The Saturday quiz presents a challenge to test your knowledge on various topics, including geography, history, literature, and more. Dive into your trivia skills and see how well you fare against these intriguing questions.
Challenging Trivia Questions
1 Which two countries faced the disappearance of all their glaciers?
2 Name the iconic location with “1620” etched into it.
3 Identify the heaviest and swiftest duck in the UK skies.
4 Which royal was born in the same room as Queen Victoria?
5 In what language was Skaldic poetry composed?
6 Which global group ceased to exist on 19 April 1946?
7 Who is commemorated with statues in multiple UK cities?
8 Which Greek letter symbolises an irrational number known as phi?
What ties together:
9 Cheddar Man, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Altamira and Lascaux cave art, and the olm salamander?
10 Ash Dykes, Ed Stafford, Ed Talone, Levison Wood?
11 The locations: Bat and Ball, Blackrod, Hall i’ th’ Wood, Whatstandwell?
12 Structure for entry: US citizenship, STEM master’s, two years of experience, successful physical test?
13 Songs like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Blueberry Hill,” “Hound Dog” (originally), “The Twist,” and “Hypnotize”?
14 Figures such as Maia, Peter, Chris Adams, Kikuchiyo, and Abbie Hoffman?
15 Works such as “Profiles in Courage,” “Brave New World,” “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”?
Revealing the Answers
1 Slovenia and Venezuela have lost all their glaciers.
2 Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts bears the year 1620.
3 The eider is the UK’s heaviest and fastest duck.
4 Queen Mary of Teck shared her birth setting with Queen Victoria.
5 Skaldic poetry is written in Old Norse.
6 The League of Nations was dissolved on 19 April 1946.
7 Brian Clough is honoured with statues in Middlesbrough, Derby, and Nottingham.
8 The golden ratio, approximately 1.61803, is represented by the Greek letter phi.
9 These are all discoveries made in caves.
10 They are recognised for being the first to walk the full length of major rivers: the Yangtze, Amazon, Mississippi, and Nile.
11 Unusual names of train stations in Kent, Greater Manchester, Bolton, and Derbyshire.
12 These are NASA’s criteria for selecting astronauts.
13 These are famous tracks by artists renowned for their large physical or stage presence, such as Fats Waller and Big Mama Thornton.
14 Each is part of a group of seven, including the Seven Sisters and the Secret Seven.
15 These books were penned by authors who all passed away on 22 November 1963: John F Kennedy, Aldous Huxley, and CS Lewis.
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.