Connections - 07/11/11

1. The events of which Shakespeare play takes place over the shortest period of time?
Romeo and Juliet

2. Which country recently defeated the English cricket team 5-0 in a series of one day matches?
India

3. What is the first name of the Hammerstein who is part of Rogers and Hammerstein?
Oscar

4. Which famous style of dance shares its name with a soft drink marketed by Britvic?
Tango

5. What is the name of Sully’s sidekick in the Monsters Inc movie? (first name and second name)
Mike Wazowski

6. In what month would the Scots celebrate St. Andrew’s day?
November

7. Parker’s Heritage, Yamazaki and Hanky Bannister are all award-winning kinds of what?
Whiskey

8. What is the first name of Dr Frankenstein, who created the monster at the heart of the novel Frankenstein?
Victor

9. Which TV business has been managed by Charlie Edwards (played by Max Beesley) and Rebecca Mitchell (played by Tamzin Outhwaite)?
Hotel Babylon

10. What connects all of these?
Letters of the Phonetic Alphabet

Connections - 31/10/11

1. What disease did Marilyn Monroe, Enrique Iglesias and Margaret Thatcher all reportedly suffer from?
Insomnia

2. Who took the Christmas No. 1 slot in 2009?
Rage against the Machine

3. What name is given to the individual rectangular textboxes that make up a spreadsheet?
Cell

4. Who is Frank Lampard’s fiancée?
Christine Bleakley

5. Which first name connects Fisher, the actress who played Prinecss Leia in the original Star Wars triology, and Bradshaw, the main character in Sex and the City?
Carrie

6. Which famous geyser was the first in Yellowstone National Park to receive its name?
Old Faithful

7. Which letter is represented in the NATO phonetic alphabet by the name of a month?
N

8. Which Maroon 5 song includes the lyrics “And there ain't nobody who can comfort me, oh yeah. Why won't you answer me? The silence is slowly killing me, oh yeah?”
Misery

9. What is 44 times 32?
1408

10. What connects these?
Stephen King works

Connections - 03/10/11

Connections

1. In which sport may you hear the terms "gully", "powerplay" and "full toss"?
Cricket

2. Which song did Lady Gaga dedicate to suicide victim Jamey Rodemeyer at the iHeartRadio festival last weekend?
Hair

3. What is the nickname of Peregrin Took in Lord of the Rings, which is also the name of a variety of apple?
Pippin

4. To which state of the USA did Chandler Bing accidentally agree to move to after falling asleep in a board meeting in the TV series Friends?
Oklahoma

5. What game does Deep Blue famously play?
Chess

6. Which US city is known as the Windy City?
Chicago

7. Which Paris landmark is famous for the red windmill on its roof?
Moulin Rouge

8. What are Lord Tubbington in Glee; Snowball in the Simpsons and Dinah in Alice in Wonderland?
Cats

9. Which Hans Christian Andersen book was the inspiration for a statue just off the coast of Copenhagen?
The Little Mermaid

10. What do the above ten answers have in common?
All musical theatre shows.

Connections - 26/09/11

1. With what song did Sweden win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974?
Waterloo

2. What shape is the office of the President of the USA?
Oval

3. What CBBC show ran from 1978 until 2008 and documented life in a comprehensive school?
Grange Hill

4. Which football club play their games in Upton Park and are managed by Sam Allardyce?
West Ham

5. What real first name is shared by singers Pixie Lott and Little Boots?
Victoria

6. Which British brand of car, founded in 1857, has a Griffin as its logo?
Vauxhall

7. In the musical Rent, what is the name of the young drag queen who has been diagnosed with AIDS?
Angel

8. Which famous sporting event takes place at the All England Club?
Wimbledon

9. On which road did Sherlock Holmes live?
Baker Street

10. What connects all these answers?
They’re all stations on the London underground