Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! champion/co-host Ken Jennings. Here's how to play: All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out? (Note: We've given you a hint by showing you how many letters are contained within the answer, but this quiz is not interactive.)
1. The Troggs, the Kingsmen, and MC5 were American bands that played a ragged style of rock named for what part of a house?
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2. In 1912, Polish biochemist Casimir Funk coined what new compound word for a necessary micronutrient like niacin and thiamine?
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3. What rank is the French sailor Verguennes in the title of John Fowles’s 1969 novel about the fate of his “Woman”?
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4. The quagga, extinct since 1883, was a type of what African animal?
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5. What kind of juice can be used to mix a Caesar cocktail in Canada and a vampiro cocktail in Mexico?
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ANSWERS ----->1. The Troggs, the Kingsmen, and MC5 were American bands that played a ragged style of rock named for what part of a house?
GARAGE
2. In 1912, Polish biochemist Casimir Funk coined what new compound word for a necessary micronutrient like niacin and thiamine?
VITAMIN
3. What rank is the French sailor Verguennes in the title of John Fowles’s 1969 novel about the fate of his “Woman”?
LIEUTENANT
4. The quagga, extinct since 1883, was a type of what African animal?
ZEBRA
5. What kind of juice can be used to mix a Caesar cocktail in Canada and a vampiro cocktail in Mexico?
TOMATO
WHAT'S THE KENNECTION ----->What's the Kennection?
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This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as What’s the Kennection? #83.
