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Connections 13

Published by Quizologist in Trivia
October 6, 2009

A general knowledge quiz with a Connection running through the answers, start by answering the questions and then see if you can connect them.

Answer these ten questions and see if you can find the Connection.
(There is an explanation to how Connections works here and click Trivial Connections)

1. Who were the siblings who had a U.S. No 1 and U.K. No 2 in 1974 with Please Mr. Postman?

2. What two cricket positions equate to pitcher and catcher in baseball?

3. Who starred as Detective Sergeant John Taggart and Detective Billy Rosewood alongside Eddie Murphy in the Beverly Hills Cop films?

4. What time lord actor’s voice is heard on Little Britain?

5. Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?

6. What character was played by Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (1939)?

7. Who wrote the Horatio Hornblower series of naval stories?

8. What ‘P’ is an 11 letter word, which is a steak cut of beef?

9. Who is the author of Kane and Abel  and a peer associated with Weston-Super-Mare?

10. Who released Here I Stand which topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, U.K. and the U.S.A. in 2008?

What is the Connection?

The answers to these questions are after the next picture, the answer to the Connection is near the foot of the page.

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ANSWERS

1. Richard and Karen Carpenter

2. Bowler and wicketkeeper

3. John Ashton and Judge Reinhold

4. Tom Baker

5. Margaret Thatcher

6. Rhett Butler

7. C.S. Forester

8. Porterhouse

9. Jeffrey Archer (Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare)

10. Usher

Can you get the Connection?

The answers are listed again after this picture of Hornblower’s HMS Lydia with the CONNECTING WORDS HIGHLIGHTED.

Image via Wikipedia

ANSWERS with CONNECTING WORDS HIGHLIGHTED

1. Richard and Karen CARPENTER

2. BOWLER and wicketkeeper

3. John Ashton and JUDGE Reinhold

4. Tom BAKER

5. Margaret THATCHER

6. Rhett BUTLER

7. C.S. FORESTER

8. PORTERhouse

9. Jeffrey ARCHER (Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare)

10. USHER

Have you solved it, do you know what the Connection is?

The answer to the Connection and an explanation are following this picture of Jeffrey Archer.

Image via Wikipedia

CONNECTION ANSWER

The Connection is OCCUPATIONS (jobs and professions)

1. Carpenter

2. Bowler

3. Judge

4. Baker

5. Thatcher

6. Butler

7. Forester

8. Porter

9. Archer

10. Usher

MORE CONNECTIONS

There are more of these at

Connections  Revisited  Connections Three  Connections Four  Connections Five  Connections Six Connections Seven  Connections Eight  Connections Nine  Connections Ten Connections 11 Connections 12

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