WHAT CONNECTS?

They look fiendishly hard, but think again – once you find the connections you might kick yourself.

1. Richard Harris; Ralph Fiennes; Richard Burton; Harrison Ford

2. Mr Big; Hugo Drax; Elektra King; Alec Trevelyan

3. Donegal; Cork; Kerry; Down

4. Snail; monkey’s tail; dog; elephant’s trunk

5. Cricket; Jeeves; The Beautiful Game; Stephen Ward

6. Irish Peach; Kerry Pippin; Lady’s Finger; Kilkenny Pearmain

7. Cathal Brugha; Frank Fahy; Seán Treacy; John O’Donoghue

8. Orla Kiely; Jenny Packham; Alexander McQueen; Emilia Wickstead

9. Woman with a Parasol; Poppies; Charing Cross Bridge; The Magpie

10. 9/10/1940 7/7/1940 18/6/1942 25/2/1943

11. Glen Hansard; Donald Trump; Ringo Starr; Stephen Hawking

12. Gimlet; Negroni; Tom Collins; Pink Lady

13. 60m dash; tug-of-war; underwater swimming; croquet

14. Niall Horan; Barack Obama; Bill Clinton; Prince William

15. Aftermath; Out of Our Heads; Between The Buttons; Some Girls

1. They have never won an Oscar

2. Bond villains

3. The most northerly, southerly, westerly and easterly counties of Ireland

4. Translations of words for the ‘@’ symbol in other languages

5. Musicals composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber

6. Irish apple varieties

7. Former ceann comhairles

8. Designers worn by Kate Middleton

9. Subjects of paintings by Monet

10. Birthdates of the Beatles

11. All have starred in The Simpsons

12. Gin cocktails

13. Discontinued Olympic sports

14. Left-handers

15. Rolling Stones albums