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Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 12

The first 14 questions deal with a variety of subjects mostly pertaining to entertainment. The answers to these questions all have a relationship to each other. Your job is to determine the relationship and answer the question, "What is the common bond?"

A multiple-choice quiz by professorjon. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
professorjon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,883

Updated
Aug 01 22

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. The 1915 silent epic "Birth of a Nation" is based on what time period in American history? Hint

The American Revolution

The Civil War

World War I

The Enlightenment

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Question 2 of 15

2. In a famous song by The Charlie Daniels Band, what state does the Devil visit? Hint

Confusion

Texas

Georgia

Montana

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Question 3 of 15

3. What singer had a number one hit with the 1971 song "Brand New Key"? Hint

Cher

Melanie

Charo

Aretha

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Question 4 of 15

4. What was the name of the character played by Bill Bixby in the classic television show "My Favorite Martian"? Hint

Tim O'Hara

Klaatu

David Banner

Martin

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Question 5 of 15

5. What does the hero reach for at the end of the movie in the 1930 classic film "All Quiet on the Western Front"? Hint

A canteen

A flower

A rifle

A butterfly

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who discovered penicillin? Hint

Sam Wood

Robert Walpole

Alexander Fleming

Thomas Edison

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which of the following is a suspect in the game of Clue? Hint

Miss Scarlett

Mrs. Pheasant

Professor Marvel

Mr. Greenjeans

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who played the young woman framed for the murder of her husband in the 1999 movie "Double Jeopardy"? Hint

Teri Hatcher

Linda Fiorentino

Lara Flynn Boyle

Ashley Judd

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which book was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne? Hint

"The House of the Seven Gables"

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

"Billy Budd"

"Great Expectations"

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Question 10 of 15

10. What was the last name of "Dennis the Menace" (US)? Hint

Wilson

Calvin

Cleaver

Mitchell

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Question 11 of 15

11. What actress is murdered in the famous shower scene in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie "Psycho"? Hint

Janet Leigh

Kim Novak

Vera Miles

Tippi Hedren

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which of the following silent films featured Buster Keaton? Hint

"Safety Last"

"The Gold Rush"

"The Pool Shark"

"The Battling Butler"

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Question 13 of 15

13. Who played Melody in the 2001 movie "Josie and The Pussycats"? Hint

Rosario Dawson

Minnie Driver

Lara Flynn Boyle

Tara Reid

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Question 14 of 15

14. In what year did Germany invade Poland thus beginning World War II? Hint

1940

1975

1944

1939

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Question 15 of 15

15. I have laid out the ground work for you. The first fourteen answers are the question to number fifteen. What is the common bond of this Quiz?

Answer: (four words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The 1915 silent epic "Birth of a Nation" is based on what time period in American history?

Answer: The Civil War

Directed by D.W. Griffith, "Birth of a Nation" was set during the Civil War. The story revolved around two friends who wind up on different sides of the war. The film was also controversial because it portrayed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

2. In a famous song by The Charlie Daniels Band, what state does the Devil visit?

Answer: Georgia

The devil was thinking about visiting Texas, but decided it was just too hot there.

3. What singer had a number one hit with the 1971 song "Brand New Key"?

Answer: Melanie

"Brand New Key" hit the charts at number one for three weeks for Melanie Safka in 1971. The song was somewhat controversial because of the lyrics and some stations refused to play it.

4. What was the name of the character played by Bill Bixby in the classic television show "My Favorite Martian"?

Answer: Tim O'Hara

The show starred Ray Walston as the Martian and Bill Bixby who played a young reporter who attempts to pass off Walston as his Uncle Martin.

5. What does the hero reach for at the end of the movie in the 1930 classic film "All Quiet on the Western Front"?

Answer: A butterfly

Directed by Lewis Milestone, the movie ends on the Western front when young Paul Baumer (played by Lew Ayres) reaches out for a butterfly.

6. Who discovered penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

Walpole was a British politician. Sam Wood was a Hollywood director (who directed "A Night at the Opera" and "Pride of the Yankees" among other films) and Edison invented almost everything. But it was the Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming who discovered in 1928 that some mould (penicillin) had killed a form of bacteria.

7. Which of the following is a suspect in the game of Clue?

Answer: Miss Scarlett

I hope this was an easy question. The other suspects in the game of Clue are Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White and Professor Plumb (which is where I took my alias, Professorjon)

8. Who played the young woman framed for the murder of her husband in the 1999 movie "Double Jeopardy"?

Answer: Ashley Judd

Tommy Lee Jones co-starred in the movie as a halfway house manager who attempts to track down Ashley Judd, who is searching for the real killer.

9. Which book was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Answer: "The House of the Seven Gables"

"Great Expectations" was written by Charles Dickens. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was by Mark Twain and "Billy Budd" was written by Herman Melville.

10. What was the last name of "Dennis the Menace" (US)?

Answer: Mitchell

Created by Hank Ketcham, the Mitchells lived next door to George and Martha Wilson. Dennis was a constant source of irritation to Mr. Wilson.

11. What actress is murdered in the famous shower scene in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie "Psycho"?

Answer: Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh (the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis) plays an embezzler who makes the mistake of checking in at the Bates motel. Vera Miles plays her sister who attempts to find her missing sister. Kim Novak also appeared in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Vertigo" and Tippi Hedren appeared in both "The Birds" and "Marnie."

12. Which of the following silent films featured Buster Keaton?

Answer: "The Battling Butler"

"Safety Last" featured Harold Lloyd. "The Pool Shark" was an early silent film starring W. C. Fields. "The Gold Rush" starred Charlie Chaplin. The 1924 movie "The Battling Butler" starred Buster Keaton as a young millionaire who falls in love with a mountain girl and has to pretend that he is a boxer.

13. Who played Melody in the 2001 movie "Josie and The Pussycats"?

Answer: Tara Reid

Tara co-starred with Rachel Leigh Cook (who played Josie) and Rosario Dawson (who played Valerie).

14. In what year did Germany invade Poland thus beginning World War II?

Answer: 1939

The war began in Europe in September of 1939, although the Americans did not officially enter the war until after Pearl Harbor, in December of 1941.

15. I have laid out the ground work for you. The first fourteen answers are the question to number fifteen. What is the common bond of this Quiz?

Answer: Gone With the Wind

All of the clues refer to the great 1939 motion picture "GONE WITH the WIND". Based on the 1936 novel by Margaret MITCHELL, the movie was set at the O'Hara plantation TARA, in GEORGIA during and just after the American CIVIL WAR. Directed by Victor FLEMING (some scenes were directed by Geore Cukor, David O. Selznick and Sam Wood!)the film featured characters such as SCARLETT O'HARA, Rhett BUTLER, MELANIE Wilkes (played by Olivia De Havilland) and ASHLEY Wilkes.

The actors who appeared in the film included Vivian LEIGH, Clark GABLE, and BUTTERFLY McQueen (who played Prissy).

Source: Author professorjon

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