Weekend Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following collection of queries to find out.
The Questions
1 What country music legend had a close brush with death by an ostrich in 1981?
2 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 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's report led to the implementation of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park Lane; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
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 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.
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; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
