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How much of general knowledge do you possess? Plunge into the following collection of queries to discover.

The Queries

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

2 Dame Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th what?

3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

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

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

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

8 What chess piece was initially called the vizier?

What Links

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora; Oporto?

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

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

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

14 James Bond; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Verloc persona?

15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 The Man in Black.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

6 Not Going Out (second longest-running UK sitcom)

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 London lanes.

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

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

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

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; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Conrad’s The Secret Agent.

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