Saturday Trivia Challenge: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of general knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to discover.
The Queries
1 Which country music legend had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack back in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 What first convened at Ăžingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ wine originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Whose report resulted in the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the UK?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 UrbiĂłn Range; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny Island; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
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 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
