Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this set of questions to find out.
The Queries
1 What icon of country music had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 What initially met at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from vineyards on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?
8 Which chess piece was initially called the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park Lane; Pudding Lane?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Porto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; broad jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Solutions
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: 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: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
