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

The Queries

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

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

3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in Iceland during the year 930?

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

5 Tears of Christ wine comes from vineyards on which mountain?

6 Which BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?

7 Whose findings resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the United Kingdom?

8 What piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?

What Links

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

10 Urbión Range; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?

11 Son of Cush; ninth variation in music; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; wrestling?

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

15 Blanchett actress; Cruz star; Diane Keaton; Sorvino actress; Wiest thespian?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

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

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Events in the ancient Olympics.

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.