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

The Queries

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

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

3 What first convened at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

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

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

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

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Solutions

1 The Man in Black.

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 The queen piece.

9 London lanes.

10 River Douro: rises in Spain; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Spy titles in books: 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: film Blue Jasmine; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.