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How much of general knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this collection of queries to find out.

The Questions

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

4 In the power industry, what is EfW?

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

6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?

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

8 Which chess piece was initially called the vizier?

What Links

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

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

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin throw; broad jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

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

15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

10 River Douro: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.

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; Greene’s The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.

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