Saturday Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this set of questions to discover.
The Queries
1 What country music legend was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
3 Which initially met at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 Which piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny Island; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 River Douro: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Spy titles in books: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.
15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
