Three of a Kind, Part 13 Trivia Quiz

Answer: monk

Monks and nuns are those who renounce part of secular life in favour of a more ascetic religious life as a Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Hindu or somesuch. Christian monks and nuns may or may not also be in holy orders; ordination and profession as a monk or nun are quite separate issues.

William Henry Monk (1823-1889) was an English church musician who both composed and edited numerous tunes for sacred use. Of these many tunes, the best known is that to which Henry Francis Lyte's poem/hymn text "Abide with Me" is sung. Lyte was a Scottish Anglican. Monk was appointed editor to the first edition of "Hymns Ancient and Modern" published in 1861.

Peter Butterworth played "The Monk" in two stories on the first "Doctor Who" series: "The Time Meddler" and "The Daleks' Master Plan." He was not a member of any religious order but dressed and posed as one in order to gain the confidence of some lords in 11th-Century Northumbria.

Answer: Sherman

Allan Sherman (1924-1973) released his letter ostensibly written to his parents at home from fictional Camp Grenada set to Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" in 1963. It struck a chord with every child who had ever been packed off unwillingly to summer camp by well-meaning parents.

Sherman Billingsley (1900-1966) grew up in his family's bootlegging business and used the proceeds to open The Stork Club, a speak-easy in New York City. After the repeal of Prohibition, the Stork Club became a night club with a cachet of sophistication.

Eddie Murphy replaces Jerry Lewis in the 1996 remake of the 1963 American comedy based (loosely) on Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886). Overweight Professor Sherman Klump falls in love with graduate student Carla Purty (played by Jada Pinkett Smith) and discovers a weight-loss drug which releases Buddy Love, the alter ego within him.

Answer: gum

The tissues which surround and seal the teeth in the mouth are called the gingiva or, popularly, the gums. Gums which are pink, smooth and not prone to bleed are in good health and prevent periodontal disease. A dental hygienist will encourage proper gingival care, usually emphatically!

In Glenelg North, Australia, there is a concrete-covered tree trunk called "The Old Gum Tree" and the following marker: "On this spot on the 28th Decr 1836 the Colony of South Australia was proclaimed and established as a Province by Captn John Hindmarsh R.N., the Governor thereof acting in the name and on behalf of His Majesty King William IV in the presence of the Chief Officers of the Government and other colonists."

Andy Stanton is the English author of the 'Mister Gum' series of books for kids. He lives in North London and works as a stand-up comic when he is not writing. The books are set in the fantasy town of Lamonic Bibber. The town has one newspaper, the Lamonical Chronicle, which calls itself "Lamonic Bibber's second best and only paper". The series was narrated for recording by Kate Winslet in 2012.

Answer: cheese

Cheese is created when acidified milk is treated by an enzyme such as rennet to coagulate the fats and proteins into a soft solid. The solids are the curds; the liquids removed are the whey. A cheesemonger is to cheese as a cellarist and sommelier is to wine.

Calvin "Cheese" Wagstaff is a nephew of "Proposition Joe" Stewart, an Eastside drug distributor and a crew chief in the Eastside drug-distribution network. Both are violently dead by the end of the series.

Steven Quincy Urkel (played by Jaleel White) frequently asked, upon entering, "Got any cheese?" His penchants were science, polka and cheese.

Answer: bottle

The colour "bottlegreen" derives from whatever shade of dark green was most common in wine bottles. Although wine bottles come in many colours, dark green protects wines from extraneous light during storage.

Baby bottles have existed in some form or other for many centuries. Despite the current preference for breastfeeding of infants, many kinds of baby bottles are widely available. Health authorities in Great Britain recommend that they be sterilized between uses; similar authorities in the US recommend only washing in hot soapy water.

Billy Edd Wheeler (b. 1932) is an American songwriter and performer who wrote "Desert Pete." The Kingston Trio recorded this song on their album "Sunny Side!" in 1963. It is about a water pump in the middle of a desert which must be primed by water from a bottle hidden under a rock. A note urges the user to "Leave the bottle full for others. Thank you kindly, Desert Pete."

Answer: pinto

Joe Greene wrote "Across the Alley from the Alamo" which was recorded by many artists. The Mills Brothers' recording of 1957 became the standard. It is about a Navajo Indian and his pinto pony who are uninterested in work.

Pinto Colvig (1892-1967) was a performer in multiple media. He lent his voice to the Disney character Goofy as well as Pluto the dog. He played the original Bozo the Clown for a decade.

Gallo pinto or gallopinto or "spotted rooster" is said to be the national dish of both Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Each claims theirs is better. When made with black beans, the dish is known in Cuba as "Moros y Cristianos."

Answer: force

Whenever an object interacts with another object, the resultant push or pull is called a force. Generally speaking, all forces are either contact forces or forces produced by action at a distance. In physics, force is measured in Newtons.

Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 and immediately planned three sequels to "Star Wars." The first is "The Force Awakens" (2015) directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams. It stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Max von Sydow.

When lean meat, fat and seasonings are ground, sieved or pureed together, the result is called forcemeat. It may be piped into casings to produce sausages or used in bulk to produce pâtés, terrines, roulades, galantines and meatloaves.

Answer: honor

Douglas MacArthur's farewell speech to the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, was on 12 May 1962. Rather than talk about himself (as the recipient of the Thayer Award that day), he spoke of "the ethics of the American soldier" which he reduced to "duty, honor, [and] country."

English actress Honor Blackman (b. 1925) played Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" following her role as Mrs. Gale in British TV's "Avengers." When she left that role, she was replaced by Diana Rigg. In 2014, she was offered royal honours (CBE) and declined on the ground that she is a Republican.

In evaluating a hand in contract bridge, one widely used system is to count an ace as 4, a king as 3, a queen as 2 and a jack as 1, each of those cards being considered "an honor." Such bidding systems are called conventions and work only to the extent of the agreement between the partners as to their meaning.

Answer: Wednesday

Wednesday Addams is a pale, troubling, odd child who raises spiders as pets. She is named after Wednesday's child in the nursery rhyme who is "full of woe." She has been portrayed variously, perhaps best by Christina Ricci in the 1991 and 1993 movies. She was created by cartoonist Charles Addams.

In the nursery rhyme which predicts the fortune of children based on the day of the week on which they were born, "Wednesday's child is full of woe." The poem appears to be English but this cannot be determined with certainty.

In "Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet" (1976), Harry Kemelman's rabbinical sleuth David Small solves yet another murder in the Barnard's Crossing's Jewish community. It appears that the local pharmacist's ultra-religious son may have poisoned a member of the Conservative congregation. Rabbi Small uses his Talmudic training to discover the culprit.

Answer: Simon

Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) was a Venezuelan but had much to do with the sovereignty of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama, as well as his homeland. He was both a military and political leader in the struggles to throw off Spanish rule. Like General George Washington, he was a Freemason.

Carly Simon (b. 1945) has produced a lifetime of folk music, popular music, music for films and television, children's books and sweet memories. She is especially remembered for "Anticipation," "You Belong To Me," and "Mockingbird." Her first (of four) children's books was "Amy the Dancing Bear" in 1989.

The series "Simon and Simon" paired country-boy ex-Marine Gerald McRaney as Rick and college-educated tailored-suit Jameson Parker as "A.J." The series ran from 1981 to 1989, then into syndication and ultimately into home media (complete). They even made a reunion movie in 1995.