[orlok]

Originally Posted by orlok

What is the connection between the following, and if possible, why? Each question has a different link:

A. Aristotle; the goddess Wicca; something slinky; mosquito repellant; the route to a bell tower

B. Dancing too slowly for the quadrille; a whistling woman; the tails of young dogs; Stephen Jay Gould; postage stamps

C. Yiddish; Beethoven; sex; Amy Tan; Wordsworth; Leaders of Men

D. Enid Blyton; sheafs of corn; heaven and earth; monstrous heads; sin; God resting; managerial competencies; marital strife

Originally Posted by issybird

Aha! Marital strife = seven year itch.

correct

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

A
Snakes? I think they are important in connection with Wicca, but I'm struggling otherwise.
D
Monstrous heads = the Seven-headed Hydra.
Sin = Seven deadly sins.
Resting = Seven sleepers of Ephesus - a Rip Van Winkle sort of story I seem to remember.

A - not snakes, no.

D - hydra is correct. 7 deadly sins correct. Seven sleepers of Ephesus is correct.

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

And another thing:



D
Heaven and earth = Ancient idea of there being seven heavens - seventh heaven of course being the best one to reach.

It's actually that Islam has seven heavens and seven earths, but you are close enough.