Professorjon's Common Bond Quiz 18

Answer: The Village Blacksmith

William Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was a noted poet and teacher. He taught at Bowdoin (his alma mater) and Cambridge and he published in 1847, "Evangeline," a poem about a young woman searching for a bridegroom. He also wrote "The Courtship of Miles Standish" and "The Song of Hiawatha."

Answer: great dane

The television show "Scooby Doo" was about a group of friends and their dog who went about solving crimes.

Answer: The Court Jester

In the 1956 comedy "The Court Jester" Danny Kaye plays Hubert Hawkins, a member of the rebel force of the Black Fox. Hawkins' job is to safe guard the infant, the real heir to the throne, but he also gets involved in a plan to get inside the castle and steal a secret key from the King.

The plan is put into action by Hawkins, who attempts to gain the King's confidence while impersonating 'Giacomo, the Jester of Kings and King of the Jesters.' The other three movies starred Bob Hope.

Answer: Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman were credited with the screen play for "Shakespeare in Love." Tom Stoppard also wrote the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead."

Answer: I Claudius

"I Claudius" was made into a BBC mini series, starring Derek Jacobi as Claudius.

Answer: Ghost

Oda Mae Brown was played by Whoopi Goldberg, who won a best supporting Oscar for her role.

Answer: Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American poet who moved to Paris before World War I and lived there with her life time companion, Alice B. Toklas.

Answer: Laurence Olivier

Olivier stars as a British nobleman who marries a young woman (played by Joan Fontaine) who is forced to live in the shadow of Maxim's former dead wife, Rebecca.

Answer: William Shakespeare

The musical is based on Shakespeare's play "The Taming of the Shrew." Other movies loosely based on Shakespeare include "West Side Story" (Based on "Romeo and Juliet") and the classic western "Jubal." (based on "Othello")

Answer: Hamlet

The common bond is William Shakespeare's Hamlet. (1)HAMLET is another name for village (2)Hamlet was a DANE (just not a great dane, although he was pretty good) (3)The skull that Hamlet picks up is that of Yorrick, the JESTER (4)Tom Stoppard wrote "ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN are dead." They are minor characters in "Hamlet" (5) CLAUDIUS is the villain in "Hamlet." (6) The play begins with the appearance of the GHOST of Hamlet's father (7) Hamlet's mother's name is GERTRUDE (8) LAURENCE OLIVIER directed and starred in a 1948 version of 'Hamlet", which won Oscars for best picture and actor (9) and "Hamlet" was written by William Shakespeare. (At least some people think so)