What do these musical artists have in common?
The Beatles, Cabaret Voltaire, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Faith Hill, Paris Hilton, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Roxette, Third Eye Blind, The Troggs, and Jody Watley
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What do these movies have in common?
Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, Coyote Ugly, Blue Crush, The Fast and the Furious, Pushing Tin, Live Free or Die Hard, and The Insider?
(There are other movies that fit the category, but it’s not that common, either.)
Every now and again, I’ll have an idea for a question, do a little research, and find out that it hasn’t been answered yet. At least, not in a simple “check the almanac” sort of way.
Case in point, a question I had been considering for a geography round at the Old Pequliar: what foreign country has had more US citizens die there than any other?
When I came up with the question, I figured it was probably France, what with our participation in a couple of world wars. Then I thought maybe a nearby country like Mexico or Canada would actually win by gradual accumulation — lots of visitors, some of whom die.
Googling didn’t turn anything up. At all. I figured this might be one of those interesting statistics that someone had listed somewhere, but no dice.
I ended up starting a thread on the Straight Dope Message Board. So far, no consensus, but I’m starting to think the answer is Mexico.
David Crosby, Shelley Fabares, Larry Hagman, Evel Knievel, Linda Lovelace, Mickey Mantle, and Jim Nabors
The answer’s after the jump, in white. Highlight to read it.
What do these artists have in common: Blur, Harry Connick, Jr., Dread Zeppelin, Jewel, Midnight Oil, Prince, Public Image Limited, Rush, Sugar Ray, The Temptations, Usher, Van Halen, Wire, and Yes?
(This is not an exhaustive list.)
What unusual distinction unites these directors?
Mark Robson, Charles Walters, Phil Nebbelink and Simon Wells, Frank Oz, John Irvin, Glenn Gordon Caron, Larry Cohen, Steven Spielberg, Ingmar Bergman, and George Cukor.
What common bond unites all of these people?
Steve Allen, James Brown, Johnny Carson, Bob Denver, John Entwistle, Stephen Jay Gould, George Harrison, Bob Hope, Linda McCartney, George Plimpton, Tito Puente, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Johnny Unitas, Barry White
(I won’t claim this list is comprehensive, but this definitely includes most of the available candidates.)
And guess where I cross-posted it?
7/7: Edited to add a couple of names.
Armenia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Russia, Sierra Leone, and Yemen.
I’d say they’re the only countries with this unique commonality, but I can’t swear I didn’t miss one in my research.
(Once again cross-posted to the Ken Jennings message boards.)
(The first in a probably long series of questions that just won’t work in a pub setting, for whatever reason.)
These four people, and only these four people, have something in common. What is it?
Fred Astaire
Marlon Brando
Marlene Dietrich
Marilyn Monroe
(I also posted this on Ken Jennings’ message board, and I stole the idea from one of his Tuesday Trivia quizzes.)
The answer: