Weekend Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
The Queries
1 Which country music legend had a close brush with death by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from vineyards on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been running for nineteen years?
7 Whose report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Solutions
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
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 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
