MaceoMack's First Common Bonds Quiz

Answer: Texas Rangers

Nolan Ryan was hired by the Texas Ranger baseball organization in February of 2008, as the organization's president. In March 2011, Ryan was named CEO and principle owner of the Rangers. Ryan was named the 2012 CEO of the Year by the Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business.

During his 25-year career (1966-1993) he was a top Major League Baseball pitcher, playing for four teams. Ryan recorded an unprecedented seven no-hit games and struck out a total of 5,714 opposing batters during his career.

Ryan had his jersey number retired by three of the four teams he played for - the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (jersey # 30), the Houston Astros (jersey #34), and the Texas Rangers (jersey #34), the team he played his final five seasons with.

Key word: Rangers

Answer: they were ducks

Donald Duck and Daffy Duck were stars of their own TV and theater cartoon series. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, who made occasional appearances in the cartoons, were identical triplets and nephews of Donald Duck.

The Donald Duck character was created in 1934 by Walt Disney Productions. Donald, usually attired in a sailor suit and cap, has appeared in more films than any other Disney character, including his good friend, Mickey Mouse.

Huey, Dewey, and Louie, the kids of Donald's sister, Della Duck made their first screen appearance 1937. Their full names were Huebert (Huey), Deuteronomy (Dewey) and Louis (Louie).

Daffy Duck was the creation of Warner Brothers Studios in 1937. He made appearances in both the "Looney Toons" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoon series.
Daffy Duck was a good friend of Bugs Bunny. Daffy often displayed his loud-mouth, short tempered persona in his animated films.

Key word: Ducks

Answer: Sharks

In the story, the Sharks were a Puerto Rican gang whose rivals were the Jets, a Polish American street gang.

The story involved Tony, a member of the Jets, who falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the Sharks.

The original 1957 Broadway production of the musical ran for 732 performances, earning six Tony Award nominations.

The 1961 movie production with Natalie Wood in the role of Marie, was awarded ten Academy Awards out of 11 nominations.

Key word: Sharks

Answer: Blues

Daniel J. Travanti starred as Captain Frank Furillo on the series "Hill Street Blues". The series followed the lives of the officers and staff assigned to the Hill Street Precinct of a large metropolitan city police force.

The stellar ensemble cast included Bruce Weitz as Det. Mick Belker, Betty Thomas as Sgt. Lucy Bates, Taurean Blacque as Det. Neal Washington, Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, Veronica Hamel as Assistant District Attorney Joyce Davenport, Charles Haig as Officer Andy Renko, and Joe Spano as Sgt. Henry Goldblume, just to name a few of the cast and characters.

During the seven year run of the series, "Hill Street Blues" received a total of 98 Emmy nominations, which included eight Emmy wins. The series averaged a very respectful average of 14 Emmy Award nominations per season on the air.

Key word: Blues

Answer: Bruin

The fighting Trojans of USC use a mounted Roman warrior, Tommy Trojan, as its official school mascot.

Mighty UCLA is represented by a bruin (bear), for which its sports teams are named.

In the traditional yearly game between the two university football teams, the mascots, who are prominently displayed in statue form on the respective campuses, are placed under a 24 hour guard to prevent vandalism or theft by the other fun-loving students of the opposing school.

Key word: Bruins

Answer: Zamboni

American inventor Frank J. Zamboni was the holder of 15 U.S. patents, including patent #2,642,679, granted on June 23, 1953, for the ice resurfacing machine that now bears his name.

The ice resurfacer machine, later to be known as the Zamboni machine, was first created in 1949, and used to smooth and level the ice on skating rinks. The machine greatly reduced the time and manpower needed to condition the ice rink for skating and team competitions.

Olympic Figure Skating champion Sonje Heine purchased two of the first ice resurfacing machines for her ice shows "Sonje Heine Ice Review" and "Holiday on Ice".

In 1954, Zamboni's company delivered 15 ice resurfacers to rinks and arenas, including several machine to NHL venues.

In 1954, The Boston Bruins became the first professional hockey team to use the Zamboni machine in their home arena, Boston Gardens.

One concern by team management, not anticipated by Zamboni, was that because so many fans became fascinated with the operation of the machine during the game's halftime break, sales of food and merchandise decreased as many spectators chose to remain in their seats and watch the Zamboni in action.

Key word: Zamboni

Answer: Puck

"Puck" magazine at the height of its popularity in the 1880s had a circulation of 80,000 copies per week.

The 10-cents magazine featured on the cover a large, color political cartoon.
The contents of each issue included articles and discussions on the current subjects of the day, political satire, cartoons and comic strips, both political and non political, and an editorial section, reflecting the views of readers.

The 16 page weekly magazine was published for 47 years.

The name "Puck" refers to a character in William Shakespeare's 1595 play "A Midsummer's Night Dream", who always seemed to be involved in some mischievous activity.

Key word: Puck

Answer: stick

Theodore Roosevelt's philosophy in dealing with matters such as the foreign policies of the United States government, as well as with local political factions, was straightforward. He believed in making his point in a non-aggressive way, while maintaining the ability to use force or violence should the situation warrant.

