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

The Questions

1 What icon of country music had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack in 1981?

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

3 Which first convened 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 running for 19 years?

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

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

Common Connections

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

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

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; grappling?

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

15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 Queen.

9 London lanes.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Title spies in novels: 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 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.