Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into the following set of questions to find out.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland in 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Whose findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
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; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
