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

The Queries

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

2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?

3 Which initially met at Thingvellir in Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

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

6 What British television comedy has been running for 19 years?

7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?

8 What chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

What Links

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

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

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

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

13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus; javelin; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?

14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?

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

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

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 (UK's second longest-running comedy)

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

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

11 Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; 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; Greene’s The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.

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