Weekend Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into this set of questions to find out.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music had a close brush with death by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
3 What first convened at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings resulted in the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?
8 What chess piece was initially called the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: Ian 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.
