Pastime Common Bond Trivia Quiz

Answer: bicycle

Possibly the first bicycle, the dandy horse was first shown to the public in Mannheim, Germany in 1817 by Baron Karl von Drais. However, it had neither chain nor pedals, but was moved by pushing on the ground with the rider's feet. The earliest mechanical-driven bicycles were also known as velocipedes.

Answer: ace

In golf, a hole-in-one is also referred to as an ace. In baseball, an ace is the team's best starting pitcher.

Answer: the Joker

Romero was born in New York City in 1907. His father was an Italian immigrant and his mother was Cuban. His TV portrayal of the Joker was cited in 2013 by "TV Guide" as one of the "60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Ledger was born in Australia in 1979. Tragically, he died a few months after finishing his role of the Joker in the 2007 production of "The Dark Knight".

Answer: deuce

In addition to basically being a synonym for the number two, "Deuce" is also the stage name of singer-songwriter and music producer Aron Erlichman. It is also the name of a British pop quartet made up of two female vocalists (Kelly O'Keefe and Lisa Armstrong) and two males (Craig Robert Young and Paul Holmes).

Answer: Club

Originally, a "gentlemen's club" was any of many private men's clubs of the British upper class, beginning in the 1700s, especially in London's West End. Today, "gentlemen's club" is often a euphemism in the U.S. for nightclubs featuring dancers in various stages of dress and undress.

Answer: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was first a musical, and then a film, whose plot was based on a 1925 novel by Anita Loos. It was also a silent film made in 1928.

Answer: Donald Trump

Beginning in 1996, Trump owned the Miss Universe Organization, of which the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants are parts. He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.

Answer: the king or queen

In 2013, there were seven European nations with kings or queens as heads of state. As listed by Wikipedia, six of them had prime ministers as heads of government (Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). The seventh kingdom, Spain, had as its head of government a "President of the Government" in Mariano Rajoy.

Answer: spade

David Spade was born in Birmingham, Michigan, in 1964. In addition to "Saturday Night Live", Spade has starred in the television comedy series "Just Shoot Me!" and "Rules of Engagement".

Answer: cards

Here are the connections.
Q1. "Bicycle" is a popular brand of playing cards, manufactured by United States Playing Card Company.
Q2. Generally speaking, the ace is the highest card of each suit.
Q3. Modern decks usually have two Jokers, which are wild cards.
Q4. A card with two pips is often referred to as a deuce.
Q5, 6, and 9. Clubs, diamonds, and spades are three of the four suits in American cards.
Q7. In many card games, a suit is named trump, which gives it preference over the other suits in that hand or game.
Q8. Kings and queens are two of the face cards in each suit.