Country Folk (Part 3) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan played Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch of the The Fantastic Four in the 2015 reboot of the story, directed by Josh Trank. Chris Evans, who plays Captain America in the Marvel cinematic universe, had played The Human Torch in the first incarnation. But jumping ahead to 2018, Michael also played Erik Killmonger, the supervillain who challenges Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa in the worldwide blockbuster "Black Panther."

There may not be panthers native to the country Jordan, but there is a big cat called the caracal, a nocturnal hunter, that due to excessive hunting has been nearly wiped out of Jordan. While the caracal is common in Africa, it is now a rare species in Jordan.

Answer: Mr. Spock

It was in the Season 1 episode of "Star Trek" called "This Side of Paradise." She was indeed absolutely beautiful as a biologist on the planet Omicron Ceti III. The Enterprise had been sent on a clean up mission not expecting to find anyone alive because the planet was bombarded by Berthold Rays, but, lo and behold, the colonists are all still alive and thriving. What the Enterprise crew isn't told by the colonists is that they've been kept alive by these plant spores that kept them in good health but also a mental state of perpetual contentment. Enter Jill Ireland as Leila Kalomi, a former friend of Mr. Spock. She is in love with him and leads him to an area of flowers containing the spores and gets him close to them. They spew out their infectious spores and Spock is dazed by them, and, sure enough, they take effect and he is blissfully in love with Leila.

In 1990, the nation of Ireland once censored an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" for suggesting that Ireland unified in the year 2024.

Answer: boxing

Felix was twelve years old when he began his boxing career, winning five Puerto Rican National Championships in five different weight classes: 100, 112, 119, 126, and 132 pounds. His amateur record was 51-6. When he turned pro, his debut was fought on March 10, 1990, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He won in the second round by TKO over Angel Romero. He would go on to amass an incredible professional boxing record of 41 wins and 1 loss.

Trinidad is the fifth largest island in the West Indies. There are many successful boxers from Trinidad including Michael Alexander from Port of Spain, Trinidad, who won a bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Championships; Andrew Fermin who won silver medals in 2006 at the Central American and Caribbean Games; Daniel James, aka "Gentle Daniel," a light-heavyweight who retired in 1953; and many others.

Answer: Lone Star

The Dallas Film Critics Award came in 1996 for Ron Canada's performance as "Otis Payne" in the film "Lone Star" directed and written by John Sayles. Otis owns a nightclub in town (Frontera, Texas) and is a leading in the African-American community there. He comes under investigation by the Sheriff (Matthew McConaughey) over a murder that took place years ago. Gabriel Casseurs played the young Otis Payne in the flashback.

I actually appeared with Ron Canada way back in about 1981 or so in a staged playreading of the David Rabe play "Streamers." It was at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where Ron had actually worked as a broadcast journalist for ABC Hearst Broadcasting, Maryland Public Broadcasting, and Voice of America.

Founded in 1873, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were originally called simply the North-West Mounted Police. They became known as the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on February 1, 1920.

Answer: Alfred Stieglitz

In 1916, Alfred Stieglitz was so impressed with Georgia O'Keeffe's charcoal sketches that he displayed them in his gallery without asking her. Upset by this, when she arrived at the gallery she told him, "I am Georgia O'Keeffe and you will have to take these pictures down." It was a troubled start to their relationship though they soon made up and became friends. Though she was 23 years younger, they began writing long letters to each other every day. They were married eight years later.

Art in Georgia has seen many different cultural influences due to its geographical location at the crossroads of many of these cultures such as Greek Mesopotamian, Persian, Byzantine, and Anatolian. During the Middle Ages, Christian and Middle-eastern art held significant influence as well.

Answer: Indochina

As a French deputy in 1946 Pierre Mendes France won favor criticizing France's economic policy and its war in North Africa and Indochina. He pledged to negotiate France's way out of the war with Indochina within just 30 days and did just that. His success in French politics was short-lived as his economic policies soon got his Radical Party defeated on February 5, 1955.

In 1965 he threw his support behind Francois Mitterand for President against Charles de Gaulle and in 1967 he found his way back in the French National Assembly.

Answer: Lofty England, CEO of Jaguar Cars

Anthony W. England was born in Indianapolis, George Allan England in Nebraska, and Dave England in Ventura, California. Frank Raymond Wilton 'Lofty' England was born August 24, 1911 in East Finchley, North London, and went to school at Bristol and Christ's College.

He picked up an interest in cars at school there, and, at age 14, when his family moved to Edgeware, he fed his fascination with cars by observing chassis being tested at the Bentley motor company. He got the nickname "Lofty" because of his 6'5" height.

This was given to him when he was an apprentice at Daimler Motors in 1927. His first employer was at the Brooklands race track in England, but then, in 1934, he left to join the an American team of racers. In 1938, he worked for the Alvis car company as service engineer.

After flying as a pilot for the United States he returned to England and flew Lancasters during World War II bombing missions. He heard of a job with Jaguar motors and joined them in 1946 as a service manager.

It was just a matter of time before he became the renowned Jaguar Team Manager who engineered Jaguar's five wins at Le Mans in the 1950s. He soon became the managing director of Jaguar Cars, and then finally CEO in 1972.

Answer: Texas Governor Ann Richards

Holland Taylor penned and played the lead in "Ann" a show about the late Texas Governor Ann Richards, who served in that capacity from 1991 to 1995. She performed it on Broadway in 2013, earning a Tony nomination. Holland mentions that her first memory of Ann Richards was when she gave the keynote speech in 1988 at the Democratic National convention, which made her an overnight political sensation.

Holland is composed of twelve provinces in which each has its own government. The executive power is in the hands of a governor, or what they would call a King's Commissioner. That governor is appointed by the Cabinet.

Answer: Girl's boarding school stories

Born in Preston, Lancashire in England, Angela Brazil was a British author of "modern schoolgirls' stories" that departed from the Victorian Era's penchant for morality stories and instead focused on simply entertaining the readers. The stories were about the relationships between various students and usually written in the first person. Her books have sold more than 3 million copies.

The country of Brazil has some very popular international boarding schools. They have varying curricula but the most popular seem to be British, American, and International Baccalaureates. Most expatriate families who find themselves in Brazil choose these international schools over the public schools because the public schools usually only speak in Portuguese.

Answer: The Crying Game

Neil Jordan won the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for "The Crying Game." In addition to his nomination for Best Director, the film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Best Editing. The other films listed, all set in Ireland also, were also all nominated for Best Picture, however "Brooklyn" was directed by John Crowley, while both "My Left Foot" and "In The Name of the Father" were directed by Jim Sheridan.

Mr. Jordan describes growing up in the country of Ireland this way: "Ireland is very grey, and it seems like nothing has changed for centuries. The only bits of colour were in churches, with statues and gaudy religious vestments. It was a very insanely Catholic country." The country of Jordan, located in the Mideast, by contrast, is not gray at all, but instead experiences an average 310 sunny days a year. It is very dry and sunny from May through October.