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How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into this set of questions to discover.

The Questions

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

2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?

3 What first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from vineyards on what mountain?

6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?

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

8 What chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

What Links

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

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

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

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

11 Nimrod: from Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; codename for SAS operation.

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

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; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.

15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.