Connection Round
Authors Surnames
Classic Hollywood Actors
Food
American Athletes
100

Which word when used as an adjective means "covered with fine, soft hair or feathers"?

Downy 

100

What is the surname of the author who wrote 'Death on the Nile?

Christie 

100

Which Swedish born actress was one of the top stars in Hollywood in the 1940s and is particularly well known for her role in Casablanca opposite Humphrey Bogart?

Ingrid Bergman 

100

Also commonly known as butter beans, which beans got their name from the place in Peru they were first exported from?

Lima beans 

100

Who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947?

Jackie Robinson

200

Other than New York, which state in America often has the word "state" appended to distinguish it from a city?

Washington 

200

What is the surname of the author who wrote 'Das Kapital' ?

Marx 

200

Which star of the 1959 film North by Northwest was born Archibald Alec Leach in 1904 in Bristol?

Cary Grant

200

What herb is sometimes also known as Chinese parsley or Mexican parsley?

Cilantro / Coriander 

200

Born Walker Smith Jr. in 1921, who is credited with being the originator of the modern sports "entourage"?

Sugar Ray Robinson

300

What is the name given to a young goose?

Gosling 

300

What is the surname of the author who wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'?

Coleridge 

300

Which American Actress made her film debut in Bad Sister in 1931, and received her first Oscar for her role in the 1935 film Dangerous?

Bette Davis 

300

Tofu is made by pressing the curds of what type of bean milk into solid blocks?

Soy 

300

Which fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (from 1957-1965) is considered to be of the greatest running backs, and also lacrosse players of all time?

Jim Brown 

400

What is the profession of a craftsperson who treats metals by heating, hammering, and forging it to create tools, armor, or weapons?

Smith

400

What is the surname of the author who wrote 'Jurassic Park'?

Crichton 

400

Over her 6 decade career, which star of "The African Queen" won four Academy Awards for Best Actress, the most of any actress?

Katharine Hepburn 

400

Ruby red in color, grenadine or grenadine syrup is made from the juice of which fruit?

Pomegranate

400

In baseball, which Boston Red Sox left-fielder's .406 average in 1941 is one of sport's magic numbers - No player has topped .400 since?

Ted Williams

500

What did they have in common?

All Actors!

500

What is the surname of the author who wrote 'Jaws', which was later turned into a film?

Benchley 

500

Which American actor and comedian was known as "The Great One" and co-starred with Paul Newman in the 1961 film "The Hustler"?

Jackie Gleason

500

Picholine and Gaeta are types of which fruit?

Olive

500

Turning professional in 1996 at the age of 20, which golfer has the lowest career scoring average in PGA Tour history and has amassed the most career earnings of any player in PGA Tour history (even after inflation is considered)?

Tiger Woods

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