Connections

Originally posted by @js357
Someone else can take it. I don’t want to run the risk of winning this thing.🙂

Are there insects named after each of them?

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Ok, a very (?) hard one.

Terry Pratchett, Adolf Hitler, Mick Jagger, David Attenborough, Tobey Maguire. Not an exhaustive list.

Terry Pratchett has an asteroid and a fossil turtle
Adolf Hitler has a beetle and a lot of man-made things
Mick Jagger has an extinct water pig
David Attenborough has lots - fossils, plants, weevils, insects, and spiders
Tobey Maguire has a spider - which is not extinct

I can't pick anything that relates to all of them, although spiders and extinct things come close.

Originally posted by @kewpie
Terry Pratchett has an asteroid and a fossil turtle
Adolf Hitler has a beetle and a lot of man-made things
Mick Jagger has an extinct water pig
David Attenborough has lots - fossils, plants, weevils, insects, and spiders
Tobey Maguire has a spider - which is not extinct

I can't pick anything that relates to all of them, although spiders and extinct things come close.

Well, I'll give it to you.

They've all had more than one species named after them.

Originally posted by @shallow-blue
Well, I'll give it to you.

They've all had more than one species named after them.

What is the connection between eucalyptus and macadamia?

Originally posted by @kewpie
What is the connection between eucalyptus and macadamia?

Both are Australian natives ... but I guess you want more than that?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Both are Australian natives ... but I guess you want more than that?

You're right - there's more.

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/recipes/eucalyptus-smoked-marburg-emu-fillet-beets-macadamia-plus-lilly-/8896474

???

Not what I was looking for.

I was amused anyway. Emu? Who knew?

Originally posted by @js357
I was amused anyway. Emu? Who knew?

It's just BIG chicken.

Both plants became commercial plantings in the US (macadamia in Hawaii, eucalypts in California).

I've run out of ideas for this thread. I've been hunting on Braingle but I'm still not inspired. Sorry. 😳

What is the connection between Queensland, Scu nthorpe, Worcestershire and Durham?

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
What is the connection between Queensland, Scu nthorpe, Worcestershire and Durham?

They all have twin towns/sister cities?