MCF's COMMON 11

MCF's COMMON is starting to become a weekly feature, but then this week in particular has been a rough one. A variety of games, prolific prose, and real photo expeditions are surely in my future, but for this week I’m once more relying on a classic Nexus game.

Below I'm going to list FIVE groups of FOUR things. Each group has some thing in common, some thing that links each quartet. It's up to you to guess, and I'll reveal the answers tomorrow.

20 items. 5 COMMON bonds. Through a combination of skill, luck, knowledge, and flat out guessing, can you guess what they are?

GROUP 1
(A) Virginia.
(B) Josephine.
(C) Rose Marie.
(D) Jane Marie.

GROUP 2
(A) Hal.
(B) Guy.
(C) John.
(D) Kyle.

GROUP 3
(A) Hoops.
(B) Camera.
(C) Rifle.
(D) Lincoln.

GROUP 4
(A) Pepperoni.
(B) Ravioli.
(C) Buffalo Chicken.
(D) Caesar Salad.

GROUP 5
(A) 2001.
(B) 2005.
(C) 2012.
(D) 2099.