Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
What amount of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into this collection of queries to discover.
The Questions
1 Which country music legend was nearly killed from an ostrich attack back in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ vino comes from vineyards on which mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 James Bond; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; codename for SAS operation.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Title spies in novels: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
