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How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into this set of questions to find out.

The Questions

1 Which country music legend had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack back in 1981?

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

3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?

4 In the power industry, what is EfW?

5 Lacryma Christi wine originates from vineyards on which mountain?

6 Which BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?

7 Which person's report resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?

8 What chess piece was originally known as the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin; long jump; pankration; wrestling?

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

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

In deep water by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 The Man in Black.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 London lanes.

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

11 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: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; 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; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.