Movie-TV Connection Game (December 2020)

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tony Curtis.

The rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films, TV series, or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. Yes, that's means we're looking for something in particular!

1. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tony Curtis.

2. John Cleese and Janet Leigh (the answer is not Jamie Lee Curtis!).

3. Katharine Ross and Elizabeth Montgomery.

4. Yvette Mimieux and Michael Caine (this might be hard).

5. Deborah Kerr and Elsa Lanchester.

6. Ronald Colman and Rod Taylor.

7. The Sound of Music film and the original Lost in Space TV series.

8. Lost in Space TV series and the film Alien.

9. Raymond Burr, Nick Adams, and Russ Tamblyn.

10. The Fog (1980) and The Day of the Triffids (1962).

11. The TV series Wagon Train and the movie The Green Slime.

12. Rex Harrison and Lou Costello.

13. Judy Garland and Sean Connery (another potential tough one!).

14. The TV daytime drama All My Children and Citizen Kane.

15. The classic film noir Laura and the TV series S.W.A.T.

Movie-TV Connection Game (January 2020)

A Robert Preston and Elton John connection.

The rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. Yes, that's means we're looking for something in particular!

1. Danny Kaye and Yul Brynner.

2. Claude Rains and Ben Murphy.

3. Ben Murphy and Robert Redford.

4. Roger Moore and Barry Nelson.

5. John Denver and Connie Stevens.

6. The TV series Hawaiian Eye and Walt Disney's film Pinocchio.

7. The TV series Love, American Style and Happy Days.

8. Albert Finney and Tony Randall.

9. Michael Caine and Peter Fonda.

10. John Travolta and David Soul.

11. Paul Newman and Ben Gazzara.

12. The TV series The High Chaparral and Harry O.

13. Elton John and Robert Preston.

14. Sidney Poitier and Bette Davis.

15. The TV series The FBI and The Invaders.

Movie-TV Connection Game (October 2019)

Robert De Niro and Robby Benson.

If you're new to this game, here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1. The TV series Superman and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

2. The TV series Lost in Space and Sky King.

3. Banacek and Longstreet.

4. Bonanza and Lost in Space (this one is a stretch...but still a connection).

5. The TV series Star Trek and The Love Boat.

6. Tales of Manhattan and The Yellow Rolls Royce.

7. The Music Man and the TV series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

8. Dead of Night (1945) and Spellbound.

9. Raquel Welch and Grant Williams.

10. Lee J. Cobb and Stewart Granger.

11. Rebecca and The Birds (No, it's more than Hitchcock!).

12. Peter Lorre and Doris Day (an easy one!).

13. Ava Gardner and Kim Cattrall.

14. Robert De Niro and Robby Benson.

15. George Hamilton and Sissy Spacek.

Movie-TV Connection Game (July 2019)

The proverbial rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. James Mason and Herbert Lom.

2. Hope Lange and Tuesday Weld.

3. Cliff De Young and James Stewart.

4. Richard Carlson and Rod Steiger.

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nigel Green.

6. Alec Guinness and James Mason.

7. Paul Newman and Robert De Niro.

8. James Stewart and Danny Kaye. 

9. Miriam Hopkins and Audrey Hepburn. 

10. Ronald Reagan and Ray Milland. 

11. The movie Leave Her to Heaven and the TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. 

12. The Mark of Zorro and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.   

13. Dale Robertson and Sean Flynn (Errol’s son). 

14. Sally Field and Gary Collins.

15. Tony Randall and Kenneth Branagh. 

Movie-TV Connection Game (June 2019)

Ronald Colman and Elke Sommer.

Never played before? Here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1.  The Satan Bug and Homicidal.

2.  Shirley Eaton and Christopher Lee (other than James Bond).

3.  Patrick O'Neal and Vincent Price.

4.  Dean Jones and Lon Chaney, Jr.

5.  The Day of the Triffids and Thunder Rock.

6.  Cary Grant and Tom Hanks.

7.  Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner.

8.  Raquel Welch and Kathryn Grant (aka Mrs. Bing Crosby).

9.  Where Eagles Dare and the original Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

10. Warren Beatty and Robin Williams.

11. Ronald Colman and Peter Finch.

12. Ronald Colman and Elke Sommer.

13.  Riding High and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

14.  Ray Danton and James Coburn.

15.  Cuban Rebel Girls and The Big Boodle (an easy one!).

Movie-TV Connection Game (April 2019)

If you're new to this game, here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1.  James Mitchum, Frankie Avalon, and Patrick Swayze.

