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

The Questions

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

2 Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?

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

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

5 Lacryma Christi vino comes from wine estates on what mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?

7 Whose findings led to the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

What Links

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

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

11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?

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

13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin; broad jump; pankration; grappling?

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

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

In deep water by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 The Man in Black.

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 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Title spies in novels: 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 Oscar wins in Woody Allen movies: Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.