Common Bonds
(What do these words have in common)
(What do these words have in common)
It Started at the World's Fair
Operas, Big and Small
Bullying in Books
Science By the Letter
US History
Potpourri
100
Egg
Off
Snow
What is WHITE?
100
Alexander Graham Bell first introduced his invention in 1876 at the Philadelphia World's Fair. When the invention was demonstrated, Brazil's Emperor Dom Pedro famously said, "My God, it talks!
What is the telephone?
100
This band created the first rock opera in 1969, about a deaf, blind and mute kid who "sure plays a mean pinball."
Who are The Who?
100
Known for convincing Charlie Brown to kick the football, swearing she won't pull the ball away this time and then, surprise surprise, pulling the ball away, she Linus' sister and is the chief antagonist in the Peanuts Universe.
Who is Lucy Van Pelt?
100
Initials P and F. The fastest bird in the world, it can reach 200 mph during a dive.
What is the Peregrine Falcon?
100
In 1968, Richard Nixon defeated this alliterative Democrat to win the presidential election.
Who is Hubert H Humphrey?
100
This was the first soft drink in space.
What is Coca-Cola?
200
Horse
Set
Paper
What is Back?
200
The go-to snack at a ballpark, and even mentioned in Take Me Out to the Ball Game, this sweet treat was first introduced at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
What are Cracker Jacks?
200
This German pianist composed hundreds of works, such as Fur Elise and Ode to Joy, but he only penned one opera called Fidelio.
Who is Beethoven?
200
In this Stephen King novel, a shy, friendless teenage girl is bullied by her classmates and sheltered by her domineering mother; forcing her to unleash her telekinetic powers on her classmates at her senior prom.
What is Carrie?
200
Starts with H. The medical term for bad breath
What is Halitosis?
200
On August 14, 1901, Clara Maass allowed herself to be bitten by an infected mosquito as part of an experiment to find the cause and spread pattern of this colorful disease.
What is yellow fever?
Extra info:
Malaria is caused by a parasite, while yellow fever is caused by a virus. The types of mosquitoes that spread malaria are different than the mosquitoes that spread yellow fever.
200
The L of author L. Frank Baum name rhymes with the occupation of the fellow Simple Simon met on the way to the fair.
What is Lyman?
(Simple Simon met a pieman, going to the fair . . . )
300
Public
Color
Cable
What is Television?
300
This famous Ford model made its debut on April 17, 1964, at the World's Fair in New York and almost immediately sold 20,000 cars at local dealerships The car became famous for its long hood, shorter trunk and distinctive grille.
What is the Mustang?
300
The Phantom of the Opera is the melodramatic tale of a hideous recluse who abducts a beautiful young chorus girl in this city's famous opera house.
What is Paris?
300
In the Disney retelling of this classic fairy tale from 1704, written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, Gaston is the bully hoping to win Belle's disinterested heart.
"Gosh it disturbs me to see you, Gaston
Looking so down in the dumps
Every guy here'd love to be you, Gaston
Even when taking your lumps"
What is Beauty and the Beast?
300
Starts with B - an alloy of Copper and Tin
What is Bronze?
300
This is is one of the world's largest marketplaces for securities and other exchange-traded investments, it was founded in 1817.
What is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)?
300
After “It’s Only Make Believe”, his first major pop hit in the late 1950s, this singer crossed over to country stardom in the 1960s with songs like Hello Darlin' and Tight Fittin' Jeans, as well as several duets with Loretta Lynn including (yes, really) "You're The Reason Our Kids are Ugly."
Who is Conway Twitty?
400
Midnight
Desert
Rising
What is SUN?
400
It took eight months to build this landmark that fit into the 1962 expo's 21st century theme. Today, it remains one of the top tourist attractions in Seattle.
What is the Space Needle?
400
These Victorian Era opera creators, one the dramatist, the other the composer, are behind works such as HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Iolanthe and Pirates of Penzance.
Who are Gilbert and Sullivan?
400
In this Shakespeare play, Goneril and Regan manipulate and cruelly mistreat their aging father, flattering him to gain power, stripping him of his authority, leaving him unprotected and alone.
What is King Lear?
400
P and D, the two moons of Mars, named for the two sons of Ares (the Greek version of Mars).
What are Phobos and Deimos (which mean "fear" and "dread")?
400
The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, when for the first time, American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. This man was President (#5) at the time.
Who is James Monroe?
400
When written out in English, all odd numbers contain this letter.
What is E?
All odd numbers contain the letter "e" because the foundational odd numbers like "one," "three," "five," "seven," and "nine" all include the letter "e," and larger odd numbers are constructed using these base words; making it a pattern that applies to all odd numbers.
500
Breaking
Bad
Daily
What is News?
500
Josephine Garis Cochrane introduced this kitchen appliance at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, after years of trying to automate something she thought her servants were doing too slowly.
What is the dishwasher?
500
RENT, written by Jonathan Larson, debuted in 1993. It was a modern retelling of this opera by Puccini, about Mimi, a seamstress and her friends, living in Paris.
What is La Boheme?
500
Almost every bully in this fantasy series comes from Slytherin House at Hogwarts School. Most prominent throughout the series is He Who Shall Not Be Named, (Lord Voldemort) who bullies anyone who isn't a pureblood wizard
What is Harry Potter?
500
Starts with G - the substance that diamonds will eventually degrade into, though it takes billions of years. Good news for future pencil makers
What is Graphite?
500
Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal; she won the gold medal for this track and field event at the 1948 Olympics in London.
What is High Jump?
500
The following languages (Arabic, Aramaic, Azeri, Dhivehi/Maldivian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Persian/Farsi, Urdu) share this characteristic on the page.
What is The are written and read right to left?