Key word: Stick

Answer: the king

As the popular English nursery rhyme goes:

"Humpty dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty dumpty had a great fall.
And all the king's horses and all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again."

While a number of stories and fables describe the meaning of the rhyme, a widely accepted version goes as follows:

Humpty Dumpty was a cannon, mounted in the wall surrounding and protecting the town of Colchester, which contained a castle and several churches. During the "Siege of 1649", a cannon shot fired by Parliamentary soldiers, hit and damaged the wall below Humpty Dumpty, causing the cannon to fall. Royalist forces or cavaliers (all the king's horses and all the king's men) attempted unsuccessfully to raise the heavy cannon and replace it on another part of the wall.

Key word: King

Answer: The Enforcer

Clint Eastwood played San Francisco Homicide Police Inspector Harry Callahan.

The five movies in the series, in order of their release dates, were: "Dirty Harry (1971), "Magnum Force" (1973), "The Enforcer" (1976), "Sudden Impact" (1983) and "The Dead Pool" (1988).

African American Albert Popwell held the distinction of appearing as a different character in the first four "Dirty Harry" movies. He played a bad guy in the first three movies, and a trusted friend of Harry Callahan in the fourth.

In the film "Dirty Harry", Popwell was probably best remembered as the wounded bank robber who received Harry's "Do you feel lucky" speech.

Key word: Enforcer

Answer: Henry M. Stanley

The historic meeting between Dr. David Livingston and Henry Morton Stanley took place on November 10, 1871, in the small village of Ujiji, on the shores of Lake Tangayiki, in Africa.

In 1869, H.M. Stanley was dispatched by the "New York Herald" newspaper to find Livingston, who was missing and possibly dead somewhere on the African continent.

David Livingston, a noted Scottish explorer of the unknown sections of Africa, lost contact with the "outside world" during one of his expeditions for six years.

Upon entering the village of Ujiji, Stanley approached Livingston, who was probably the only other white person for hundreds of miles, and uttered the famous phrase, "Dr. Livingston I presume"?

Key word: Stanley

Answer: ice skating rink

Each of these athletes won their gold medals in Singles Figure Skating competitions on ice skating venues during the Olympic games.

Brian Boitano, representing the United States, won the Gold Medal for Men's Singles Figure Skating Competition at the 1988 XV Winter Olympic Games, held in Calgary, Canada.

Kristi Yamaguchi, representing the United States, scored Olympic Gold for the Ladies Singles Figure Skating competition, at the 1992 XVI Winter Games in Albertville, France

Kim Yu-Na, representing South Korea, and Evan Lysacek, representing the United States won Gold Medals for the Ladies and Men's Singles Figure Skating competitions respectively, at the 2010 XXI Winter games, held in Vancouver, Canada.


Key words: Ice skating rink

Answer: Royal Canadians

Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians became the orchestra best known for their 30 years (starting in 1928) of helping America bring in the New Year.

Broadcast on radio and later on television, from first the Roosevelt Hotel, then in later years from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, listeners and viewers were serenaded on New Years Eve with their smooth brand of music. They ended at midnight with the song "Days of Auld Lang Syne", which became both their signature song and a New Year's tradition.

Key Word: Canadians

Answer: Skate

The USS Skate (SSN-578), under the command of Cmdr. James F. Calvert, was the first submarine to surface at the North Pole on August 11, 1958.

The USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the first nuclear-powered submarine, and was commissioned on September 30, 1954.

The USS Skipjack (SSN-585) was one of the first attack submarines. The Skipjack was commissioned on April 15, 1959

The USOS Seaview in the 1961 motion picture "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", starring Walter Pideon and the SSRN Seaview from the popular 1964 television series, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" starring Richard Basehart, were fictional submarines.

Key word: Skate

Answer: National Hockey League

The National Hockey League, also referred to as the NHL, was formed on November 26, 1917, to operate and regulate profession ice hockey league franchises and competitions.

In 2013 season, the NHL was comprised of 30 teams, 23 based in United States' cities, and seven teams based in Canadian cities.

Correct answer key:
Questions 1-5, 9, and 13 represents teams of the National Hockey League:
1. : Rangers - - - - - - - - New York Rangers
2. : Ducks - - - - - - - - - Anaheim Ducks
3. : Sharks - - - - - - - - San Jose Sharks
4. : Blues - - - - - - - - - St. Louis Blues
5. : Bruins - - - - - - - - Boston Bruins
9. : Kings - - - - - - - - - Los Angeles Kings
13.: Canadians - - - - - - - Montreal Canadiens

6. : Zamboni - Machine used by NHL team to resurface the ice during a game.
7. : Puck - Name of object player attempt of knock into the net to score.
8. : Stick - Equipment used by played to move the puck.
10.: Enforcer - Unofficial designated player who protects teammates on the
ice during a game by confronting opposing players with violence
for their dirty play or intentional injuries.
11.: Stanley - The Stanley Cup is awarded to the season's championship team.
12.: Ice Skating Rink - The area on which the hockey game is played.
14.: Skate(s) - Footwear worn by players during the game.