Weekend Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this set of questions to discover.
The Questions
1 What icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Dame 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 wine originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Whose report resulted in the implementation of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 What chess piece was initially called the counsellor?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park; Pudding?
10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?
14 James Bond; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?
Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?
The Answers
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Energy from waste.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.
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; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.
15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.
