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How much of general knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to discover.

The Questions

1 What 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 first convened at Þingvellir in Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

5 Lacryma Christi wine comes from vineyards on what mountain?

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

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

8 What chess piece was initially called the counsellor?

Common Connections

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?

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

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

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

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

14 Spy titles in books: 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 and Bullets Over Broadway.