Saturday Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following collection of queries to find out.
The Queries
1 What country music legend had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 What initially met 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 wine comes from vineyards on which mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?
7 Whose findings led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the UK?
8 What chess piece was initially called the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Title spies in novels: 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 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
