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What amount of general knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this set of questions to find out.

The Questions

1 Which icon of country music had a close brush with death by an ostrich back in 1981?

2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?

3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?

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

6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?

7 Whose findings led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 What piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; siege at the Iranian embassy?

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

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

14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?

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

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Solutions

1 The Man in Black.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 London lanes.

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

11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

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

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