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How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into the following set of questions to find out.

The Queries

1 What icon of country music had a close brush with death by an ostrich in 1981?

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

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

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

5 Lacryma Christi vino comes from vineyards on what mountain?

6 Which British television comedy has been running for nineteen years?

7 Which person's report led to the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the UK?

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

Common Connections

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus throw; javelin; long jump; pankration; grappling?

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

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

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