TRIVIA CONNECTION
What on Earth? Earthly Titles Trivia By Paula Green
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APRIL 2020 | www.northernconnectionmag.com
Get set to don those thinking caps, because it’s time to get a little trivial... 1. She was the author of the 1931 novel, The Good Earth? 2. Name the 70s R&B, soul, disco band that was founded and led by Maurice White. 3. In 1982, David Bowie sang the holiday hit Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy. Name the famous crooner who accompanied him in this song. 4. He portrayed circus manager Brad Braden in Cecil B. DeMille’s film The Greatest Show on Earth. 5. Carole King sang this worldly song on her 1971 Tapestry album. 6. Name the actress who starred in 1951 classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. 7. Which rock band released the tune Salt of the Earth in 1968? 8. Jessica Alba, Sofia Vergara and Sarah Jessica Parker starred in this 2013 animated adventure comedy film. 9. In October 1954, this group released the song Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine). 10. This singer/actress sang the holiday song, Santa Baby. Ironically she passed away on Christmas Day in 2008. 11. The 1993 Vietnam film Heaven & Earth starred Tommy Lee Jones and Debbie Reynolds. Who wrote and directed it? 12. Name the trendy footwear that became popular in the 1970s. 13. Which actress portrayed Remy in the 1974 disaster flick Earthquake? 14. We see these critters come out in the rain; they also make good fishing bait. 15. This real-life father and son, portray a father and son in the 2013 movie After Earth. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/earth-day, https://www.ranker. com/list/the-best-songs-with-earth-in-the-title/ranker-music, https://www.imdb. com/search/keyword/?keywords=planet-in-title, ranker.com/list-best-movies-withearth-in-the-title, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthBound, Answers: 1. Pearl S. Buck 2. Earth, Wind & Fire 3. Bing Crosby 4. Charlton Heston 5. I Feel the Earth Move 6. Patricia Neal 7. The Rolling Stones 8. Escape from Planet Earth 9. The Penguins 10. Eartha Kitt 11. Oliver Stone 12. earth shoes 13. Ava Gardner 14. earthworms 15. Will and Jaden Smith
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n April 22, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This environmental celebration was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues. The commemoration is a global celebration that sometimes extends into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green living. Senator Gaylord Nelson was the founder of this annual event. Earth Day began as a “national teach-in on the environment” and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of students that could be reached on university campuses. By raising public awareness of pollution, Nelson hoped to bring environmental causes into the national spotlight. In honor of this semi-centennial anniversary, we are going to focus on “earthly titles.” In the music realm, we’ve danced or listened to – Back to Earth, Earth Anthem, Earth Blues, Down to Earth, Earth Song, The Greatest Love on Earth, Heaven on Earth, Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Let There Be Peace on Earth, Mother Earth, Night on Earth, Not of This Earth, Planet Earth, Promise the Earth, Revolution Earth, and When the Earth Moves Again. We got the popcorn ready as we watched the films – Battlefield Earth, Earth: vs. the Flying Saucers, Earthly Possessions, Escape from Planet Earth, Here on Earth, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Not of This Earth, The Smallest Show on Earth, The Quiet Earth and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. Lastly, we have the battle of the sexes with the films – The Last Guy on Earth, The Last Man on Earth and Last Woman on Earth. If you are a bookworm, you’d enjoy – The Greatest Love on Earth; Inherit the Earth; Mother Earth, Father Sky; Pillar of Earth and To the Ends of the Earth. On television, there was the show Earth: The Final Conflict, which ran from 1997-2002. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus billed their shows as the, “Greatest Show on Earth!” When you’re feeling mellow, then wear “earth tones,” which refer to any color containing some brown. An EarthCam is a network of live-streaming webcams for tourism and entertainment. EarthBound is a role-playing video game published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. EarthLink, which was established in 1994, is an American internet service provider. Since we have provided you with some celestial names, we must now “unearth” this-worldly query.
