Guess the connection quiz

In which month do the Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa, the Cannes Film Festival in France and the Grampians Grape Escape Festival in Victoria, Australia, take place?

At St Mary’s Hospital in London, it’s possible to visit the laboratory of the physician who, in 1928, discovered world-changing antibiotic penicillin. What was his name?

In which direction would you travel if driving from Baghdad to Erbil in Iraq?

Which four letter word did pop art artist Robert Indiana turn into a screen print in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, with a reproduction sculpture taking pride of place outside Philadelphia City Hall?

Which Australian river starts in Queensland, passes through the NSW towns of Bourke, Wilcannia and Menindee, then joins the Murray at Wentworth?

In which French city can you visit the silk-weaving workshops of Croisse Rouge, discover natural history at the Musée des Confluences and learn about food in the International City of Gastronomy?

Only one colour is on the flag of all the following countries: India, Italy, Ireland, Jamaica, Vanuatu and Bangladesh. Which is it?

Which Antony Gormley statue with a 54-metre wingspan stands by the A167 in Gateshead, England?

Found in the Amazon rainforest, cotingas, hoatzins and yellow-headed caracaras are all what type of animal?

What connects all nine of the previous correct answers?