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How much of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following collection of queries to find out.

The Questions

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

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

3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in Iceland in 930?

4 In the power industry, what is EfW?

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?

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

8 Which piece in chess was initially called the vizier?

Common Connections

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 London lanes.

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

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

12 Islands in the Bristol Channel.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

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