Masfon's First Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Crocodile

The Lacoste is a company founded in 1933 by Jean René Lacoste (1904-1996), considered the best tennis player in the world in the years 1926 and 1927 and one of the best in the 1920s. His nickname "The Crocodile" gave rise to the logo of the company he founded, dedicated to the production and sale of sports and casual wear.

In 2012 the company was bought by the Swiss group Maus Frères but its logo is still the crocodile.

Answer: Nana

The novel "Nana" by the French writer Émile Zola (1840-1902), is part of a sequence of 20 novels from Zola's "Rougon-Macquart" (1871-1893). "Nana"'s publication in 1880 provoked great indignation in French society.

"Nana" is also the name of a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa in the period 2000-2009, which had two film adaptations.

Answer: Tinker

Tinker is a person who subsisted economically by going from place to place mending metal utensils. The word can be used as a verb that means trying to repair something, most of the time without success.

Answer: Neverland

Neverland is the name of the ranch that Michael Jackson purchased in 1988. The property was called Sycamore Valley Ranch and was renamed to Neverland by M. Jackson. The singer made several things to the property such as a theater and a railroad. The property was sold by the singer's heirs in 2020.

Answer: Peter Hook

Peter Hook (1956 -) is an English musician known mainly as bassist co-founder of the band Joy Division, which was active in the period 1976-1980, and the band New Order, founded in 1980. He left this band in 2007 and in 2010 he founded the band Peter Hook and The Light.

Answer: The Lost Boys

"The Lost Boys" is an American movie directed by Joel T. Schumacher (1939-2020), produced by Harvey Bernhardt with a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. The film was a critical and public success and generated two sequels and two comic books. Also, it helped change the concept of vampires for the young since the vampires themselves were very young.

Answer: Wendy's

Wendy's, the fast-food restaurant chain, was founded in 1969 by American businessman Rex David Thomas (1932-2002) in Columbus, Ohio. The company is named after owner Melinda Lou "Wendy", Thomas' fourth daughter.

Answer: Darling

The Canadian William Scott Darling (1898-1951) known as Scott Darling was a writer, screenplay and film director. He used to write comedy stories for magazines, then he was asked to write the adventure film serial "The Hazards of Helen", with 119 episodes with a total length of more than 23 hours.

In the period 1922-1928 he wrote about 40 screenplays and directed 27 silent movies. With the change from silent to the sound movie Darling stopped being a director and quickly adapted to the new features of the screenplay. During the 1930s and 1940s he wrote over 70 screenplays for various studios.

Answer: Michael Gray and John Shelby

"Peaky Blinders" is an English television series created by Steven Knight, which follows a fictional Irish-Roman gangster family after the end of the World War I. Among the actors are the British brothers Fin and Joe Cole who play two dangerous gangsters: Michael Gray and John Shelby.

Answer: Peter Pan

"Peter Pan", which first appeared in 1902, was written by James Matthew Barrie. In addition to Peter Pan,important in this adventure are WENDY and her brothers, MICHAEL and JOHN DARLING and their nanny: a dog named NANA. The children followed Peter Pan and the fairy TINKER Bell to NEVERLAND where they meet the LOST BOYS, Captain HOOK and ferocious CROCODILE, among others.