Test your knowledge of obscurity

1. Geography: Where are the Orkney Islands located?

2. Music: To which rock group did singer Freddie Mercury belong?

3. Television: Who played Uncle Joe on TV’s “Petticoat Junction”?

4. Cartoons: Which animated superhero’s theme song contains the lyrics, “Speed of lightning, roar of thunder, Fighting all who rob or plunder.”?

5. General Knowledge: What is the currency of Brazil?

6. Entertainers: Which actor/director was born with the name “Melvin Kaminsky”?

7. Movies: Where was Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds” set?

Answers

1. North of Scotland

2. Queen

3. Edgar Buchanan

4. “Underdog”

5. The real

6. Mel Brooks

7. Bodega Bay, Calif.