Start by trying to answer these questions, once you have done that try to FIND THE CONNECTION between the answers (or at least between parts of all the answers)

1.  What ‘S’ is an 8 letter word for the yarmulka worn by Jews or the Zucchetto worn by catholic clergy?

2. What four plants are the national symbols of Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales?

3. What TV cook’s father was British Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1983 and 1989?

4. Who used the alias ‘The Joan Collins Fanclub‘?  

5. What ‘G’ was the name of a character in both ‘Just William’ and the ‘Biggles’ stories?

‘Biggles’

Image via Wikipedia

6. What UK executive agency, which was once in the Tower of London, is now based at Llantrisant, South Wales?

7. What was Julia Sawalha character’s full name in ‘Absolutely Fabulous‘?  

8. What ceremonial item is carried in front of the Speaker when he enters or leaves the House of Commons?  

9. What was John Cleese’s character name in ‘Fawlty Towers‘?

John Cleese in ‘Fawlty Towers’
Image via Wikipedia

10. What ‘R’ is a 1968 American horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, which was based on a novel of the same name by Ira Levin?

Roman Polanski

Image via Wikipedia

Now what is the connection? 

(Hint as to how this works: if you had three answers as follows:
1) President James Garfield,

2) Sylvester Stallone and

3) Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

The connection could be cartoon characters as GARFIELD, SYLVESTER and PLUTO are all CARTOON CHARACTERS.)

ANSWERS

The answers to the above 10 questions are

1. Skullcap

2. Thistle, shamrock, rose and leek

3. Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson
Image via Wikipedia

4. Julian Clary

Julian Clary
Image vi Wikipedia

5. Ginger

6. Royal Mint

7. Saffron Monsoon

8. Mace

9. Basil Fawlty

10. Rosemary’s Baby

The word making the connection in each answer is capitalised:

1. SKULLCAP

2. THISTLE, shamrock, rose and leek

3. NIGELLA Lawson

4. Julian CLARY

5. GINGER

6. Royal MINT

7. SAFFRON Monsoon

8. MACE

9. BASIL Fawlty

10. ROSEMARY’s Baby

‘Rosemary’s Baby’ poster

Image via Wikipedia

CONNECTION
The connection is herbs & spices.  Skullcap (herb), Thistle (herb), Nigella (herb), Clary (herb), Ginger (spice), Mint (herb), Saffron (spice), Mace (spice), Basil (herb) and Rosemary (herb).