connections!!

[ianfran]

i will ask you 4 questions and question 5 will be what connects these 4 answers? good luck!

1) who had a hit with love me tender?
2) which british athlete won gold in both the 1986 and 1990 european championships?
3) which soap star character had children named martin, michelle and mark ?
4) which member of the bee gees did not have a beard on the cover of the album Saturday Night Fever?
5 what is the connection between these answers?

[janbee]

can't get the connection at all, sorry. Only able to get Elvis, Pauline Fowler (or Arthur Fowler) Robin Gibb but can't get any further. Sorry. I'm sure someone clever will come up with the answer though. Good Luck.

[squarebear]

1 Elvis Presley
3 Pauline Fowler
4 Robin Gibb

[squarebear]

5 - They are all people's names?

[smartowl]

2. Linford Christie.

[molliemoo]

1. elvis presley
2. seb coe
3. pauline fowler
4. robin gibb

5 - no idea :)

[squarebear]

5 - They all have an "i" in their names?

[ianfran]

janbee and squarebear - so close - one to go!

great answer, bear - yep, they are all people!!..........but no cigar......try again!!

[squarebear]

Do you know the answer to this?

[ianfran]

yeah - it was on my pub quiz on tuesday night, bear!

a clue!

the connection is to do with family!

[squarebear]

They all had a brother who died?

[ianfran]

close, bear!

check up on elvis and you may twig it - still need to get no2 british athlete answer ( has been on question of sport many times!!)
will give answer soon, as out tonight at awards bash in my tux!! ( very james bond! )

[grasscarp]

Think you should have made it clear that this is for fun, because people may be trying to help you to find the answers and go to a lot of effort to help you unnecessarily.

[janbee]

they all had twins who died

[ianfran]

ok grasscarp - point taken - this is for fun!!!

[Jan1957]

2) Roger Black. Is the connection twins?

[janbee]

sorry, meant to say they were all one half of a twin who died. SORRY. not explaining myself too well

[Jan1957]

Elvis's brother died in childbirth
Roger Black has twin sons
Pauline and Pete were twins
Can't remember which 2 Gibbs were twins.

[Jan1957]

Roger Black also has a twin sister.

[ianfran]

hooray a winner ! give that to you, janbee - yes!, they all were born twins, whether alive now or dead.

Roger Black - Born in Portsmouth, England, to David (a doctor) and Thelma, with a twin sister Julia
Elvis Presley was an identical twin�his brother was stillborn and given the name Jesse Garon.
Pauline Fowler had atwin called Pete, often mentioned in the soap.
Robin Gibb is the twin brother of Maurice Gibb (1949-2003),

well done, janbee and all of you for your answers.

[ianfran]

jan 1957 - well done, sweetheart - you are correct, too
nice to see you over here
i'm off now as out tonight! bye for now x