Saturday Trivia Challenge: Test Your Knowledge
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this collection of queries to discover.
The Questions
1 Which country music legend was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 What initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from wine estates on which mountain?
6 Which British television comedy has been running for 19 years?
7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 Which chess piece was initially called the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather; Park; Pudding?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert Island; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?
15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 The Man in Black.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 Queen.
9 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through 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 Events in the ancient Olympics.
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; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