2.  Guy Williams and George Hamilton.

3.  Kirk Douglas and Robert Redford.

4.  Deborah Walley and Raquel Welch.

5.  Burt Lancaster and Maud Adams.

6.  Red Skelton and Robert De Niro.

7.  James Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Barbara Stanwyck.

8.  Myrna Loy and Jo Ann Pflug.

9.  Celeste Holm and Farley Granger.

10. Barbara Stanwyck and David McCallum.

11. Warren Beatty and Boris Karloff.

12. Frank Sinatra and Gene Wilder.

13. Ginger Rogers and Red Skelton.

14. Richard Conte and Patrick Swayze.

15. William Holden and John Garfield.

Movie-TV Connection Game (March 2019)

James Stewart and Marlo Thomas.

With spring just around the corner, it must to be time to play this blog's most popular game! If you're new to this game, here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1.  Batman TV series and the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

2.  Nigel Bruce and Joanne Woodward.

3.  Robert Taylor and Cornel Wilde.

4.  Ronald Colman and Don Adams.

5.  Howard Keel and Richard Dean Anderson.

6.  James Stewart and Marlo Thomas.

7.  Paul Newman and Frankie Avalon.

8.  Shirley MacLaine, Muhammad Ali, and Sophia Loren.

9.  Clifton Webb and Marilyn Monroe.

10. Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.

11. Robert Mitchum and Gabe Kaplan.

12.  Boris Karloff and Buster Keaton.

13. Lee Van Cleef, Yul Brynner, and George Kennedy (answer must be specific!).

14. Angela Lansbury and Helen Hayes.

15. Lionel Barrymore and Christopher Lee.

Movie-TV Connection Game (February 2019)

Carroll Baker and Carol Lynley.

Never played before? Here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Vincent Price and Will Smith.

2. Bela Lugosi and Anne Bancroft.

3. Michael Gough and Jessica Lange.

4. The Men from Shiloh TV series and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

5. Rita Hayworth and Bruce Lee.

6. Shirley Jones and Katharine Hepburn.

7. Ronald Colman and Doug McClure.

8. Dick Gautier and Richard Greene.

9. Richard Burton and Jean Simmons (other than The Robe).

10. William Powell and William Conrad.

11. Richard Conte and Kris Kristofferson.

12. The movie Duel and the TV series Twilight Zone.

13. Clint Walker, Doris Day, and Errol Flynn.

14. Bob Hope, David Niven, and Vincent Price.

15. Carol Lynley and Carroll Baker.

Movie-TV Connection Game (December 2018)

Red Buttons and Robert Lansing.

Happy holidays to everyone! If you're new to this game, here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1. David Niven and Leslie Howard.

2. Red Buttons and Robert Lansing.

3. Them! (1954) and The Third Man.

4. The Gold Rush (1925) and Hobson's Choice.

5. Patty Duke and Hayley Mills.

6. Joanne Woodward and Patty Duke.

7. Tom Selleck and Robert Conrad.

8. Bing Crosby and Dustin Hoffman.

9. Jane Seymour and Elsa Lanchester.

10. Robert Redford and Fredric March.

11. The movies Dangerous When Wet and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

12. Cary Grant and George Hamilton.

13. Burt Lancaster and Rod Taylor.

14. Raquel Welch and Deborah Walley.

15. Jack Nicholson and Richard Dreyfus.

Movie-TV Connection Game (November 2018)

Richard Anderson and Nancy Walker.

With Thanksgiving this month, we give thanks for having the smartest classic movie and TV buffs play this game every month. We're constantly surprised by the additional answers to the connections  identified by the Cafe's staff. For those of you playing this game for the first time, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1. June Lockhart and Dorothy McGuire.

2. Patrick McGoohan and Jonathan Frakes.

3. James Stewart and Kyle McLachlan.

4. Carl Betz and Robert Foxworth.

5. James Stewart and Danny Kaye.

6. Richard Anderson and Nancy Walker (this one could be tough).

7. Time Tunnel and the Batman TV series (an easy one!).

8. George Peppard and Helen Hayes.

9. Jack Lemmon and Rosalind Russell.

10. Greta Garbo and Anne Bancroft.

11. Alec Guinness and Clifton Webb

12. Peter O'Toole and Robin Williams

13. Paul Newman and James Earl Jones.

14. Jack Lemmon and Dean Martin.

15. Bob Hope and Laurence Olivier.

Movie-TV Connection Game (October 2018)

What do these actors have in common?

As you enjoy the brisk days of October, you can still pull out your phone or tablet and play the Cafe's most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Robert Mitchum and Robert Montgomery.

