Welcome to Kennections, a weekly quiz designed by Jeopardy! host and champion Ken Jennings. Here’s how to play: All five answers to the questions below share a common theme. Can you figure it out?
1. What term for energy points in the body derives from the Sanskrit word for wheel?
2. What nickname of NBA star Wilt Chamberlain’s referred not to astronomy, but to his habit of ducking his head to get through doors?
3. Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu (“In Search of Lost Time”) was originally translated into English under what other name?
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
4. After a 1974 meeting with Harvey Milk, Gilbert Baker designed a new flag based on what symbol from nature?
5. In what song—their only U.S. No. 1—did Barenaked Ladies name-check The X-Files and “Chickity China, the Chinese chicken”?
What’s the Kennection?
CHAKRAS
THE BIG DIPPER
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
THE RAINBOW
ONE WEEK
GROUPS OF SEVEN
GROUPS OF 7
SEVEN
7
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