Connections Quiz

1. Sonnet, haiku, and limerick are established poetic forms. Which option is also a poetic form?

2. “Break a leg,” “hit the sack,” and “spill the beans” are idioms whose meanings are not fully literal. Which option is also an idiom?

3. Nairobi, Kampala, and Kigali are national capitals in East Africa. Which city belongs with them for the same reason?

4. Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were United States human-spaceflight programs. Which option belongs with them for the same reason?

5. Which word can be placed after “tooth,” “hair,” and “paint” to create three familiar compound words?

6. A keyboard, mouse, and monitor are types of computer hardware. Which option belongs in the same category?

7. Rain, snow, and hail are forms of precipitation. Which option belongs in the same category?

8. Triangle, square, and pentagon are polygons. Which shape belongs with them?

9. Violin, viola, and cello belong to the orchestral bowed-string family. Which instrument completes the family connection?

10. “Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma,” and “Persuasion” are novels by Jane Austen. Which title belongs with them?

11. The numbers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime. Which option shares that mathematical property?

12. Ecuador, Kenya, and Indonesia are crossed by the Equator. Which country shares that geographic connection?

13. Which animal joins lion, tiger, and leopard because all four belong to the cat family Felidae?

14. Whales, bats, and humans are mammals. Which animal belongs with them in that category?

15. Which word can be placed after “note,” “work,” and “guide” to form three standard compound words?

16. Copper, silver, and gold are metals that are chemical elements rather than alloys. Which option shares that connection?