For Whom the Bell Tolls Trivia Quiz

Answer: The students of Oxford University

In researching this quiz, I ended up making the foolish decision to Google 'Tom Bell' and yikes-- there are a lot of people with that name. This question is about none of them since 'Great Tom' is the name of the hour ball in the Tom Tower of Oxford, England, specifically at the entrance of Christ Church, one of the largest, oldest, and wealthiest colleges on the campus. Cast more than eight centuries ago, it found its home at Oxford in the thirteenth century.

The loudest bell in Oxford, it is traditionally rung every hour and, in the evening, an additional hundred and one times to signify the college's first hundred alumni (from back in the sixteenth century).

Answer: The White Witch

This small bell was found in C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia", specifically in the first book, chronologically, in the series-- "The Magician's Nephew". Found by Digory Kirke, the bell is struck and it brings the long-dormant White Witch, Jadis, back to the waking world. Jadis, of course, becomes the White Witch who terrorizes the Pevensie children in "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and returns to wreak havoc in later books. Digory becomes Professor Kirke in the same book appearing as a much older man in the real world.

The Charn Bell does not return.

Answer: Viewers of "The Exorcist"

Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", released in 1973, found its fame from an interesting source because it was never originally made for film. In the same year it was released, however, "Exorcist" director William Friedkin replaced his movie's score and opted to use the first part of Oldfield's opening track in perhaps the film's most iconic scene. To capitalize on the use, "Tubular Bells" was rereleased in a number of countries under with the title appended with "(Theme from Exorcist)".

Answer: Guests of the Hotel California

When the Eagles refer to the 'mission bell' in their famous song "Hotel California", they're referring to the bell rung in a Franciscan church of which there were nearly two dozen stretching up the California coastline, the vast majority of which still continue to be used. In the song, the ringing of the mission bell is a scene-setter upon the singer's arrival at the Hotel California.

"There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin' to myself
'This could be heaven or this could be hell"

Answer: Parisians

Ten bells were made for the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris though the originals were melted down in the late eighteenth century and fired as cannonballs during the French Revolution. Following this historical turning point in French history, the bells were replaced with the largest of the ten being named Emmanuel after the saint. "The Bells of Notre Dame" were further immortalized in a song at the start of the Disney movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" which, in turn, was based on the novel by Victor Hugo.

Answer: Americans

Cast in the eighteenth century, the Liberty Bell, found in Philadelphia, is a symbol of American independence and is often associated with the events around the country's signing of the Declaration of Independence (in the same city). The bell became so famous over the decades that public gatherings had to be restricted to avoid the bell from fracturing (there's a crack in one side despite early recasts).

Interestingly, this is one of the few bells in this quiz that doesn't regularly make sound though it was said to make a sound for some of the first Americans.

Answer: No one

Cast from bronze and weighting 655,000 lbs, the Great Bell of Dhammazedi was made in what is now Myanmar in the fifteenth century. It was once part of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Dagon, but it was stolen in the early seventeenth century, rolled down a hill, and placed into an escape boat. That boat only made it so far, sinking due to the weight at the confluence of the Bago and Yangon Rivers.

The bell was never found and thus rings for no one.

Answer: The Survivors of the Void

The Wraith is one of the many killer characters playable in the video game "Dead By Daylight" which pits four 'survivors' against one supernaturally-enhanced being (also played by a human player). The goal, for survivors, is to escape while completing secondary objectives while it's the killer's objective to prevent that from happening.

The Wraith has the ability to cloak himself making him generally invisible except for a shimmering outline, but when he rings his bell, he can shift back into material form to attack. "Dead By Daylight" is playable on most consoles, PC, and mobile devices.

Answer: Denizens of The Good Place

Kristen Bell played the role of Eleanor Shellstrop on the NBC show "The Good Place" which featured a group of humans who, having died, were put in a supposed utopia known only as 'The Good Place'. Having to deal with the fact that they probably didn't really belong there, Eleanor and others tried to fit in over the course of the show while also dealing with more concerning matters as the situation developed.

The show also starred Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden, and Manny Jacinto.

Answer: Catholics

Found in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, these bells can be heard throughout Rome, but they are most important during the selection of a new Pope. There are six bells found there, the largest of which, at nine tons, is named Campanone. Installed in 1785, Campanone is the one that rings in the new Pope.

The oldest bell in the set, Rota, was cast and placed in the building in 1288. You can find St. Peter's Basilica in, of course, St. Peter's Square.