Saturday Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
What amount of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following collection of queries to find out.
The Questions
1 Which country music legend had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?
3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's findings resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 Which chess piece was originally known as the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin throw; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
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; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; 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; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.
15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
