1. According to a recent poll, what 535-member group is less popular than cockroaches, toenail fungus, and dog poop?

2. What city, at the western end of the Erie Canal, grew to become one of the biggest in the country after the canal opened in 1825?

3. What does Bruce Springsteen have in his pocket on the cover of the 'Born in the U.S.A.' album?

4. What pair of Monopoly properties has the lowest payoff percentage of any set in the game?

5. What Australian animal was believed to be a hoax built from a duck and a beaver when the first specimens arrived in England?

What’s the "Kennection" between all five answers?