Three of a Kind, Part 48 Trivia Quiz

Answer: phantom

The Phantom, eighth generation, introduced in 2017, was the top-of-the-line luxury sedan, available in two wheelbases: long and longer. The size differential is most felt in the rear passenger compartment. This motor car is assembled by hand.

American author Dean Koontz wrote "Phantoms" which was published in 1983. The novel centers on a ski-resort village on a lake in the California Rockies, the residents of which all die at once. The story has many links to the horror novels and short stories of H.P. Lovecraft, most of which were edited out when the books was turned into a motion picture in 1998.

Vox introduced its Phantom guitar in 1962. It was distinctive in that its box is pentagonal. British bands brought it to the US as part of the Invasion. It incorporated many special effects which had previously to be done at a mixer. Tom Petty used it, as did Dave Davies of The Kinks, members of Paul Revere & the Raiders, Sterling Morrison of The Velvet Underground, Dee Dee Ramone, and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.

Answer: copper

Coppertone suntan lotion was created in 1944 and has grown into a line of distinctive skin-care products including sun blocker. The iconic 1953 advert depicted a cute little girl with pigtail whose cocker spaniel pulled down the back of her blue swimsuit bottom exposing her lighter-toned bottom.

The American manufacturer Duracell makes all manner of batteries, including the distinctive copper-topped battery. The name "Duracell" was a compound of "durable" and "cell." The distinctive copper top became part of the trademark.

Around 1550, woodcut printing was replaced by the intaglio or copper-plate printing of images. In this method, a metal plate (of copper or zinc) is either engraved (lines cut into it using a burin) or etched (lines produced by acid on areas not protected by an acid-resistant ground). The surface is called the matrix. The process of removing bits of the metal is called biting.

Answer: heart

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, a Southern rock or heartland rock band, were created in 1976 and remained actively touring and recording until Tom Petty's death in 2017. They had many single hits including "American Girl," "Learning to Fly," and "Mary Jane's Last Dance."

English physician William Harvey wrote "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus" (English title: "An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings") in 1628. In it, he argued that the heart pumped blood which circulated throughout the body.

At one time, the Boy Scout rank of Life (represented by a heart) was lower than the rank of Star (represented by a star). This order was reversed in the 1920s. The rank of Life is represented by a heart because all of the merit badges required to achieve it were related to health: First Aid, Lifesaving, Public Health, Personal Health and Athletics. Life is now the rank just below the ultimate rank of Eagle.

Answer: Betty

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) was a notable American feminist author and leader. Her best-selling book "The Feminist Mystique" mobilized a generation. She was the first president of the National Organization for Women and a supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Washburn-Crosby Company created Betty Crocker in 1921. She was employed on the Betty Seal of Approval, in advertisements and on product packaging, as the "author" of several cookbooks. as the instructor on radio's "The Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air" and on Betty Crocker coupons which were redeemable for flatware. There is a street in Golden Valley, Minnesota, named Betty Crocker Drive in "her" honour.

Although she was born in Boulder, Colorado, Betty MacDonald (1908-1958) is strongly associated with the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband lived for a time on a chicken farm in the Chimacum Valley of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. This experience became the basis for her humourous first-person book "The Egg and I" (1945). She later lived on Vashon Island where she wrote the children's book series "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle".

Answer: smoke

William Conrad played Marshall Matt Dillon on the radio (1952-1961) and James Arness on the television (1955-1975). For reasons known only to Her Majesty, when the television series aired in Great Britain, it was called "Gun Law." CBS made a "reunion movie" in 1987; others were made in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994, all "for television."

Consuming the smoke of burning tobacco (and other combustible substances) is called smoking. Some smoke is inhaled; some is merely held briefly in the mouth. Both have flavour(s); both produce physiological effects. Smoking is, generally speaking, not good for you.

Smoke-Enders was founded in 1969 as a commercial enterprise; all of the moderators/licensees are former cigarette smokers who recovered by using the programme. Over a period of weeks, the participant cuts down on the frequency of smoking until, when ready, they cease to use tobacco at all. The stated goal of the business is to "[t]each the last smoker on Earth how to quit."

Answer: horse

Trigger (1934-1965) was a palomino horse owned and ridden by American cowboy TV and movie star Roy Rogers. His original name was Golden Cloud. Amazingly, Trigger was housebroken.

