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How much of common knowledge are you holding? Dive into this set of questions to find out.

The Questions

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

2 Sarah Mullally was named as the one hundred and sixth what?

3 What initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?

4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?

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

6 Which British television comedy has been airing for 19 years?

7 Whose report led to the adoption of stadiums with only seats in the United Kingdom?

8 What chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

Common Connections

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin throw; broad jump; pankration; wrestling?

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

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

Feeling stumped over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 The Man in Black.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (Icelandic assembly).

4 Waste-to-energy.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Taylor Report (1990).

8 Queen.

9 Lanes in London.

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

11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from 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; 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; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.