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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into the following set of questions to discover.

The Queries

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

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

3 What initially met at Þingvellir in Iceland in 930?

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

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?

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

7 Which person's report led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 Which piece in chess was initially called the vizier?

What Links

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

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

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

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

13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin throw; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?

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

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

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

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

11 Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Nimrod aircraft; 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; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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