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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into the following set of questions to find out.

The Questions

1 What icon of country music was nearly killed from an ostrich attack in 1981?

2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?

3 What first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?

4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?

5 Lacryma Christi vino comes from vineyards on what mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?

7 Which person's report resulted in the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 Which piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?

Common Connections

9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar; Leather; Park; Pudding?

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?

11 Offspring of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?

12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; grappling?

14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?

15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

6 The sitcom Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

10 River Douro: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.

11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

14 Spy titles in books: Ian 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: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.