Weekend Trivia Challenge: Test Your Knowledge
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into this set of questions to discover.
The Questions
1 What 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 initially met at Thingvellir in Iceland in 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 What British television comedy has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the UK?
8 What chess piece was originally known as the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de UrbiĆ³n; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 Lanes in London.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgarās Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Title spies in novels: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; Le CarrĆ©ās The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
