What amount of common knowledge do you possess? Dive into this collection of queries to find out.
1 Which icon of country music had a close brush with death from an ostrich attack in 1981?
2 Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the one hundred and sixth what?
3 Which first convened at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland in 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what does EfW stand for?
5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from wine estates on what mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?
7 Whose report resulted in the implementation of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 What piece in chess was initially called the counsellor?
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora city; Oporto?
11 Offspring of Cush; ninth musical variation; maritime patrol aircraft; siege at the Iranian embassy?
12 Caldey Island; Denny; Flat Holm Island; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves?
13 Boxing; chariot contests; discus throw; javelin; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 Agent 007; Leamas character; Pyle figure; Adolf Verloc?
15 Cate Blanchett; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water by the Tordesillas question?
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Vesuvius.
6 Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 River Douro: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: from Genesis; in Elgar's Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; 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; 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; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; feature Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
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