Weekend Trivia Challenge: Test Your Knowledge
What amount of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
The Queries
1 What country music legend had a close brush with death by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine comes from vineyards on which mountain?
6 What BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 Which piece in chess was initially called the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves Islands?
13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?
Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
