How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge 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 was named as the 106th what?
3 What first convened at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from vineyards on which mountain?
6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?
7 Whose findings led to the implementation of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?
8 What piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?
Common Connections
9 Brick Lane; Chancery Lane; Hangar Lane; Leather; Park; Pudding Lane?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves Islands?
13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus; javelin; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?
The Answers
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 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Title spies in novels: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; John 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: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
