Find the Common Bond Trivia Quiz

Answer: Oceanic

RMS Oceanic became HMS Oceanic in 1914, and sadly did not survive very long afterwards. She ran aground off the Shetland Islands in early September 1914. Her crew was rescued by a trawler out of Aberdeen, several of her officers were tried by court martial and Oceanic herself was scrapped.

Answer: Jack

The placement of the jack (or kitty as it is sometimes known) is part of the strategy of a game of bowls. The idea is not to strike the jack, but to place your bowls closer to it than your opponent's, although it is sometimes expedient to cause the jack to move, to change its placement relative to the bowls already delivered.

Answer: Kate

Katharine Hepburn, sometimes called "The Great Kate", won four Best Actress Oscars in a career spanning over sixty years. Catherine Middleton, who became the Duchess of Cambridge when she married Prince William is known affectionately as "Kate". In Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", Petruchio addresses Katharina, the shrew, as "Kate".

The play inspired the musical "Kiss Me Kate" in the 20th century.

Answer: Hurley Haywood

Additionally, Haywood has twice been IMSA GT champion and has competed several times in the Indianapolis 500, and that still leaves some achievements out. The incorrect choices are all drivers who partnered with Haywood during one of his three 24 Hours of Le Mans wins: Belgian Ickx in 1977, Australian Schuppan in 1983 and Frenchman Dalmas in 1994.

Answer: John Locke

Locke (1632-1704) has been called the Father of Classical Liberalism, and his works influenced the thinking of many philosophers who followed him, including Hume and Kant.

Answer: Vincent

According to the official Don McLean website, he was inspired to write the song whilst looking at a print of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night", in an attempt to tell the artist's story in music. The song reached number 1 in the United Kingdom in 1972.

Answer: Mysterious Island

Directed by Cy Endfield, "Mysterious Island" is a fantasy that follows the adventures of a group of Union P.o.W.s during the American Civil War, who find themselves stranded on a very strange island after escaping from their captors in a stolen balloon. Whilst there they come upon Nemo, who has been living there since being presumed dead some years earlier.

Answer: Hatch

Birds hatch from eggs, and a hatch on a ship or aircraft can also be covered by a hatch. Drawing fine parallel or crossed lines, a way of shading in an area of a drawing, is called hatching and Richard Hatch was the first big winner on "Survivor" back in 2000.

Answer: Dharma

Although the meanings of the word for different religions vary, the general feeling is one of things that are good and natural, and in keeping with the teachings of the leaders of the faith.

Answer: LOST

The survivors of Oceanic (Q1) Flight 815 included Jack (Q2) Shephard, Kate (Q3) Austen, Hugo 'Hurley' (Q4) Reyes, John Locke (Q5) and Vincent (Q6) the dog. During their time on the mysterious island (Q7) where they crashed, they found a strange hatch (Q8) and other remnants of the Dharma (Q9) Initiative.

Their trials and tribulations on and off the island, including a smoke monster, the mysterious Man in Black and the hostile Others, kept fans guessing - and hooked - for the run of the series.