Weekend Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into this set of questions to discover.
The Questions
1 What icon of country music had a close brush with death by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 What British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?
7 Which person's report led to the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?
8 What chess piece was originally known as the counsellor?
Common Connections
9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?
In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 Lanes in London.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Spy titles in books: Ian 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 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.