What's the Kennection? #19

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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.  In 2004, who finally released his long-uncompleted 1967 Beach Boys album Smile, which he called a “teenage symphony to God”?

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2.  What Jalisco-born guitarist had his biggest hit with a 1999 song that Rob Thomas had originally intended for George Michael? 

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3.  What Country Music Hall of Fame member spent the 1990s em“broiled” in lawsuits with a rival roasted chicken chain called Cluckers?

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4.  What musician credits his future Eurythmics bandmate Annie Lennox with literally saving his life from a punctured lung in 1977? 

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5.  What new wave legend had his biggest hits with early singles “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” and “Steppin’ Out”?

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ANSWERS ----->

1.  In 2004, who finally released his long-uncompleted 1967 Beach Boys album Smile, which he called a “teenage symphony to God”?

BRIAN WILSON

2.  What Jalisco-born guitarist had his biggest hit with a 1999 song that Rob Thomas had originally intended for George Michael? 

CARLOS SANTANA

3.  What Country Music Hall of Fame member spent the 1990s em“broiled” in lawsuits with a rival roasted chicken chain called Cluckers?

KENNY ROGERS

4.  What musician credits his future Eurythmics bandmate Annie Lennox with literally saving his life from a punctured lung in 1977? 

DAVE STEWART

5.  What new wave legend had his biggest hits with early singles “Is She Really Going Out with Him?” and “Steppin’ Out”?

JOE JACKSON

WHAT'S THE KENNECTION? ----->

What's the Kennection?

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