Connections

Can you answer the following general knowledge questions and then find the connection between the answers?


1Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing the same character in two different films. What is the name of this character?
2Which American author created the character Rip Van Winkle?
3"Pebbles and Bam Bam" was a spin-off of which TV series?
4In which Formula One team did Damon Hill replace Nigel Mansell?
5In what year did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
6What was the name of the character played by Harrison Ford in the films "Clear And Present Danger" and "Patriot Games"?
7In which American state is there a town called Santa Claus, which receives over half a million letters and requests at Christmas time?
8What colour in art is said to signify royalty?
9Who wrote "The Importance Of Being Earnest"?
10What is the connection?