Saturday Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test
How much of general knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.
The Queries
1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 What first convened at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 In the power industry, what is EfW?
5 Tears of Christ wine comes from wine estates on which mountain?
6 What British television comedy has been running for 19 years?
7 Whose findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de UrbiĂłn; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert Island; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 Queen.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; codename for SAS operation.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Ancient Olympic events.
14 Spy titles in books: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; John 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.
