1. What do the following words have in common?

PANELS
EVINCE
MOANED

2. What do the following words have in common?

TIME
NAME
PLACE

HINT:
1. Each word is an anagram.

Answers:

1. Each word is an anagram for an Italian city:

NAPLES
VENICE
MODENA

(MORE could be added to the list.)

2. Each word is commonly preceded by both FIRST and LAST.