Masfon's Second Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford, (1913-2006) who was born in Nebraska, was registered as Leslie Lynch King Jr. His parents separated a few days after he was born and he and his mother moved to his maternal grandparents' house in Michigan. When he was two and a half his mother married Gerald Rudolph Ford and since then he was referred to as Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.

He always used that name but only legally adopted this name in 1935, when he was 22 years old.

Answer: John O'Hara

John Henry O'Hara (1905-1970) was one of the most prolific American short story writers. Before the age of 30 he was already considered a best-selling author especially for "Appointment in Samarra" and "BUtterfield 8". The book "BUtterfield 8", based on the unsolved death of Starr Faithfull in Long Beach in 1931, was released in 1935.

In 1960, it returned to the media when the film with the same name was released, directed by Daniel Mann and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey.

Answer: Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith (1957-) is an American actress and film producer. She started her acting career at a very young age and faced several personal problems. Her career took off when she starred in the movie "Working Girl", a film that was a box office success with critical acclaim. She was married to Spanish actor Antonio Banderas from 1996 to 2015.

Answer: Annie Wilkes

The movie "Misery," based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, was directed by Rob Reiner and released in 1990. In the film, the novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) suffers an accident and is rescued by the nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) who, being fanatical for the writer, takes him to her home in a remote location and keeps him captive. From there the drama develops. For this role the actress received numerous accolades, including the 1991 Academy Award as Best Actress.

Kathleen Doyle Bates, known as Kathy Bates, was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1948 and has hada successful career as an actress and director.

Answer: William Butler

The poet and writer William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Ireland and lived part of his life in England. Besides poetry, Yeats dedicated a great part of his time to the production of plays. His first works were published in the late 1880s and among them can be cited "The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems" and the play "The Countess Cathleen". For six years, starting in 1922, he was a senator for the Irish Free State.

In 1923, W.B. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Answer: Atlanta

Atlanta hosted the XXVI Summer Olympic Games in 1996, being the third American city to host them; Los Angeles hosted the games in 1932 and 1984 and St. Louis in 1904.

Atlanta has been Georgia's most populous city and state capital since 1868. From its foundation, it has played a key role in the region's transport and economy. During the American Civil War the city was razed to the ground, and later was the seat of 1960s Civil Rights movements. The city and its surroundings are home to large national and international companies, the best known being The Coca Cola Company.

Answer: American Civil War

The aforementioned films have as a background the American Civil War (April, 1861 - May, 1865) also called the "War of Secession". The states that supported the Federal Union and the southern states that intended to form the Confederate States of America fought among themselves. The main cause for the conflict was the continuation or abolition of slavery.

Answer: Cotton

Cotton, silk and wool are natural fabrics. Cotton fiber is considered by many as the "King of the Textile Fibers". It comes from a plant of the genus Gossypium of the family Malvaceae. The fiber is composed of more than 90% cellulose organized in a way to give the product high durability, strength and absorbency.

Answer: Alexander Hamilton

"Hamilton: An American Musical" opened in New York in 2015, with script, music and lyrics created by the American Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980-) who also represented the title role in several performances. The musical and its creator have received at the 70th Tony Awards, 16 nominations and won 11 awards, including Best Musical.

Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757 - 1804) is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and had a crucial influence in shaping the new country's financial system.

Answer: Gone With the Wind

"Gone With The Wind" first appeared in 1936 as a novel by Margareth Mitchell (1900-1949) and which gave the author the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. The story is set in ATLANTA (6) and Clayton county in Georgia, with the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (7) as background. Tara Plantation, the great producer of COTTON (8) owned by GERALD O'HARA (1 and 2), was located in the region. Gerald had five children of which only the three girls survived, Scarlett being the oldest and the central figure in history and a symbol of resilience.

Other people are important in the storyline as: MELANIE HAMILTON (3 and 9), Scarlett's best friend and at the same time her rival because she married Major George Ashley WILKES (4), who Scarlett was also in love with; and Captain Rhett K. BUTLER (5) a character with a dubious reputation that admires Scarlett and who became her third husband.