Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into this set of questions to discover.
The Questions
1 Which country music legend was nearly killed from an ostrich attack back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ vino originates from vineyards on which mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the UK?
8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar; Leather; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
1 The Man in Black.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
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; 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.
