Hapagirl's Common Bond I Trivia Quiz

Answer: Scott Feldman

While all of these were pitchers for the Texas Rangers, Scott Feldman was born in Hawaii in 1983. Feldman received the Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year award for both his freshman and sophomore years and went on to be All-American in both those years as well.

Answer: Gar

A gar is found primarily in eastern North America, South America and the Caribbean. Since its name is so short and "a" and "r" are more common letters, you will often see it in crossword puzzles here in Quizzyland.

Answer: Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder starred as Leo Bloom in "The Producers" in 1968, Willy Wonka in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" in 1971, Sigerson Holmes in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" in 1975 and Skip Donahoe in "Stir Crazy" in 1980.

Answer: Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn designed the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Four Freedoms Park in New York City. He also designed many buildings for colleges and universities including Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall at Bryn Mawr and Salk Institute for Biological Studies at La Jolla. Frank Lloyd Wright is possibly best known for his design of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Christopher Wren was known for designing St. Paul's Cathedral in London (the site of the song "Feed the Birds" in the movie "Mary Poppins") and Buckminster Fuller is possibly best known for his design innovation the geodesic dome.

Answer: brooks

"'O babbling brook,' says Edmund in his rhyme,
'Whence come you?' and the brook, why not? replies."
These are the first lines of the poem "The Brook" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Answer: Monster Mash

"Monster Mash" was the one and only number one hit for Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Boris was born on February 11, 1940 and after his discharge from the army joined a group called the Cordials where he met Leonard Capizzi. Pickett and Capizzi co-wrote the Halloween hit which was performed by Pickett and his backup group the Crypt-Kickers.

Answer: Mars

Named after the Roman god of war, Mars' reddish appearance in the night sky has been responsible for its nickname. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. The U.S.'s Mariner 4 was the first successful flyby of Mars, while the Soviet Mars 3 was the first successful landing. Mars has been the subject of science fiction for decades. H. G. Wells wrote about a fictional invasion by Martians in "The War of the Worlds".

Answer: Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle made this statement. Einstein is probably best known for his theory of relativity, Dalton's Law is also known as the "Law of multiple proportions" and Hubble's Law states that "the redshift in light coming from distant galaxies is proportional to their distance".

Answer: Puttin' on the Ritz

"Puttin' on the Ritz" has been performed by artists such as Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland. Originally written by Irving Berlin as the theme for the 1930 musical "Puttin' on the Ritz", Fred Astaire sang it in the 1946 movie "Blue Skies" and Clark Gable used it for a routine in "Idiot's Delight".

Answer: Young Frankenstein

"Young Frankenstein", a Mel Brooks film from 1974, was nominated for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The film starred Marty FELDMAN (Q1) as Igor (pronounced "eye gore"), Terry GARr (Q2) as Inga (Dr. Frankenstein's comely assistant), GENE WILDER (Q3) as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "freedrick frahnkensteen") and Madeline KAHN (Q4) as Elizabeth (Dr. Frankenstein's fiancé). The film was produced by Mel BROOKS (Q5) and also starred Peter BOYLE (Q8) as the MONSTER (Q6) and Kenneth MARS (Q7) as Inspector Kemp (of the wooden arm). "Puttin' on the Ritz" (Q9) is a reference to a scene in the movie when Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle perform the song to illustrate the monster's ability to perform simple and then increasingly difficult commands.

The film also starred Cloris Leachman (Frau Bluecher - sound of horses whinnying) and Gene Hackman as the blind hermit.