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What amount of general knowledge are you holding? Dive into this set of questions to find out.

The Questions

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

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

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

4 In the power industry, what does EfW stand for?

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on which mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been running for nineteen years?

7 Which person's report led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 Which chess piece was initially called the vizier?

What Links

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Porto?

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; broad jump; pankration; grappling?

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

15 Cate Blanchett; Cruz star; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Dianne Wiest?

Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

14 Spy titles in books: Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

15 Won acting Oscars in Woody Allen films: Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.