YellowBelly A to Z Week TEN!

So we have hit the big One-Oh. Double Digits. 

It's the YellowBelly A to Z Quiz. 26 questions, each one has an answer that is a different letter of the alphabet.

There's a recurring theme showing up in a handful of questions in this quiz. No points for spotting it. 

Submit answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm on June 2. No penalties for Googling, using Encyclopaedias, or any other research aids. Disregard articles (A, An, The) at start of answers.

Music. 3 clips below are hosted on Soundcloud. 
Bear in mind they could play out of order, so line up your answers with the right questions! 

1. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-june-2 This music clip contains 7 songs that share a very rare property. Unrelated to the song name, each is also a  _______  _______ (two words). 

2. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-2-june-2 For this clip of 6 songs, either the artist or the title has what two-word thing in common? 

3. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/example-of-a-june-2 OK this is tough...these 7 songs (only in the titles, not the artists), when played together, are the beginnings of a delicious, nasty example of a what? And if you can’t figure this out, it makes it even BETTER! (Mwah ha ha)

4. Each answer above has something in common. When you solve, the green column will spell out a word that is also in common. Give the green word.

5. Which of the people above does not belong (last name)?

6. This person founded a political party and then a year later became the youngest president in the country’s rich history. While a teenager, was sent away out of concern over a romantic bond with a married 40-something teacher. Love will find a way - they got married. Is a ‘Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire’ and a ‘Knight of the Order of the Elephant’.

7. There’s a well-known group of 5. Four can be described below: 
A: A UK band with the album Invisible Touch
B: A TV show about a math prof and FBI agent that was a clue in a previous A to Z quiz 
C: A character in the Broadway musical Cats 
D: A novel by Leon Uris 
That’s 4 out of 5. What is missing?

8. This company is followed by over 1.4 million people on Twitter, but it follows only eleven: five members of a very famous musical group, and six guys who all have the same first name. This is not random and not an urban legend, and done for a very clever marketing reason. The first person who noticed this received a glorious prize. Name the company.

9. What word connects the above images? 

10. The seal on his wall translates to mean: extremely corrupt. He is a parody of a political family, and shares a middle name with more than one of them. He has made 136 appearances on a television show, but is considered a “recurring part-time character”. His crimes include: tax fraud, election tampering, extortion, murder, bribery, jury tampering, and drug use. His name derives from a street in the hometown of the show’s creator. What is his surname?

11. For many board games, the centre of the board plays a special significance. One game in particular has at its centre something that actually has a name, that has been trademarked by the parent company. It is four syllables and has two hyphens. Name the trademarked thing in the centre of the board.

12. The show’s main character’s name is a colour. Three of the supporting characters’ names are also colours. Three other supporting characters have the same names as what some of the 11 Twitter followers mentioned in a previous question are examples of. The show’s host was replaced after 4 seasons by his ‘brother’, and there was a false Internet rumour that the original host had died. Name the show.

13. What is notably missing from the image above?

14. The four pictures above suggest what song?

15. Mail-in question from a regular player: This word is a dance craze, a magazine, and the first word in a business with 13 locations in Newfoundland in 11 different communities.

16. You are playing Scrabble. Let's assume that proper names are allowed and all other rules apply. What is the highest scoring World Capital that could be played as an opening move?

17. A musical benefit song was once organized for a person/character who was in deep, deep trouble, but the whole thing turned out to be a prank. The main singer is a renowned British pop star, and a chorus singer is one of the answers in this quiz. Name the person (surname) that the benefit was organized for.

18. Looking for a word that is in the same theme as some other questions in this quiz. 
- Change first letter to get the singular of an uncommon word, found in Ode to Newfoundland. 
- Instead, if you change second letter, you get an electronics company. 
- Instead, if you change third letter, you get a soap. 
- Instead, if you change the last letter, you get a world capital. 
- instead, if you dropped the first letter, you'd have a contraction; but if you dropped the last letter instead, you'd get a baby cartoon character. 
What’s the original word?

19. Obviously this is the X question. Of these six logos above of very well-known brands, only one of them begins with X. Which one?

20.  There is a character from the Star Trek franchise, and another from a recent well-known crime drama: both played by the same actress. Neither is the lead character but are important recurring characters. If you take the surname from Star Trek and reverse it, you get the first word of the crime drama. What is the surname of the character from Star Trek?

21. This is a well-known fictional character, often represented by a single letter. He first appeared in print more than 100 years ago, and his first film about a year later. The character has been portrayed in the US, Mexico, Europe, and Asia: in 50+ films and 500+ episodes of live action and animated TV shows. The character was created by an American author who, interestingly, wrote under at least 8 male and female pseudonyms. Name the character. 

22. The five countries outlined are a little less ‘run-of-the-mill’ (unless you live there I guess). The flags should help identify them. Take the first letter of each to form the name of this other lesser-known country.

23. There is a day observed each year in a World Capital, and in some other cities throughout the world. It honours an author of a classic novel, which is his best known work. _______ is the book's protagonist, and the day is called _______sday. Every year hundreds of people dress as characters from the book and participate in readings, pub crawls, and other activities. Name the book. 

24. Add sodium to a country to get a state. Name the state. 

25. Founded more than 500 years ago, it became a permanent settlement a little more than half-a-century later, but was not incorporated until the end of WWII. It is home to the oldest courthouse and stone church in its province. It is believed to be named after an early name for the most populous city in Upper Normandy. It has a history of piracy and princesses. Name the town.

26. The two acting leads for this critically acclaimed TV series are romantic partners on the show and in real life. One of them won a lead acting Emmy for their acting on this show. The title of the show appears to describe the two characters, but is an inaccurate description. In real life, the TV show name describes her but not him. Name the show.