Weekend Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
The Questions
1 Which country music legend had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 What first convened at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?
5 Tears of Christ vino comes from wine estates on what mountain?
6 What British television comedy has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 Which chess piece was originally known as the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 Lanes in London.
10 River Douro: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Spy titles in books: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