2. Claudette Colbert and Richard Long.

3. Tony Randall and Elton John.

4. Paul Newman and Rob Lowe.

5. Rock Hudson and Dick York.

6. Cary Grant and Dennis O'Keefe.

7. Charles Laughton and Kirk Douglas.

8. Shelley Winters and Fred Astaire.

9. David Hedison and Sean Connery.

10. The Good Earth and The Beginning of the End (1957).

11. Charles Laughton and Lou Costello. (It's not Captain Kidd!)

12. The Shop Around the Corner and Dear Brigitte. 

13. Anatomy of a Murder and the quiz show To Tell the Truth.

14. Kenneth More and Burt Reynolds.

15. William Conrad and Thayer David.

Movie-TV Connection Game (September 2018)

What do Gene and Robin have in common?

With autumn just around the corner, that means, well, it's time for another edition of our most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Bert Lahr and Gale Sondergaard.

2. Robin Williams and Gene Hackman,

3. James Darren and Scott Bakula.

4. Pam Grier and Fred Astaire. (Hope you know your Pam Grier movies!)

5. Steve McQueen and Steve Martin.

6. Monte Markham and Raymond Burr. (An easy one!)

7. Jack Palance and Frank Langella.

8. Helen Reddy and Ralph Richardson.

9. Jack Lemmon and Dean Martin. (Similar to a recent question!)

10. Dudley Moore and David Hedison.

11. George Peppard and Richard Boone.

12. The Clint Eastwood film The Beguiled and the TV series The Odd Couple.

13. Dirk Bogarde and Amy Irving. (Maybe the hardest one?)

14. Die, Monster, Die and The Haunted Palace.

15. Tony Curtis and Alan Ladd.

Movie-TV Connection Game (August 2018)

Tanya Roberts and Cloris Leachman.

Welcome to the August 2018 edition of our most popular regular feature! You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers, your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1.  Cate Blanchett and Bette Davis.

2.  Tom Conway and Joan Fontaine.

3.  The TV series The Outer Limits and the movie Psycho.

4.  Gary Cooper and Marty Robbins.

5.  William Conrad and Timothy Hutton.

6.  Tanya Roberts and Cloris Leachman.

7.  Cary Grant and Jack Lemmon.

8.  The film Mary Poppins and the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

9.  Burt Lancaster and Lloyd Bridges.

10. Gene Barry and Patrick Macnee.

11.  Kris Kristofferson and Clint Eastwood.

12. George Peppard and Helen Hayes.

13. Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee. (There are multiple correct answers!)

14. Perry Mason and Death Takes a Holiday.  (This one is a bit tricky!)

15. James Stewart and Van Johnson.

Movie-TV Connection Game (July 2018)

Come in out of the heat...and play the latest edition of the Cafe's most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and challenged to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Peter Fonda and Yul Brynner.

2. The Incredible Hulk and Mission: Impossible.

3. Rod Taylor and James Darren.

4. The TV series Little House on the Prairie and the movie The Thing With Two Heads.

5. Gregory Peck and Walt Disney.

6. John Wayne and Jack Lemmon.

7. Greer Garson and Petula Clark.

8.  Anthony Perkins and Rod Taylor.

9. Ward Bond and Sylvester Stallone.

10. Connie Stevens and Deborah Kerr. (This one might be hard!)

11. John Wayne and Fess Parker.

12. Greer Garson and Susan Hampshire.

13. Burt Lancaster and Lloyd Bridges.

14 Judy Garland and Alan Young.

15. Raquel Welch and Jill St. John.

Movie-TV Connection Game (June 2018)

Walter Matthau and Steve Martin.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Cafe's most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and challenged to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Strother Martin, David Warner, and Stella Stevens.

2. Patric Knowles, Oliva de Havilland, and Rosalind Russell.

3. Clint Walker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Johnny Weismuller.

4. Rod Taylor, Boris Karloff, and Ronald Colman.

5. Jean Arthur and Jill Ireland.

6. David Niven, Dick Powell, and Charles Boyer.

7. Walter Matthau and Steve Martin.

8. Alec Guinness and Clifton Webb.

9. Donald Crisp and Jeanette MacDonald.

10. David Niven, Joseph Cotten, and James Mason.

11. Joan Bennett and Celeste Holm. (This might be a toughie!)

12. Rod Steiger, Spencer Tracy, and Tony Curtis.

13. Clu Gulager and Paul Newman.

14. Jerry Lewis and Fredric March.

15. Hayley Mills and Jeremy Irons.

Movie-TV Connection Game (May 2018)

Why do Flynn and Shaw have in common?

