#315
Connect Fourth of July, Mixed Bag, Alphabetical Spelling, Deliciously Orange, and Rhyming Slang.
Connect Fourth of July
Four seemingly unrelated questions. For question five, we’ll ask what connects their answers.
Hint: only one word from each answer is relevant to the connection.
Which Oscar-nominated actor had supporting roles in the films Drop Dead Gorgeous, Catch Me If You Can, Talladega Nights and Her?
First awarded in 1957, what is considered Australia’s most prestigious literary award?
In June 2026, Kim Kardashian hard-launched on Instagram her relationship with which athlete?
Sharing their name with a major thoroughfare in New York City, which Australian electronic music duo had a hit in 1999 with “Don’t Call Me Baby”?
What connects the answers to the first four questions?
There may be more ways than one to connect these answers, but can you give us the specific connection we’re looking for?
Connect Fourth of July
Mixed Bag
Man alive, it’s a round of five.
What family relation is Supergirl to Superman?
Referring to a certain type of processor, the third generation of video games and consoles is often called the what era?
What is the Guinness World Record for the most skips of a stone across a body of water: 22, 44 or 88?
Featuring lyrics sung in 13 languages, Lux is a 2025 album by which singer?
There are three countries whose English name contains the letter sequence “ie”. Name two of them.
Mixed Bag
Alphabetical Spelling
The spelling of every answer is in alphabetical order.
e.g. Commonly-milked farm animal = Cow (but not Goat)
Emmy-winning TV series following survivors of Oceanic Flight 815’s crash.
A medical procedure where a piece of tissue or sample of cells is removed from the body for testing.
A Latin-derived term for a supernatural being, synonymous with god or goddess.
The most central point of an issue, or the official name of the constellation referenced on Australia’s national flag.
When spelled out (in English), the only number that fits this category.
By that we mean the letters appear in the word in alphabetical order.
Alphabetical Spelling
Deliciously Orange
From fruit and veg to snacks, all the best foods are orange.
Which brunch-coded cocktail is typically made with orange juice and sparkling white wine?
Which classic flavour of Smith’s chips comes in an orange packet?
Thanks to their high beta-carotene content, carrots are especially rich in which vitamin: A, B or C?
Which Queensland-bred variety of mango is the most commonly grown and consumed in Australia?
Commonly used as a sushi topping, bright orange fish eggs are known by what three-letter English word?
Deliciously Orange
Rhyming Slang
This category could be a Barry Crocker*! Translate the following Aussie rhyming slang phrases (as referenced in Macquarie Dictionary).
e.g. *Barry Crocker = a shocker.
Dead horse
Captain Cook
Frog and toad
Apples and pears
Harold Holt
Rhyming Slang
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