Entertainment-related Common Bond Quiz #2

Answer: Jack Frost

Also starring Kelly Preston, Mika Boorem, and Henry Rollins, "Jack Frost" grossed just over $34 million dollars worldwide. George Clooney had been signed on to play the title role, but he left the film in order to film "Batman & Robin".

Answer: MTV

Back when it first aired, MTV's aim was to play music videos all day, every day. The original on-air personalities, named VJs (video jockeys) were Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, JJ Jackson, Nina Blackwood, and Mark Goodman. The very first video played on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Today, MTV is geared more towards reality tv and less towards playing music videos.

Answer: Lisa Loeb

Lisa Loeb was living in New York in an apartment across the street from actor Ethan Hawke. She gave him a copy of "Stay (I Missed You)" and he gave it to the director of a movie on which he was working at the time, Ben Stiller. Stiller used the song in the movie "Reality Bites" and Lisa Loeb went on to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Group with her band, Nine Stories.

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright tried to design works that blended in harmony with the environment. This style is known as "organic architecture". Over five hundred of his designs were completed and he was called "the greatest American architect of all time" by the American Institute of Architects in 1991.

Answer: the Moon

Armstrong was the first human to step on the surface of the Moon. As a member of the Apollo 11 spaceflight, he, along with Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. were the first two humans to step foot on Earth's only natural satellite. The third member of the crew, Michael Collins, who was the command module pilot, is the individual that created the famous Apollo 11 mission patch.

Answer: Diva

The word originated in the 19th century and is comes from the Italian word meaning female deity. Annie Lennox named her first solo album "Diva". VH1, in 1998, premiered its show "VH1 Divas", which featured singers Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Gloria Estefan.

A dingo is an Australian wild dog. Diablo is the Spanish word for devil. Dionysus is the Greek god of grape harvests, wine making, and wine.

Answer: guitar

Eric Clapton is ranked second in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He is ranked fourth in Gibson's "50 Top Guitarists of All Time". Clapton has won 18 Grammy awards and has been associated with numerous acts such as the Yardbirds, Cream, and Derek and the Dominos.

Answer: Celebrity Wife Swap

A 2012 spin-off from the US television series "Wife Swap", this show features celebrity wives/girlfriends trading places with another celebrity wife/girlfriend for two weeks. During the first week, the new wife/girlfriend must obey the house rules of her new family. During the second week, the new wife/girlfriend initiates her own set of house rules that her host family must follow.

When the two weeks is up, the two families get together and discuss their experiences.

Answer: Howard Stern

Howard Stern started as a radio DJ in 1976 and has been employed by numerous entities in numerous cities. One constant is his cast of characters with whom he works. John "Stuttering John" Melendez was Howard's celebrity interviewer and would often ask outrageous questions that were meant to garner a "funny" reaction from the person being interviewed. Baba Booey aka Gary Dell'Abate is known for being the executive producer of the "Howard Stern Show". Fred "The King of Mars" Norris started working with Howard Stern in 1979 and provided character voices and sound effects for the program.

Answer: Dweezil Zappa

Dweezil Zappa used to have a custom made guitar with a picture of Madonna on it that was made for him by Grover Jackson. He used that guitar on his album "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama". "Havin' A Bad Day" was a 1986 Dweezil Zappa album that contained the song "Let's Talk About It". The video for that song was played on MTV and featured appearances by his sister Moon, his father Frank, Robert Wagner, Charlie Sexton, and Jane Fonda.

1. Dweezil played John Kaplan in the movie "Jack Frost".
2. Dweezil Zappa was a part-time MTV VJ in the 1980s.
3. Zappa dated Lisa Loeb from 1998-2004.
4. Dweezil Zappa's father is named Frank.
5. Moon Unit Zappa is Dweezil's older sister.
6. Diva Muffin Zappa is Dweezil's younger sister.
7. Zappa is known as guitar virtuoso.
8. Zappa and his wife, Megan Marsicano, appeared on "Celebrity Wife Swap".
9. He has appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" numerous times.