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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following collection of queries to find out.

The Questions

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

2 Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?

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

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

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

6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?

7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 What chess piece was initially called the vizier?

What Links

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?

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

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

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

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

15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?

Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

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

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

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

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; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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