Two people at one end of a basketball court may play a game called H-O-R-S-E. In it, a player declares or calls a shot and attempts it. If that shot is successful, the other player must sink the same shot or a letter in the word horse is assigned. If the shot is successful, the first player declares and shoots another shot. If the first shot is missed, the right to declare and attempt a shot passes to the other player. Each time a player misses a shot, another letter is assigned until the loser ends up with H-O-R-S-E.

In Book II of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," Vronsky buys a dark bay racehorse at great cost, Frou Frou, and then destroys the horse in a fall during a horse race. Literary critics compare Vronsky's relationship to this horse with his relationship to Anna Karenina. But you know literary critics.

Answer: twelve

"12 Angry Men" (1957) was based on a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose. It goes inside the jury room as twelve jurors debate the appropriate verdict for a 19-year-old defendant. The film starred Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E. G. Marshall, and Jack Warden. The film was remade for television in 1997 with modernisations of many parts of the original which had become dated.

According to the 21st century version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," the gift on the twelfth day was "twelve drummers drumming." 18th and some 19th century versions had it "nine drummers drumming" and "twelve lords a leaping." C.C. Benison wrote the novel "Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Father Christmas Mystery" in 2011.

The second-highest leadership entity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) is the Quorum of the Twelve. These twelve men are held to be equivalent to, and the successor of, Jesus' twelve apostles. They serve full-time, leaving behind their secular occupations. Members of this quorum have traveled extensively since their institution in 1835, especially to areas where the church is not yet well established.

Answer: ace

An ace is a playing card which may rank highest, lowest or both. The same term is used for a die the face of which is marked with a single spot and a domino the end of which is marked with a single spot. In European card games, the ace was originally ranked the lowest of all. The use of "ace high" is a relatively modern innovation.

A ball driven from the tee which rolls into the hole counts as one stroke on the hole and is therefore called a "hole in one." Another name for a hole in one is an ace. The term also means a person who is especially skilled at something. This is related to the expertise needed to make a hole in one. Aces are most common on three-par holes, less so on four-and five-par holes.

Irregularly, since 1900, some form of the Atlantic Coast Express (ACE) has operated between London and the seaside resorts of South West England. World War I interrupted service; World War II interrupted service. Traffic to and from the seashore greatly increased in the summer and decreased in the winter. More passengers traveled on the weekends than on weekdays. Traffic on the ACE peaked in the 1950s and declined radically in the 1960s. The service was revived in 2008 and kept the name.

Answer: admiral

The rank of admiral, or one of its varieties, is one of the highest levels in most of the navies of the world. The uniform of an admiral is normally decorated with multiple gold stripes on sleeves and stars on collars. The rank includes admirals, vice admirals, and rear admirals. There has not been a five-star (fleet) admiral in the US Navy since 1946. The naval rank of admiral is the equivalent of the rank of general in other military services.

The Admiral Sportswear Company, founded in 1914 in Leicester, is the maker of all manner of sports attire, especially football. The firm sponsored football clubs and sold their kits to fans. The company also supplies kits to cricket, cycling and other athletic teams (and fans).

It is difficult to classify Sean Danker's 2016 novel because it includes elements of science fiction, mystery and horror. The setting is a foreign planet where four strangers are forced to cooperate to stay alive. Three of the people are recent military recruits; the fourth is the admiral. This book was the first in a five-part series (the Evagardian series), the installments of which were published one per year.

Answer: hope

Hope Lange (1933-2003) won the Primetime Emmy Award for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir." She had major roles on Broadway and in films, e.g "Bus Stop" (1956), "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961), and "Death Wish" (1974).

U.S. Senator Barack Obama wrote "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" in 2006. It became a bestseller (with a little help from Oprah Winfrey). Its contents became a major part of his 2008 campaign for the presidency.

William Scoresby (1789-1857), after whom Scoresby Sound was named, himself named Cape Hope in 1822. It was called "Kap Hope" in Danish and "Noorajik Kangitteq" meaning "the little Western cape." He chose the name to honour his grandfather Samuel Hope of Liverpool. The cape is opposite Cape Stuart, near the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit, formerly known as Scoresbysund.