Mastermind Club Quizzes

“Only Connect”

Quiz No. 1

Set by Tony Bell

Based on the TV quiz show “Only Connect”

Hover the cursor over the white panels to reveal the  connections and answers 

The  connecting wall answers are directly under the walls………take care not to scroll down to reveal 

Round 1 Connections

Ernest James – England

Mansur Ali Khan – India 

William Joseph – Australia

Eldrick Tont – USA

Connection -Sportsmen nicknamed ‘Tiger’  – Cricketers ‘Tiger’ Smith  ”Tiger’ Pataudi ‘Tiger’ O’Reilly & Golfer ‘Tiger’ Woods 

Glidepath

Earthlight

Imperial Earth

Childhood’s End

Connection – Arthur C. Clarke novels

Finland

Bavaria

Greece

Scotland

Connection – All have Blue and White Flags

Richard

James

George

John

Connection – First names of the Beatles – Richard Starkey, James (Paul) McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon

Winchester

Houlihan

Potter

Pierce

Connection – Surnames of characters in M*A*S*H

Wark

Parkinson

Lawley

Plomley

Connection –  Desert Island Discs Hosts

Round 2 Sequences

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Great Grandfather 1908

Father 1948

Husband 1956

 Relatives of Elizabeth II who have opened the Olympic Games. Edward VIII, London 1908, George VI, London 1948, The Duke of Edinburgh, Melbourne 1956         Next in sequence –  Queen Elizabeth II – herself in Montreal 1976 & London 2012 

Cologne

Munich

Hamburg

 Cologne is the 4th largest city in Germany, Munich is 3rd largest, Hamburg is 2nd largest   –

Next in sequence is Berlin the largest city in Germany

Governor

Senator

Nothing

 Highest political office attained before entering office for successive Presidents of the USA.

George Bush, Govenor of Texas, Barack Obama, Senator fron Illinois, Donald Trump, None

Next in sequence, Joe Biden, Vice President

1974

1979

1997

The years a British Prime Minister was succeeded by someone from a different political party following a General Election

1974: Edward Heath (Con) to Harold Wilson (Lab)  1979::James Callaghan (Lab) to Margaret Thatcher (Con) 

1997: John Major(Con) to Tony Blair (Lab)

Next in sequence 2010 : Gordon Brown (Lab) to David Camaron (Con)

Falcon

Antares

Intrepid

Successful moon landing manned spacecraft going back in time

Falcon (Apollo 15) Antares (Apollo 14) Intrepid (Apollo 12)

Next in sequence : Eagle, the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon from Apollo 11

Italy

Poland

Germany

Nationalities of the last 4 Popes.

John Paul I (Italy) John Paul II (Poland) Benedict XVI (Germany)

Next in Sequence Argentina – Pope Francis

Round 3 Connecting Wall

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Kirk

English

Sulu

Pinsent

Redgrave

Scott

Beresford

Chapel

Arden

Muldoon

Spock

Baltic

North

Rand

Tasman

McCoy

Kim

Paris

Grenoble

Montpellier

The Man Who Be King

Lyon

Oslo

Kes

Innsbruck

Vancouver

Janeway

Chakotay

Neelix

Jungle Book

If

Toulouse

Lion Connecting Wall -Answers

Muldoon

Kirk

English

Arden

Prime Ministers of New Zealand

Spock

Beresford

Pnsent

Redgrave

Olympic Rowing Champions

North

Sulu

Tasman

Baltic

Seas

Scott

Rand

McCoy

Chapel

Star Trek original series characters

Water Connecting Wall - Answers

Paris

Lyon

Montpellier

Toulouse

French Cities

Grenoble

Innsbruck

Oslo

Vancouver

Winer Olympics Host Cities

Kes

Janeway

Neelix

Chackotay

Star Trek Voyager Characters

Kim

Jungle Book

If

The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling Works

Round 4 Missing Vowels

Science Fiction Writers

SC SMV

RBRT HNLN

STPN BXTR

JLS VRN

Isaac Asimov

Robert Heinlein

Stephen Baxter

Jules Verne

Capital Cities

NTNNRV

SL

CLMB

NKR

Antananarivo

Oslo

Colombo

Ankara

ABBA Songs

DDDDD

WTRL

MMM M

GL

I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do

Waterloo

Mamma Mia

Eagle