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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this collection of queries to discover.

The Questions

1 What icon of country music was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?

2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?

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

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

5 Tears of Christ wine comes from wine estates on what mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?

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

8 Which piece in chess was originally known as the counsellor?

Common Connections

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

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

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

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

13 Boxing; chariot racing; discus; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

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

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

Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 The Man in Black.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

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; SAS operation codename.

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

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; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.

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