YellowBelly Online A to Z Quiz: June 23rd edition

Hi and welcome to the 13th edition of YellowBelly A to Z Trivia for this Pandemic Season. With everything opening up and weather getting better, things may slow down soon. Or not. Make sure to stay tuned for updates on our special Second Wave Edition.

You may use Google, Zoom and so forth. Send your 26 A to Z answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm on June 23. 

Only one audio question today, hosted on Soundcloud:
1. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-1-june-23  There are four songs in this clip. What seven-letter word to they all have in common?

2. This actor has been in more than a dozen films, but few people could name more than one or two. His famous roles have been on TV series that feature his name (first, last, or both). Despite these series that collectively ran for 20+ seasons, the only Emmy he ever won was for a recent guest role on a sitcom. Though he doesn't sing, he has won three Grammys. Name the actor. 

3. This is a dangerous creature mentioned in works of a well-known author. In the first piece, the only detail given is a warning.  In the second, written 5 years later, there is more detail. Its voice is described as "a scream, shrill and high" that scares those who hear it. In a film adaptation, the creature appears as a huge dark bird resembling a vulture and a freckled chicken with a crimson head, with a long golden beak and a blue tongue. Name the creature. 

4. This one is a little punny: what word or name links us?

5. This is a catchphrase associated with a specific character. Curiously, it was not used as regularly as one might think – uttered first by the character in a film and then on episodes of a TV show and subsequent films. In a deleted scene from a movie, Danny Trejo used the catchphrase after telling a joke. Garth Brooks sings the catchphrase in a song with several TV show characters. Name the two-word catchphrase.

6. We could tell you her profession and/or how she died, but either would give away her identity. Everyone has heard of her. There are numerous things named for her including: several scholarships, streets (even in St. John's), an airport, a sporting hall of fame, a minor planet, a bridge, a museum, a library, a ship, a dam, and several awards. Name the famous person.

7. There is something about these above countries that is unique to only them and one other country (The Bahamas ALMOST fits the bill). Name the missing country. 

8. Some famous songs by this band could be cryptically described as follows:
(a) A pack of a certain type of carnivore
(b) A statutory holiday
(c) According to Guinness, it is thaumatin (or simply talin)
(d) Appears twice in Fibonacci
(e) A Hitchcock film
(f) A TV show from 2000s.
Name the band.

9. The current Scottish title holder is a direct descendant (great-grandson) of the more famous Scottish title holder, who gave his endorsement to this document that subsequently adopted his titular name (and who also had a public feud with a well-known writer). The document lists 12 guiding principles and is generally still followed today.

10. There are many accomplishments and accolades on this person’s list: a doctorate, national honours (including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom) from 13 different nations, and Time Person of the Year.  This person has been married twice – to a physicist and a chemist – and is closely associated with the following emoticon: <>  Give the person’s surname.

11. This is a weird observation: there is a species of bird called nightjars, that got their Latin genus name, Caprimulgus, from a myth that they sucked milk from goats (capra = goat, mulgus = to milk). Fair enough. If you play with the meaning of that definition just a tiny bit, and try a different sort of English to Latin translation, you would get the name of a much more well-known mythical creature.

12. There is a song that mentions in its lyrics the name of a Star Trek captain and also the answer to the music question (Q1). Name the band. 

13. The backstory of the title character in this film was that his parents died as a result of an incident involving cream of mushroom soup. Name the film. 

14. They are not a boy band, but have each won the same event at the same major sporting championships (in different years, and one of them is the youngest winner ever at 17). What is their last name?

15. Consider: 

(A) An early flyer

(B) A total jackass

(C) The team whose hero struck out

(D) A doofus who got the winning house points

(E) A place in song where you may waste away

What five-letter word connects them all?

16. Who is missing?

17. There is a character from a well-known TV show that was never meant to be a recurring, important character. He barely spoke in the first season, and until late in the series (when we learn his name), he was referred to by one of four nicknames that are all some form of “ ______ Man”. He ends up being the series’ main antagonist. The actor’s real name is the same as a former Canadian premier. Name the TV show.

18. These pictures should all lead you to the name of what song? 

19. This is the title of a great romantic novel. A modern version of the novel could be written by replacing the last word with COVID. The novel is prominently featured in a 21st century film, including the phone numbers 555-5510 and 555-1780. Name the novel.

20. What is the last name of the person who directly links us?

21. In a particular sport, consider (by many people’s standards) the best player still playing, and the best of all time. There is a famous entertainer whose stage name ‘loosely’ rhymes with the active player’s surname, and his birth surname ‘loosely’ rhymes with the greatest in history player's surname. Both athletes' nicknames contain the same adjective, but the entertainer is described with an adjective that is BETTER than the athletes’ adjective. Give the entertainer’s seven-letter stage name. 

22. There is a 4-letter proper name that binds us.

23. This musical group is a trio: their name sounds like it could be Japanese, but is not. In fact, they got their name by dropping the first two letters of a plural noun. The last four letters of this band is the same as the last four letters of a much more famous musical trio. Name the group. 

24. When you do the math above, you should be left with a number that is very closely associated with what author (please use the positive square root!)? 

25. This person is extremely famous, but people may not know what he looks like. His real surname is 8 letters long and includes two Z’s. He has directed many films, and there are several he could have directed for but for various reasons did not, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dreamgirls, Mermaids and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He is best known for something not related to directing films. Name the person.

26. The Peter Principle assumes that: 

People are promoted because they are competent, and that the tasks higher up in the hierarchy require skills they don't possess. Due to this, a competent employee will eventually be promoted to, and remain at, a position at which he or she is incompetent. 

By contrast, this principle assumes that: 

Promoted individuals were bad at every job they previously held, so placing them in a managerial role can slyly remove them from the workforce without firing them, rather than a reward for commendable service. 

This principle is the title of a business book authored by a notable cartoonist. Name the Principle.