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How much of common knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this set of questions to discover.

The Questions

1 Which country music legend was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?

2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?

3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?

6 Which BBC sitcom has been running for nineteen years?

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

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

What Links

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Oporto?

11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?

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

13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin; broad jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?

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

15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?

In deep water by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; SAS operation codename.

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Spy titles in books: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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