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What amount of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into the following set of questions to find out.

The Queries

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

2 Sarah Mullally was named as the 106th 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 wine comes from wine estates on what mountain?

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

7 Which person's findings led to the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?

8 What piece in chess was originally known as the vizier?

Common Connections

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas town; Zamora city; Porto?

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

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

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

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

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

In deep water by the Tordesillas question?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through 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; John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Graham Greene's The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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