Saturday Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 Which initially met at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Tears of Christ wine originates from vineyards on what mountain?
6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Whose report resulted in the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?
8 Which chess piece was initially called the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm Island; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
1 The Man in Black.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Waste-to-energy.
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; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Title spies in novels: 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: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
