Weekend Trivia Challenge: Test Your Knowledge
How much of general knowledge do you possess? Plunge into the following set of questions to find out.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 What British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 What chess piece was initially called the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park; Pudding?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; codename for SAS operation.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; John 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: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
