Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz created by Jeopardy! champion/co-host Ken Jennings. Here's how to play: All five answers to the questions below have something in common. Can you figure it out? (Note: We've given you a hint by showing you how many letters are contained within the answer, but this quiz is not interactive.)

1. What was the nickname of Maria Ann Smith, who cultivated a new variety of green apple on her Australian farm in the 1860s?

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2. Due to their insectoid appearance, what do the soldiers in Starship Troopers call the Arachnids, their enemy opponents?

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3. The astringent leaves of what shrub provide the active ingredient for Tucks medicated cooling pads?

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4. The “greater“ species of what bird, a type of cuckoo that rarely flies, is the state bird of New Mexico?

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5. What title donkey finds a “Magic Pebble” in William Steig’s classic children’s book?

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1. What was the nickname of Maria Ann Smith, who cultivated a new variety of green apple on her Australian farm in the 1860s?

GRANNY

2. Due to their insectoid appearance, what do the soldiers in Starship Troopers call the Arachnids, their enemy opponents?

BUGS

3. The astringent leaves of what shrub provide the active ingredient for Tucks medicated cooling pads?

WITCH HAZEL

4. The “greater” species of what bird, a type of cuckoo that rarely flies, is the state bird of New Mexico?

ROADRUNNER

5. What title donkey finds a “Magic Pebble” in William Steig’s classic children’s book?

SYLVESTER

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This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as What’s the Kennection? #80.