How well do you know your trivia? From captivating stories of tragic love, historical closures, to famous universities, here is a quiz to challenge your knowledge across a spectrum of topics.
Trivia Questions
1 What is the design that tells the tragic love tale of Koong-Se and Chang?
2 Name the British woman who was in the running for all four Egot awards but didn’t clinch any?
3 The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is located in which nation?
4 Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins its scenes set in Africa?
5 What is the formal name of the football stadium known as Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho?
6 Which chemical element is principally responsible for the sun’s nuclear fusion?
7 Which historic naval dockyard was shut down in 1984 after operating for over four centuries?
8 Who is musically described as “rocks, but gently” in a 1967 album title?
What connects:
9 Jari Hill, Tanggula mountains; Chongqing; Wuhan; Nanjing; Shanghai?
10 F&F; George; Nutmeg; Tu?
11 Eva Boyd, Victoria Hesketh, Richard Penniman, Steven Van Zandt?
12 New York, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Connecticut, Arkansas?
13 Alveolar process, mental protuberance, mental spines, oblique line?
14 Brownlee brothers, Mark Knopfler, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keir Starmer, Jack Straw?
15 Ainu in Asia, Basque in Europe, Sandawe in Africa, Zuni in the US?
Correct Answers
1 Willow pattern.
2 Lynn Redgrave was nominated for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
3 It is located in Denmark.
4 Antony and Cleopatra.
5 The Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
6 Hydrogen is primarily responsible.
7 The dockyard in question is Chatham, situated in Kent.
8 Val Doonican.
9 All are associated with the Yangtze River.
10 These are labels of supermarket clothing lines: Tesco; Asda; Morrisons; Sainsbury’s.
11 They are all known as “Little”: Little Eva, Little Boots, Little Richard, Little Steven.
12 They are the birthplaces of recent US presidents: Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush Jr, and Clinton.
13 They are all parts of the mandible, the lower jawbone.
14 They are all alumni of Leeds University.
15 They feature languages that have no relation to any other known tongues.
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.