The Miz's First Common Bond Quiz

Answer: Flap

All of the choices are the names of tap steps, but 'flap' is the only one that fits with the description. A flap is a very common tap step, often with many used in sequence. Because there are two distinct sounds, a flap will often be referred to as a Fuh-lap, with the brush occuring on the 'fuh' and the step occuring on the 'lap'. A 5-6-7-8! Fuh-lap, Fuh-lap, Fuh-lap, Fuh-lap....

Answer: Prohibition

Indeed, Congress realized that as much as banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol seemed like a good idea at the time, citizens were simply getting booze illegally. Prohibition was ratified by the 18th Amendment on January 16th 1919, and was repealed by the 21st Amendment, which was ratified December 5th 1933. Still, after the repeal of prohibition many individual states continued to remain "dry," with Mississippi being the last to repeal its Prohibition laws in 1966.


Source: Wikipedia

Answer: speak

In Italian, 'run' is "correre," 'drink' is "bere," and 'make' is "fare." In Gaelic, 'run' is "rith," 'drink' is "ól," and 'make' is "déan."
In Latin, 'run' is "currere," 'drink' is "bibere," and 'make' is "facesso."


Source: www.dicts.info

Answer: easy

That was easy! is a slogan for Staples, the world's largest office-supply store. Being on easy street means enjoying the comforts of having a lot of money. "Easy Street" is also the name of a 1917 Charlie Chaplin film, as well as the name of a song from the musical "Annie."


Source: Wikipedia

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) is most famous for being the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic in 1927 (he began in New York City and finished in Paris). He was also the first "TIME Magazine" Man of the Year.

With regard to the other aviators given as choices: There is an airport in the city of Atchison, Kansas named after Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes established Hughes Aircraft, an aerospace and defense company founded in 1932 that was ultimately aquired by General Motors in 1985, and the Wright Brothers grace the back of the North Carolina State quarter.

Source: Wikipedia

Answer: Women's Suffrage

The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, over seventy years after the famous Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, considered the beginning of the American Women's Rights Movement. As a result, the two major forces behind gaining suffrage for women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, did not live to see their lives' work finally fulfilled.

The Direct Election to the Senate was established by the 17th Amendment; the Federal Income Tax was established by the 16th Amendment; and Prohibition was established by the 18th Amendment.

Source: Wikipedia

Answer: The Great Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby" was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. It tells the story of Nick Buchanan, a young bondsman who moves from the Midwest to New York only to find that his idealistic vision of the "American Dream" has been corrupted by moral decay and the simple pursuit of wealth.

"The Green Light," brightly visible from the established rich neighborhood of East Egg but only a flicker to the newly wealthy inhabitants of West Egg, symbolizes the title character's search for the "American Dream." "The Valley of Ashes," an industrial ground outside of West Egg, symbolizes the moral wasteland that results from the mindless pursuit of wealth. The large pair of eyes, more specifically known as "The Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg," are simply part of a large advertising billboard. More importantly, however, they represent God looking down upon and judging the corrupt American society.

Sources: www.sparknotes.com and Ms. Koehler, my 9th grade English teacher.

Answer: Bob

The animated builder is, of course, Bob the Builder, a character in the children's TV show of the same name.

The Jamaican Reggae musician is Bob Marley, who made his start with "the Wailers" in 1963 and who died tragically from a metastasized melanoma in 1981 at the age of only 36.

The presidential nominee is Bob Dole (born in 1923). Bob Dole was a Senator from Kansas for 27 years until 1996 when he was the Republican nominee for President. He received 41% of the popular votes, but he lost to Democratic nominee Bill Clinton.

Source: Wikipedia

Answer: Thoroughly Modern Millie

The musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie," based on the 1967 movie of the same name starring Julie Andrews and Carol Channing, tells the story of a young woman who comes to New York from Kansas in 1922 to start a new life as a modern woman. She bobs her hair, raises her hemline and decides that she is going to marry her boss.

As is so common with the musical genre, hilarity ensues and by the end of the show everyone is happily paired...but not to the same person as at the beginning. Besides Best Musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie," took home five additional Tony statuettes, including Best Costume Design, Best Orchestrations, and Best Actress in a Musical for Sutton Foster in the title role (and her Broadway debut).

Answer: Roaring Twenties

There you have it, Ladies and Gentlemen! The Common Bond: The Roaring Twenties. An era characterized by new "modern" women called FLAPpers(1). Newly armed with WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE(6), they also wore shorter skirts and BOBbed(8) their hair. As a result of PROHIBITION(2), they would go to SPEAK-EASIES(3,4) to get their illegal alcohol. CHARLES LINDBERGH (5) was an important figure during the decade as was his namesake dance, "The Lindy Hop," a mainstay in dance clubs until the rise of Rock and Roll. "THE GREAT GATSBY" (7) is an important American novel written during and about the Roaring Twenties, and "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" (9) is a musical comedy with the 1920s as its backdrop.

I hope you enjoyed my first Common Bond quiz. As always, please rate; comments are always appreciated.

Until next time,
The Miz