Connection Round
What power ballad from Guns N' Roses third studio album is almost 9 minutes long?
November Rain
What landform forms where a river splits and spreads out before entering the sea?
Delta
Referencing a famous quotation written by Benjamin Franklin, two things in life are certain, death and what else?
Taxes
What is the capital, largest city, and the only city with a population of over 1 million in Afghanistan?
Kabul
In the card game "Blackjack," what number must you reach to win without going over?
21
The annual film awards known as The Academy Awards is more commonly known as what?
The Oscars
What phenomenon occurs when a sound reflects and is heard again?
Echo
Who are the siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch in a German fairy tale?
Hansel & Gretel
With prior residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud, what is the capital of Austria?
Vienna
"Mardi Gras", the final, festive day of the Carnival season translates literally from French to English as what?
Fat Tuesday
What 1976 song by Eagles features a mysterious inn that you can't leave?
Hotel California
What word describes identical attire worn by a group?
Uniform
There are two planets in our solar system without moons, Mercury is one, what is the other?
Venus
The capital of Libya, which African capital city is named from the Greek meaning 'three towns'?
Tripoli
What is the smallest of the world's five major oceans by surface area?
Arctic Ocean
Produced since 1974, what car model by Volkswagen is one of the best-selling vehicles ever?
Volkswagen Golf
What drink is often aged in wooden barrels and associated with Scotland or Ireland?
Whiskey
Best friends and room mates, the duo of iconic Muppet characters on Sesame Street are called what?
Bert and Ernie
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded every year in which European capital city?
Oslo
Who received the first ever Golden Record Award - for selling 1,000,000 copies of Chattanooga Choo Choo?
Glen Miller
What word might an audience shout after an impressive stage performance?
Bravo
What is the connection?
NATO phonetic alphabet
K2, the world's second-highest mountain, lies in regions administered by Pakistan and which other country?
The People's Republic of China
What is the Northernmost capital city in the world, while also being the Westernmost city in Europe?
Reykjavík
What was the surname of the Italian who invented a therapeutic hydrotherapy pump to give his toddler son Kenneth relief from his rheumatoid arthritis?
Jacuzzi (Candido Jacuzzi)