September 15

2008

The British quiz show Only Connect premieres on the BBC.

Only Connected

What do these groups of four people all have in common?

  1. Bobby Darin, Ted Bundy, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson
  2. Mother Teresa, J. Robert Oppenheimer, J. R. R. Tolkien, Voltaire
  3. Elton John, Hideki Tojo, Owen Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr.
  4. Larry the Cable Guy, Rob Gronkowski, Lil Wayne, Logan Paul
  5. Ben Folds, Rosa Parks, Tom Waits, Jeremy Irons
  6. Shakira, Prince, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Love Hewitt
  7. Elon Musk, Albert Camus, Freddie Mercury, Hugo Weaving
  8. Jerry Garcia, Jesse James, Rahm Emanuel, James Doohan
  9. Simon Bolivar, Christopher Columbus, King Philip II of Spain, St. George
  10. Stefan Karl Stefansson, Ray Lewis, Heath Ledger, Emperor Justinian I
  1. They were all raised believing their mother was their sister.
  2. They all appeared in Epic Rap Battles of History.
  3. They all attempted suicide.
  4. They all competed on The Masked Singer.
  5. They all have complete sentences for names.
  6. They are all 5’2”.
  7. They were all born in Africa.
  8. They all lost fingers.
  9. They all have countries named after them.
  10. They all notably wore purple.
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