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

3 Which first convened at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?

5 Tears of Christ vino originates from vineyards on which mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been airing for 19 years?

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

8 Which piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?

What Links

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?

11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?

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

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

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

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

Feeling stumped by the Tordesillas question?

The Solutions

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Canterbury Archbishop.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Mount Vesuvius.

6 The sitcom 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; travels through Spain; empties into the Atlantic.

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Title spies in novels: Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me; Le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Greene’s The Quiet American; Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

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