Welcome to the this month's edition of the Cafe's most popular game. You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers, your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. The TV series McHale's Navy and the movie How to Frame a Figg.

2. Gene Tierney and Elizabeth Taylor.

3. Cary Grant and Ronald Reagan.

4. Errol Flynn and Robert Shaw.

5. Arthur (1981) and Nashville (1975).  (This one might be difficult!)

6. Ralph Richardson and Ian McKellen.

7. John Carpenter and Robert Mulligan.  (Another potentially hard one....)

8. Maureen O'Hara and Patricia Neal.

9. Fredric March and Bing Crosby.

10. Rod Taylor and Tyrone Power.

11. Lon Chaney, Jr. and John Malkovich.

12. Bert Lahr and Alan Young.

13. Dean Martin and Jack Lemmon.

14. Michael Caine and Ernest Borgnine.

15. The Thrill of It All and Champagne for Caesar.

The Movie-TV Connection Game (March 2018)

What do Jane and Brigitte have in common?

Spring is in the air! That means, well, it's time for another edition of our most popular game. As always, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. George C. Scott and George Kennedy.

2. The Beverly Hillbillies and Mary Poppins.

3. Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda.

4. Jennifer Lopez and Strother Martin.

5. Dennis Weaver and Clint Eastwood.

6. Peter Boyle and Michael Sarrazin.

7. Joe Namath and Marlon Brando.

8. Sidney Poitier and Sandy Dennis.

9. Clint Eastwood and Adrienne Barbeau.

10. Danny Kaye and John Garfield.

11. Don Knotts and Chevy Chase.

12. Bing Crosby and Cornel Wilde.

13. Walt Disney and Gregory Peck.

14. Montgomery Clift, Richard Chamberlain, and Christopher Reeve.

15. Greta Garbo and Cyd Charisse.

The Movie-TV Connection Game (February 2018)

Take a break from the Winter Olympics and test your movie and TV knowledge!

What do Ava and Vanna have in common?

You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. George Hamilton and Amy Irving.

2. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn (in addition to Charade).

3. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger and Nightmare Alley.

4. Ava Gardner and Vanna White.

5. Charles Bronson and Mickey Rooney.

6. Robert Duvall and George Hamilton.

7. Warren Beatty and Charlton Heston.

8. Dial M for Murder and House of Wax.

9. James Mason and Walter Pidgeon.

10. Sherlock, Jr. and The Purple Rose of Cairo.

11. Tom Selleck and Chuck Connors.

12. Margaret Hamilton and Lou Ferrigno.

13. Tom Tryon and Jeff Bridges.

14. Diana Rigg and Marlene Dietrich.

15. Jean-Claude Killy and George Lazenby (sorta).

The Movie-TV Connection Game (January 2018)

Helen Hayes and Tony Randall.

Happy 2018! May your knowledge of movie and TV trivia be even more impressive this year!

For those who have never played this game, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Jessica Tandy and Burt Lancaster.

2. Richard Basehart and Stewart Granger. (This one could be difficult!)

3. Fredric March and Michael Rennie.

4. George C. Scott and Chuck Connors.

5. Judy Garland and Red Buttons.

6. Sylvester Stallone and Gregory's Girl.

7. Ray Milland and Vincent Price.

8. Tony Randall and Helen Hayes.

9. James Stewart and Ronald Reagan.

10. Shari Belafonte and Bill Dana.

11. Clint Eastwood and William Devane.

12. The Omen (1976) and the Dr. Kildare  TV series.

13. The Batman TV series and the film King Kong (1976).

14. The series Mission: Impossible and The Rat Patrol.

15. William Daniels and Ann Sothern.

The Movie-TV Connection Game (December 2017)

Ronald Reagan and Kurt Russell.

Seasons greeting to all! For those who have never played this game, you will be given a pair or trio of films or performers. Your task is to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question.

1. Donald Sutherland and Nicole Kidman.

2. Kurt Russell and Ronald Reagan.

3. Richard Boone and Karl Malden (might be a toughie!).

4. Tom Tryon and Jeff Bridges.

5. Steve McQueen and James Garner.

6. Raquel Welch and Lily Tomlin.

7. Kenneth More and Barbara Stanwyck.

8. Robert Horton and Frank Converse.

9. Charles Bronson and Frank Sinatra.

10. Glenn Ford and Karen Valentine.

11. James Stewart and Richard Roundtree.

12. James Stewart and The Creature From the Black Lagoon.

13. Dick Van Dyke and Frankie Avalon.

14. John Wayne and Fess Parker.

15. Jack Lemmon and Paul Lynde.