Entertaining Common Bond Quiz 8

Answer: Golf

The VW Golf was first produced in 1974, and has also been known in the U.S. as the Rabbit. As for the other choices, Fit is produced by Honda, the Astra by Saturn, and the Matrix is by Toyota.

Answer: Dolores

The only clue Jerry had to go on was that her name rhymed with a female body part. This happened in the episode "The Junior Mint", in which Kramer accidentally dropped a piece of the candy from a hospital observation balcony during a man's surgery. Daytime drama star Susan Walters played Dolores.

Answer: Bing Crosby

Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly were nominated once each in the Lead Actor category, but neither won. Sinatra did win for his performance in "From Here To Eternity", but in the Supporting category. Astaire was nominated in the supporting category once as well, for 1974's "The Towering Inferno". By that point, he had already received an honorary award for his pioneering work in musicals, as had Kelly.

In 1971, Sinatra was also given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Only Bing Crosby won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for 1944's "Going My Way".

Answer: road

All of the words for "road" have been used in the titles of famous films. Frederico Fellini's "La Strada" in Italy, "13 Rue Madeline" starring James Cagney, and "Calle Mayor" (Main Street), by Spanish director Juan Antonio Bardem (uncle of Oscar winner Javier Bardem).

Answer: The Academy Awards

Actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. De Mille were the first and second presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, so it was only fitting that they host the first awards ceremony together. Two hundred fifty people paid ten dollars each to attend the ceremony, held in the Blossom Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Answer: Comedy

Released in early 1983, the film starred Robert DeNiro as an aspiring comic named Rupert Pupkin who went to great lengths to get a popular television personality (Jerry Lewis) to help him jump start his career. A young Sandra Bernhard played his accomplice.

Answer: NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). General Electric purchased RCA in 1986.

Answer: Memories

Even some die-hard Barbra Streisand fans mistakenly believe that the song is titled, "Memories", when in fact it shares its title with the film. The first lines to the song are:

Memories
Like the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were

Answer: 100

The letter C can be used up to three times in a row. If a value higher than 300 is needed, the letter D is used for 500, and M for 1000. One C can be placed in front of either of those to make 400 and 900, respectively.

Answer: Bob Hope

A lifelong entertainer and GOLF (Q1) enthusiast, Bob was born Leslie Townes Hope on May 29, 1903. He got his start on the Vaudeville circuit in his early twenties. He later married another performer named Grace Louise Troxell, and the two of them failed a screen test together in 1930. After he ended his partnership and marriage with Grace, he got his first role in a 1934 short film entitled "Going Spanish". That same year, he married his second wife, DOLORES (Q2), with whom he would spend the rest of his life.

Bob Hope toiled the next few years in smaller film productions before finally hitting his stride co-starring with BING CROSBY (Q3) in several "ROAD" (Q4) pictures, where their characters traveled to exotic locations. Bob's movies were so popular that he became one of the most familiar faces in America, so he became a natural choice to host THE ACADEMY AWARDS (Q5). To this day, no one has come close to hosting the ceremony as many times. Although never nominated for his acting, Bob received five honorary Oscars, including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

As his long movie career finally began to wane, Bob's COMEDY (Q6) tours for the USO became more and more frequent. His shows were often recorded for television, as part of his six-decade relationship with NBC (Q7). He closed each show with his theme song, "Thanks for the MEMORIES" (Q8), a song he originated in the film, "The Big Broadcast of 1938" with singer-actress Shirley Ross. He continued touring and making guest television appearances until finally retiring in 1993. He died ten years later at the age of 100 (Q9). Thanks for playing!