Professorjon's Something in Common Quiz

Answer: Elvis

The King of rock and roll died from heart failure. Yeah the first question is easy . . . we do that to lure you into our trap . . .ha ha ha ha ha, cough cough cough. I gotta lay off the sugar.

Answer: She looked at the Basilisk

Moaning Myrtle is the victim of the Basilisk, when the Chamber was opened the first time.

Answer: A faucet

A very funny moment from a funny show. While taking a bath in her hotel room Laura playfully sticks her toe in the bathtub faucet and gets it stuck. In the meantime, Rob (Dick Van Dyke) is on the other side of the locked door trying to rescue his wife.

NB: a faucet is what the English call a tap.

Answer: Charlotte Corday

Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) a leader of the French Revolution was stabbed to death on July 13, 1793. The event was captured on canvas by Jacques-Louis David in the 1793 painting "The Death of Marat". Other artists have also painted a version of the "Death of Marat", including Edvard Munch.

Answer: Jack

"Three's Company" ran from 1977-1984. The original cast included John Ritter (as Jack Tripper) Joyce DeWitt (as Janet Wood) and Suzanne Somers (as Chrissy Snow).

NB: this American comedy was inspired by the UK sitcom 'Man About the House'.

Answer: Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver plays a psychologist who is an expert on serial killers. She soon becomes the target of a copycat serial killer who is reenacting famous murders. Holly Hunter plays the police officer who teams up with Weaver to catch the killer.

Answer: Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh plays an embezzler on the run who makes the mistake of stopping at a hotel ran by the creepy Norman Bates. It is based on a 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch.

Answer: Murder

Harrison Ford plays Philadelphia detective John Book, who is forced to go into hiding in an Amish community to protect the only witness to a murder.

Answer: There's Something About Mary

Ben Stiller stars in the 1998 comedy "There's Something About Mary" as Ted Stroehmann, a man who gets a chance to redeem himself with his dream girl after a disastrous prom date involving his zipper.

Answer: bathroom

Yeah the bathroom. Elvis died in the bathroom. (1) Moaning Myrtle saw the basilisk in the bathroom. (2) Laurie Petrie got her toe stuck in the bathtub (3) Jean Paul Marat was stabbed by aristocrat Charlotte Corday while he was taking a bath. (4) When Janet and Chrissy first see Jack, he is passed out in their bathtub. (5) The climax of "Copycat" occurs when Sigourney Weaver is trapped by the killer in the bathroom. (6) Janet Leigh is stabbed to death in the shower (7) In "Witness" the crime takes place in a restroom at the train station.

The young Amish boy (played by Lukas Haas) witnesses the crime from one of the bathroom stalls. (8) And the infamous zipper scene in "There's Something About Mary" takes place in the bathroom of Ben Stiller's date, Mary (Cameron Diaz).