Saturday Trivia Challenge: Test Your Knowledge
How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into this collection of queries to find out.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed from an ostrich attack in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 What initially met at Ăžingvellir in Iceland in 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Tears of Christ wine originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 What BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 Which piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park; Pudding?
10 UrbiĂłn Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey; Denny Island; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
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 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: 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 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
