

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I enjoy doing these types of quizzes so I've done one of my own. Nine questions and 9 different topics all lead to one final answer. All multiple choice and there's also a bit of a twist. See if you can spot it. The answer is in entertainment.

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