Saturday Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
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 106th what?
3 What initially met at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Lacryma Christi wine comes from vineyards on what mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the UK?
8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm Island; Lundy Island; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 James Bond; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 River Douro: starts in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from 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: Ian 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; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
