Pub Quiz - Connection Round

Over the next few days, I will post up some of the Connection rounds of quizzes I have been writing recently. They are aimed at pub quiz audiences so tend not to make them too hard or obscure. Here are the first 3.....answers posted tomorrow.

1.      Which British politician lead the Labour Party from 1983-1992, making him the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in British History?

2.      Which British celebrity became a father for the first time in at the age of 54, when his partner Lauren Silverman gave birth to his son Eric?

3.      Which actor links Ron Burgundy, Ricky Bobby and Elf?

4.      Which rapper is married to Beyonce?

5.      What is the connection between the above answers?

1.      In 1996, Newcastle United broke the world football transfer record when they bought Alan Shearer from which other club for £15 million?

2.      What type of classical female singing voice has the highest vocal range of all voice types?

3.      Bengal, Siberian and South China are all species of what type of animal?

4.      Which low budget 1998 horror movie concerns three students who set out to make a documentary in Black Hills Forest?

5.      What is the connection between the last 4 answers?

1.      Standing in Lancashire, what was became the tallest structure in England when it first opened in 1894?

2.      What is the surname of the actor who played Fred Flinstone on film and voiced Sulley in Monsters Inc?

3.      “Never know how much I love you, never know how much I care, When you put your arms around me” are the opening lines to which famous song?

4.      Which TV Presenter is the daughter of journalist Eve Pollard?

5.      What is the connection between the above 4 answers?