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The Amazing Non-Common Bond Quiz

Each of these questions is quite astonishingly unrelated to the others. Amalgamate the answers to the first 9 questions, and gasp in shock when you see that the answer to question #10 is not even remotely hinted at!

A multiple-choice quiz by coolupway. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
coolupway

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,893

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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815

Question 1 of 10

1. The well-known scene near the end of John Ford's film version of "The Grapes of Wrath" in which Tom Joad tells Ma that he has to leave the family-- arguably one of the greatest moments in film history-- is unusual for at least one reason that cannot be gleaned from watching or rewatching the movie. What is it? Hint

Fonda's voice was dubbed

One of the "Little Rascals" was originally in it, but ended up on the cutting-room floor

Jane Darwell (Ma Joad) died immediately after the scene was shot

It was shot in one take

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1972, an unusual baseball trade took place involving pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson. What was unusual about the trade? Hint

The trade was immediately voided for reasons never made public

They later became teammates, and discovered a common ancestors

Peterson objected to the trade and challenged the "reserve clause"

They traded wives and families

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which squinty-eyed, diminutive and LOUD comedian is known for going into character and doing extended riffs and rants in the personae of an old Jewish man, Jerry Seinfeld, Dracula/Lugosi, a senile Groucho Marx, and even Arthur Godfrey? Hint

Gilbert Gottfried

Billy Crystal

Robin Williams

Billy Barty

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Question 4 of 10

4. In New York State, the statute of limitations for medical malpractice is what time period? Hint

6 years

3 years

2 and1/2 years

1 year

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is Ian Smith? Hint

The top driver in harness racing

Goalie for the Red Wings, circa 67-75

The former Prime Minister of Rhodesia

Liberal MP who once called Margaret Thatcher a "witch"

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Question 6 of 10

6. We have all heard of the "handwriting on the wall," but just what the heck was it? Hint

"Ven mein bubbe zul huben baitzim..."

"Who is John Galt?"

"Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin"

"Kilroy was here"

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which central European country speaks a language totally unrelated to that of its neighbors? Hint

Serbia

Switzerland

Hungary

Austria

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the next word in this famous Shakespearean quote?
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him.... Hint

well

Horatio

not

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Question 9 of 10

9. A wonderful art museum can be found at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, athwart the Brandywine River near the Pennsylvania-Delaware border. What is unusual about this museum? Hint

It houses only the work of John Jacob Audubon

It was built by Frank Lloyd Wright and is circular.

It houses the work of a productive and famous family of artists

It can only be visited by appointment

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Question 10 of 10

10. Trainer Woody Stephens, who through the 80's and 90's won with as many first-time starters as just about any trainer, anywhere, used Eddie Maple as his jockey on most of these budding superstars. On one unusual horse, however, he used Joe Brocklebank as his rider. Who was this soon-to-be-legendary animal? Hint

Herat

Swale

Danzig

DeLa Rose

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: It was shot in one take

The great John Ford refused to let the actors rehearse what ended up being the real climax of the film (as Steinbeck's original ending was promptly chopped and tidied up for the film version). What he got was something transcendent. (Stalin probably wept as he watched this scene.) Fonda: "Well, maybe it's like Casey says.

A fella ain't got a soul of his own, just a little piece of a big soul.." sniffle... need a tissue... GO ON TO NEXT ANSWER. I'M OK. I MEAN IT!

2. In 1972, an unusual baseball trade took place involving pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson. What was unusual about the trade?

Answer: They traded wives and families

Their careers went into almost immediate eclipse, though whether this was as a result of or in spite of the trade, no one will ever know.

Answer: Gilbert Gottfried

He claims to hate the Amish (" Harrison Ford comes there, all of a sudden they're taking off their clothes. John Ritter goes there... nothing. MAYBE they open a zipper...") and has become legendary for a number of his wildly inventive routines, including one in which space aliens reach Earth, descend from their craft, survey the scene "with their unblinking red eyes" and then say, "Ben Gazzara's a good actor. Why doesn't he have a network show?"

4. In New York State, the statute of limitations for medical malpractice is what time period?

Answer: 2 and1/2 years

You get only 2 and 1/2 years to sue a doc, but 3 to sue an accountant, a lawyer or an engineer. This makes very little sense, but when one realizes that quite recently, orthotists, prosthetists and "Christian Science nurses" (?) were exempt from jury service in New York, the thing takes on a somewhat clearer focus.

5. Who is Ian Smith?

Answer: The former Prime Minister of Rhodesia

Now Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe, who's held the reins of power down there for two decades, allowed Smith to stay on, but later revoked his citizenship. Smith, who turned 83 in 2002, has been openly critical of Mugabe's regime and says the "Comrade's" days are numbered. His memoirs were published a few years back.

6. We have all heard of the "handwriting on the wall," but just what the heck was it?

Answer: "Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin"

Biblical. The ominous writing, interpreted as a dire prophecy, is magically inscribed by a disembodied hand on a wall at King Belshazzar's feast, and the king soon loses his realm. It was perhaps most memorably portrayed by Rembrandt in of his many great Biblical paintings (he painted the letters in Hebrew).

The "Belshazzar's Feast" motif was later borrowed for a political cartoon that may well have helped to lose New York State, and thus the presidential election, for James G. Blaine in his 1884 run against Cleveland.

7. Which central European country speaks a language totally unrelated to that of its neighbors?

Answer: Hungary

Hungarian is Finno-Ugric, though the country is surrounded by speakers of Slavic and German languages, and even of one Romance language (Roumania). This and the fact that an unusual number of Hungarians have achieved prominence in the sciences has led many to speculate that the Magyars are actually Martians. On the printed page, the language looks like a series of consonants in unpronounceable combinations, with occasional "y"'s and spaces interspersed.

8. What is the next word in this famous Shakespearean quote? "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him....

Answer: Horatio

The melancholy Dane, having a chat with a skull. Why does everyone think the quote is "I knew him well"?

9. A wonderful art museum can be found at Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, athwart the Brandywine River near the Pennsylvania-Delaware border. What is unusual about this museum?

Answer: It houses the work of a productive and famous family of artists

The family is the Wyeths... N.C., his son Andrew and Andrew's son Jamie. The museum is right in the midst of their stamping grounds and visitors, if lucky, may see one of the painters (though not NC!), or, more frequently, one of the subjects of the paintings, about the museum or its nearby environs.

Answer: Danzig

Danzig, one of the first Mr. Prospectors, won by the length of the stretch; he probably could've won with me in the saddle that day. His career (3 of 3 lifetime) was unfortunately truncated, but he went on to become arguably one of the top five sires in the sport.

His exploits and those of Fappiano, another great sprinter, turned everyone's attention to the sire Mr. Prospector, who would himself become possibly the greatest sire in thoroughbred racing following the death of Northern Dancer.

Source: Author coolupway

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