Connections

Answer the first nine questions to get the 'connection' to number 10


1Who was the first man to swim the English Channel?
2What city, famous for its ‘black hole’ is the Capital of West Bengal, and the third largest in India?
3The second closest planet to the sun is what?
4Who was the first professional footballer to be knighted?
5Au is the chemical symbol for what?
6A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France is frequently known as a what?
7Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins advertised what drink in the 1970s?
8What car manufacturer produces the Shogun?
9This British tree is used to make hockey sticks, oars, paddles, rudders, billiard cues, cricket stumps, polo sticks and policemen's truncheons?
10What is the connection?
quiz kindly submitted by The Count on 4th January 2009