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

The Questions

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

2 Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?

3 Which initially met at Þingvellir in Iceland in 930?

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

5 Lacryma Christi wine comes from wine estates on which mountain?

6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?

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

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

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

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

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

14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Alden Pyle; Adolf Verloc?

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

In deep water by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 The Man in Black.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 Queen.

9 London lanes.

10 River Douro: starts in Spain; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Spy titles in books: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; 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.