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What amount of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.

The Questions

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

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

3 What initially met at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?

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

5 Tears of Christ wine comes from vineyards on what mountain?

6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?

7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?

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

What Links

9 Brick; Chancery Lane; Hangar; Leather Lane; Park; 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; Lundy Island; Stert; The Wolves?

13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

14 James Bond; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?

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

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 London lanes.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

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; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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