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How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this set of questions to discover.

The Queries

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

2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th 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 wine comes from wine estates on which mountain?

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

7 Which person's findings resulted in the implementation of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 What chess piece was initially called the counsellor?

What Links

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

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

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; broad jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?

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

15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; 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 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

6 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; flows through in Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

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

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

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

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