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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.

The Questions

1 What country music legend was nearly killed from an ostrich attack in 1981?

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

3 What initially met at Thingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?

4 In the power industry, what is EfW?

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from vineyards on what mountain?

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

7 Whose findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?

8 Which piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; Iranian embassy siege?

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 The Man in Black.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

14 Title spies in novels: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; 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; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.