Connections 12

Another batch of questions with a Connection running through the answers.

Answer these ten questions and see if you can find the Connection?

1. What 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger film co-starred Grace Jones as Zula?

2. What one word can mean both "to have the flavour of" and "to slap" but can also be slang for heroin?

3. What musical tells the story of a Scottish village that only appears and comes to life one day every 100 years?

4. What do the initials R.N.L.I., a British and Irish charity, stand for?

5. What, with the initials "JC", is Wesley Snipes character name in the film Passenger 57?

6. What "S" is a type of folk music influenced by jazz and blues?

7. What sport, which was in the Olympic Games between 1900 and 1920, features two teams of eight and a rope approximately 4 inches (10cm) in circumference?

8. What one word can mean both "rubbish" and "old or second-hand articles sold cheaply" but can also be slang for drugs especially heroin?

9. Who released Dylanesque, an album of Bob Dylan covers, in 2007?

10. What in Britain is a large sherry glass but in the U.S.A. a large beer glass?

What is the Connection?

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Connections 11

Yet another Connections challenge. Answer 10 questions and then try to find a connection running through all of the 10 answers.

Firstly here are the ten questions

1. Name the late singer Michael Jackson's three children?

2. In motor racing what Formula 1 World Championship race took place at Imola, Italy annually from 1981 until 2006?

3. What character appearing in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation between 2004 and 2007 was played by Louise Lombard?

4. If, in the NATO phonetic alphabet, SAS is Sierra Alpha Sierra what is KLM?

5. In To the Manor Born what were the names of the characters played by Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles?

6. What ocean liner, nicknamed the Great White Whale, provided transport for Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War in 1982?

7. Who played Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ER?

8. Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?

9. Who directed the films 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999)?

10. What dish is this describing: beef tenderloin coated with pate and a paste made from onions, shallots, mushrooms and butter - all of which is then wrapped in pastry and baked?

Now what is the Connection?

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Connections 10

Another set of questions where the answers, or part of each answer, have a Connection. Can you find that Connection?

Start by answering these 10 questions

1. A cover of what 1960 Brian Hyland song was released by Bombalurina with Timmy Mallett in 1990?

2. What mountains which run north to south in western Russia are considered a natural border between Europe and Asia?

3. In men's tennis, and in the week starting Monday 14th September 2009, who was ranked as No.3 in the world?

4. Name the members of Take That in 1990?

5. Of what country is Asuncion the capital?

6. Who wrote and released the single American Pie in 1971?

7. Who was the heroine from Longstone Lighthouse who rescued survivors from the shipwreck of the SS Forfarshire in 1838?

8. What substance is associated with a 30th wedding anniversary?

9. Name three of The Wombles, one with a name starting with a 'T', one with an 'O' and one with a 'W'?

10. What is both a ballet, which was danced by Anna Pavlova about 4,000 times, and the title of a Tennyson poem?

What is the Connection?



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Connections Nine

Some more general knowledge questions to answer, and as before there is a link running through the answers forming a connection – see if you can solve it!

Start by answering these ten questions

1. Who won the World Snooker Championships in 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987,1988 and 1989?

2. What two breeds of dogs are crossbred to create a labradoodle?

3. What is the name of an island in Indonesia and a computer software platform?

4. Who was the first U.S. President to be assassinated?

5. By what name is The Beatles‘ninth album, a double album self-titled The Beatles and released in 1968, commonly known?

6. If silver represents a 25th and gold represents a 50th what represents a 35th wedding anniversary?

7. What two Scottish Football teams are collectively known as the ‘Old Firm‘?

8. Which British admiral created a wind force scale in 1805?

9. What was Supergirl’s original Kryptonian name?

10. What German battleship, sunk in the North Atlantic on 27th May 1941, shares its name with a U.S. State capital?

What is the Connection?

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Connections: Part Eight

Another quiz with a Connection between the answers or at least between part of each answer.

Firstly some general knowledge questions to answer...

1. What direction is to the left if facing the rising sun?

2. What, first formed in May 1940 and disbanded in December 1945, was originally known as Local Defence Volunteers and became affectionately known as Dad's Army?

3. Where according to the Book of Genesis was the place where Adam and Eve first lived?

4. What is a British flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies?

5. Who played Juan Trippe in the The Aviator (2004)?

6. Who is the narrator and main character of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped?

7. Which of The Wombles was the clever, scientific one?

8. What novel by John Godey (pen name of Morton Freedgood) was made into films starring Walter Matthau in 1974 and Denzel Washington in the 2009 remake?

9. What band released Hoots Mon, which included the line "Hoots mon, there's a moose loose aboot this hoose!", and was a U.K. number one for three weeks in 1958?

10. Who played Ennis del Mar in the film Brokeback Mountain?

What is the Connection?

For answers and connection see Connections: Part Eight

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Connections: Part Seven

As with the previous Connections in this series there is a link running through the answers of ten general knowledge questions providing a Connection. The link may relate to the entire answer or just part of it.

Ten questions to get you started - answer these and try to find a theme connecting the various answers

1. What was the title character's name in the TV series Frasier?

2. Who, a music producer born in 1926, was often called the fifth Beatle?

3. What were the names of the three brothers in the Bee Gees?

4. Who was the author of Beau Geste?

5. Who released these albums: Reasonable Doubt in 1996 and Kingdom Come in 2006?

6. What country has land borders with all of the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, and Syria?

7. Who is the longest serving broadcaster on BBC Radio 1?

8. Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?

9. What fruit is also known as the Chinese gooseberry?

10. Who was Jodie Foster's character in The Silence of the Lambs?

What is the connection?

For answer see Connections: Part Seven

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Connections - Part 6

Another little connecting mind game to solve. Answer ten questions on various subjects then try to identify a connection running through the answers.

The first thing to do is answer these ten questions

1. Who had U.K. number one hits with "Saving All My Love for You" (1985) and "I Will Always Love You" (1992)?

2. What "A", regarded as one of the greatest National Hunt horses of all time, won three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1964 & 66?

3. Who played Lincoln Rhyme in the 1999 film "The Bone Collector" and Ben Marco in the 2004 film "The Manchurian Candidate"?

4. What "R" is a member of the House of Grimaldi who ruled Monaco from 1949 until his death in 2005?

5. In what country is Nairobi the largest city and capital?

6. What "S" on Merseyside is home to the rugby league club that won the World Club Challenge in February 2007?

7. Which "E" was the English nurse shot by the Germans in 1915 for helping hundreds of allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium?

8. Who was the European who during the eighteenth century made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand?

9. What "L" is the largest inland body of water in Great Britain?

10. In what sport are Wang Hao and Zhang Yining respectively the reigning men's and women's world champions?

What is the connection?

For answer see Connections - Part 6

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