The 'Mann' Quiz

Answer: Los Angeles

"Where Hollywood goes to the movies" is the fitting motto of Mann Theatres. The Mann Theatres in Los Angeles were named after Ted Mann. Ted's brother, Marvin, started a chain of theatres called Mann Theatres in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

The Lord of Mann is recognized as the Lord Proprietor and head of state of the Isle of Man. In 1765 the Act of Revestment transferred the right of the Duke of Atholl as Lord of Mann to the British royalty.

Answer: An atoll located in the Republic of Maldives

While it was most prominently used by the SA, the rank of Mann was used by other paramilitary organizations of the Nazi Party from 1925 to 1945. The rank of Mann corresponds to the rank of Private which is the lowest enlisted rank of the military in many nations.

The 1999 film 'Mann' was an Indian movie that starred Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala. The film's plot centered on the unfulfilled love between the characters of Karan and Priya and their eventual acceptance of mutual friendship.

Answer: He had 14 children with his wife Katia Pringsheim Mann.

Thomas Mann and his wife Katia bore six children between the years of 1905 and 1919. In addition to his popular novels and short stories, Thomas Mann also wrote fervently about democratic principles and the need for the working class to actively resist totalitarian governments.

Answer: Murray Gell-Mann

Along with George Zweig, Murray Gell-Mann identified the strange quark and developed the quark model in 1964. Quarks are elementary particles that combine to form hadrons such as protons and neutrons.

Answer: The statue was designed by Guillaume Coustou.

The Manneken Pis statue was created by Jerome Duquesnoy in 1619. There are several stories as to the legend behind the statue. One tells of an infant urinating on a group of soldiers after being put in a tree while another tells of a boy urinating on a fuse of explosive charges placed near the city walls of Brussels.

Answer: Mannheim

Mannheim is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The city was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War in 1622 and then again in 1689 during the Nine Years' War. The Nazi's chief architect Albert Speer and tennis great Steffi Graf were both born in Mannheim.

Answer: 'Joseph in Egypt' by Jacopo da Pontormo

'Joseph in Egypt' was painted between the years 1515-18 and is housed in the National Gallery of London. The other choices are classic examples of paintings of the Baroque art movement. The definition of Mannerism (per dictionary.com) is "a style in the fine arts developed principally in Europe during the 16th century, chiefly characterized by a complex perspectival system, elongation of forms, strained gestures or poses of figures, and intense, often strident color."

Answer: India and Sri Lanka

A chain of islands called Adam's Bridge separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk Strait. The Gulf of Mannar is well-known for its unique and abundant flora and fauna and in 1986 a large portion was made into the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park.

Answer: Massachusetts

Horace Mann represented Massachusetts' 8th congressional district from 1827 to 1833 and then he served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1834 to 1837. Mann founded the 'Common School Journal' in 1838 and in it he described the six main problems of the public school system and the policies he felt could best overcome them.