Zorba's Common Bond #2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: England

England reached the finals in 1979, 1987 and 1992 but lost all three times.

Answer: Hercules

The movie was released in 1997 and the cast included Danny DeVito, Tate Donovan and James Woods. 'A Star is Born', 'The Prophecy', 'Zero to Hero' and 'I Won't Say (I'm in Love)' are some of the songs from the movie.

Answer: 1920

Robert Peary is believed to have been the first man to reach the North Pole on April 6th, 1909. He was an American explorer and had received several honours from different scientific societies for his explorations and discoveries in the Arctic region. He died on the 20th of February, 1920 in Washington, D.C.

Answer: Rosalind

Rosalind is one of the 21 satellites of the planet Uranus while the others are satellites of the planet Jupiter. All the satellites of Uranus have been named after characters created by Shakespeare. Rosalind was named after the daughter of the banished Duke in the play 'As You Like It'. Juliet, Ophelia, Desdemona, Portia and Cordelia are some of the other satellites of Uranus.

Answer: Mary Ann Evans

Mary Ann Evans was born in 1819 at Arbory Park near Coventry. In 1859 she published her first novel 'Adam Bede' under the pen name George Eliot. Some of the other novels written by her include 'The Mill on the Floss', 'Silas Marner', 'Ramola' and the literary masterpiece 'Middlemarch'. She died of a kidney illness on the 22nd of December, 1880 in London. Emily Bronte wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, Mary Louise de la Ramee used the pen name Ouida while Hector Hugh Munro used the pen name Saki.

Answer: Roger

The Morse code letter R (dit-dah-dit) was used to indicate that everything was OK in the days of wireless communication. Thus Roger became the logical voice-phone equivalent. 'Roger' means 'message received' and 'Roger Wilco' means 'message received, understood and will be complied with'.

Answer: Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid won for her performance in 'Murder on the Orient Express'. She had previously won an Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in 'Gaslight' (1945). The other three actresses have also won Oscars in the Best Supporting Actress category. Tatum O'Neal won in 1973 for 'Paper Moon', Eileen Heckart in 1972 for 'Butterflies Are Free' and Lee Grant in 1975 for 'Shampoo'.

Answer: The Mousetrap

'The Mousetrap' opened at The Ambassadors Theatre on 25th November, 1952 with Richard Attenborough and Sheila Simms in leading roles. The play has been presented in 44 countries and translated into 24 different languages. The 50th anniversary of the production was attended by Her Majesty, The Queen and His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh.

The identity of the killer is one of West End's best kept secrets and audiences are requested not to give away the ending.

Answer: 1976

British Airways' first commercial supersonic flight was on the 21st of January, 1976 from London to Bahrain. The first Concorde flight from London to New York was on the 22nd of November, 1977. The last commercial Concorde flight was on the 24th of October, 2003, from New York to London. Average flight time between Heathrow Airport, London and JFK Airport, New York was three hours and 20 minutes for the Concorde, while a Boeing 747 covered the same distance in more than seven hours.

Answer: Agatha Christie

1) Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, England on 15th September, 1890.
2) & 3) Her first novel 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' was published in 1920 featuring one her most famous characters, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
4) She had a daughter named Rosalind by her first husband, Colonel Archibald Christie.
5) She wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
6) & 7) 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'Murder on the Orient Express' were two of her famous novels that propelled her into the limelight.
8) 'The Mousetrap' was adapted by Christie from one of her own works - a thirty minute radio production called 'Three Blind Mice' which she had written for Queen Mary's eightieth birthday celebrations.
9) She died on 12th January, 1976.