"S"imply find the "S" word Trivia Quiz

Answer: Idaho

The Salmon River in Idaho is one of the largest rivers in the continental USA without a single dam on its main stem and is 684 km (425 miles) in length. The name "The River of No Return" goes back to earlier days when you could navigate down the river but could not return due to the fast flowing water and rapids. Nowadays jet propelled boats can navigate back up the river.

Alaska, California and Oregon also have a Salmon River as do some other states in the USA.

Answer: Saving Private Ryan

"Saving Private Ryan" (1998) received eleven Academy Award nominations winning five.

It was beaten for Best Picture by "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) which received thirteen Academy Award nominations being successful in seven categories. These awards were held at the 71st Oscar night on March 21, 1999. "Schindler's List" (1993) received twelve Academy Award nominations winning seven including Best Picture. "Spotlight" (2015) was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two (including Best Picture) at the 88th awards night on February 28, 2016.

Answer: Suriname

Suriname is on the South American continent, whereas Senegal, Sierra Leone and Swaziland are on the African continent.

Suriname is a small country and a former Dutch colony in the north-eastern coast of South America. It gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1975. It has a population of under 600,000 and the capital city is Paramaribo. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Anthony Nesty became the first person from Suriname to win an Olympic medal, which happened to be gold in the 100m-butterfly event.

Answer: Shadow Dancing

Andy Gibb (1958-1988) was the younger brother of the well known Bee Gees (Barry, Robin and Maurice). In 1977 he had two other number one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and "(Love is) Thicker Than Water". "Shadow Dancing" is a disco song written in conjunction with his three brothers. "Stayin' Alive" was a disco song written and produced by the Bee Gees. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1978.

"Say You, Say Me" was written and recorded by Lionel Richie and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985. "Sugar, Sugar" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and was performed by a fictional group of teenagers on "The Archie Show" which was a television cartoon series.

Answer: Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon won the award for her role as Helen Prejean in the 1995 movie "Dead Man Walking". She is a film, stage and television actress and has been nominated numerous times for Emmy Awards.

Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1982 movie "Sophie's Choice" and her second as Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 movie "The Iron Lady". She also won Best Supporting Actress for "Kramer vs. Kramer (1979). Hilary Swank won her first Best Actress Oscar in "Boy's Don't Cry" (1999) for her role as Brandon Teena. Hilary also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2004 movie "Million Dollar Baby". Maggie Smith won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) and a Best Supporting Actress award in the 1978 movie "California Suite".

Answer: sable

Although a mink is the most commonly known amongst the furs, the sable is treasured due to its silky pelt and retains its smoothness whichever way it is stroked. A top quality sable coat can easily run into six figures.

The springbok is a medium sized antelope found in southern Africa and is the nickname and symbol of the South African rugby team. The sidewinder is a venomous snake mainly found in the south west of the USA and north west of Mexico. The sambar is a large deer with rugged antlers and is found in southern India, southern China and southeast Asia. The name is sometimes spelt sambur or sambhur.

Answer: Stuart Little

"Stuart Little" was written in 1945 by E. B. White and is recognised as a children's classic. It is a realistic fantasy about a boy who looks very much like a mouse. Since 1999 there have been three movies made of "Stuart Little" with Michael J. Fox as the voice of Stuart Little.

"Stardust" is a novel by Neil Gaiman (1999) concerning the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which takes place in the mid 1900s. "Shakespeare's Sonnets" is a collection of sonnets which covers the subjects of love, time, passion and death. They were first published in 1609. "Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by Jane Austen published in 1811 and follows the lives of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne.

Answer: Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey is an American actor, director, producer, comedian and singer. He won his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in ""The Usual Suspects" (1995) and won the Best Actor award in "American Beauty" (1999).

James Stewart (1908-1997) received five Academy Award nominations but only won as Best Actor for his role in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940). Paul Scofield (1922-2008) was an English film and stage actor and his only Academy Award was for Best Actor in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966). George C. Scott (1927-1999) was an American film actor, director and producer. He won his only Oscar as Best Actor in "Patton" (1970). George C. Scott was the first actor to refuse the Academy Award; this was followed by Marlon Brando two years later.

Answer: John Sandford

John Sandford (born John Roswell Camp) is an American novelist and former journalist who first wrote "Rules of Prey" in 1989. Since then he has written over 20 novels with the word "Prey" in the title. The main protagonist in the "Prey" series is a maverick detective Lucas Davenport.

R. L. Stine is an American novelist who has written hundreds of horror fiction novels. Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American writer and producer. He first worked on Broadway plays and then into movies where he won an Academy Award for his script of "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" (1947). He then went into television and has since written many romantic suspense novels. Wilbur Smith is a South African novelist who mainly writes historical fiction that involves Southern Africa.

Answer: S'Gang Gwaay Llanagaay

S'G̱ang Gwaay Llanagaay means "Red Code Island"; however, in English it is commonly known as "Ninstints". It is a village site of the Haida people and is located off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii).

Shark Bay is a World Heritage site situated about 800 kms north of Perth, Western Australia. The Australian Aboriginals occupied the area over 22,000 years ago. Dutch explorers visited the site in the early 17th century and it was named by William Dampier in 1699. The bay is home to over 10,000 dugongs (sea cows). The Whale Shark (the largest fish in the world) gathers in the bay during April and May. Skellig Michael is an island on the south western tip of Ireland. The remains of a Christian monastery dating from the 6th and 7th century can be found there, and the island became a World Heritage site in 1996. Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of triangulations that reach from Norway to the Black Sea, a distance of over 2,800 kms through ten countries. The chain was established by the German F.G. Wilhelm von Struve in the 19th century to establish the size and shape of the earth.