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How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this set of questions to find out.

The Questions

1 Which icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich back in 1981?

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

3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in Iceland in 930?

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

5 Tears of Christ wine originates from vineyards on which mountain?

6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?

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

8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?

What Links

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Porto?

11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?

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

13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin; long jump; pankration; grappling?

14 Agent 007; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?

15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 The Man in Black.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 London lanes.

10 River Douro: starts in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.

11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

14 Title spies in novels: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

15 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.