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Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 17

The first nine questions test you over a variety of subjects. The answers to those questions are a clue to the final question. Can you answer the final question, "What is the common bond?"

A multiple-choice quiz by professorjon. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
professorjon

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,146

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4928

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote "The Iliad"? Hint

Homer

Dante

Virgil

Sophocles

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following movies starred Dustin Hoffman in the title role? Hint

Lenny

The Great Gatsby

Jeremiah Johnson

Brubaker

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote "The Hunt for Red October"? Hint

Leon Uris

John Grisham

Tom Clancy

Stephen King

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote "Walden II"? Hint

Sigmund Freud

B.F. Skinner

Carl Jung

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of Elvis Presley's daughter? Hint

Lisa

Jan

Marsha

Cindy

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Question 6 of 10

6. What kind of animal is a krait? Hint

Bird

Snake

Fish

Rabbit

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which role does Elizabeth Taylor portray in the 1958 movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?" Hint

Big Mama

Maggie

Mae

Velvet

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is former President Richard Nixon's middle name? Hint

Michael

Milhous

Marvin

Marshall

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Basketball Hall of Fame is located in which of the following cities? Hint

Springfield Massachusetts

Springfield Illinois

Springfield Missouri

Springfield Oregon

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Question 10 of 10

10. Duh, what do all the answers of this quiz have in common?

Answer: (famous family-two words or just last name)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote "The Iliad"?

Answer: Homer

Ok be honest, how many of you got the common bond on the first question? Homer was a blind poet who legend claims wrote "The Iliad" which tells the story of the Trojan war.

2. Which of the following movies starred Dustin Hoffman in the title role?

Answer: Lenny

Dustin Hoffman starred as the doomed stand up comic Lenny Bruce in the 1974 movie directed by Bob Fosse. Valerie Perrine portrayed his wife, Honey Bruce. The other three movies starred Robert Redford, who was Dustin Hoffman's co-star in the 1976 film "All the President's Men."

3. Who wrote "The Hunt for Red October"?

Answer: Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy published "The Hunt for Red October in 1984. The book was later made into a thrilling 1990 movie starring Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery.

4. Who wrote "Walden II"?

Answer: B.F. Skinner

Burrhis Fredric Skinner was born in Pennsylvania in 1904. He received his PhD from Harvard and in 1948 published "Walden II" which described a Utopia based on behavorial engineering.

5. What is the name of Elvis Presley's daughter?

Answer: Lisa

Lisa Marie Presley is the daughter of The King and Priscilla Presley, who has appeared in several films, including the Naked Gun series. The other three names are the three girls on some 70's TV show, The Birdy, no 'Brady Bunch'.

6. What kind of animal is a krait?

Answer: Snake

A Krait is a venomous snake found in South East Asia. It's bite is quite often fatal.

7. Which role does Elizabeth Taylor portray in the 1958 movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?"

Answer: Maggie

In "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" the father of a southern family (played by Burl Ives) finds out he is dying. His greedy relatives all start sucking up to him except for his son Brick (played by Paul Newman) who is married to Elizabeth Taylor's character, Maggie 'the cat' Pollitt.

8. What is former President Richard Nixon's middle name?

Answer: Milhous

Richard Milhous Nixon was born in California in 1913. He served as Vice-President from 1953-1961. He was elected President in 1968 and again in 1972, before resigning in August of 1974.

9. The Basketball Hall of Fame is located in which of the following cities?

Answer: Springfield Massachusetts

The operative word here is Springfield.

10. Duh, what do all the answers of this quiz have in common?

Answer: The Simpsons

D'oh! The common bond is the television show "The Simpsons." The clues include (1) The father named HOMER (2) His friend LENNY (3)The police chief is named CLANCY Wiggum (4) The school principal is Seymour SKINNER (5) Homer's oldest daughter is named LISA (6) SNAKE is the town criminal (7) MAGGIE is Homer's youngest daughter (8) MILHOUSE is Homer's son Bart's best friend (9) and the town that the Simpson's live in, SPRINGFIELD U.S.A.

Source: Author professorjon

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