Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into the following collection of queries to discover.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 What first convened at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings resulted in the implementation of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather; Park; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?
The Solutions
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.
15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
