How much of general knowledge are you holding? Plunge into this set of questions to discover.
The Questions
1 Which icon of country music had a close brush with death by an ostrich back in 1981?
2 Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the 106th what?
3 What initially met at Thingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?
4 Within the energy sector, what is EfW?
5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from vineyards on what mountain?
6 Which BBC sitcom has been airing for nineteen years?
7 Which person's findings resulted in the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the UK?
8 Which chess piece was initially called the vizier?
What Links
9 Brick Lane; Chancery; Hangar Lane; Leather Lane; Park Lane; Pudding?
10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Oporto?
11 Son of Cush; ninth musical variation; naval patrol plane; Iranian embassy siege?
12 Caldey Island; Denny Island; Flat Holm; Lundy; Stert; The Wolves Islands?
13 Pugilism; chariot contests; discus; javelin throw; long jump; pankration; grappling?
14 James Bond; Alec Leamas; Alden Pyle; Verloc persona?
15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Keaton performer; Sorvino actress; Dianne Wiest?
In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?
The Solutions
1 Johnny Cash.
2 Canterbury Archbishop.
3 Althing (parliament).
4 Waste-to-energy.
5 Mount Vesuvius.
6 The sitcom Not Going Out (UK's second longest-running comedy)
7 Taylor Report (1990).
8 The queen piece.
9 London lanes.
10 Douro River: starts in Spain; flows through in Spain; reaches Atlantic.
11 The name Nimrod: in Book of Genesis; from Elgar’s Enigma Variations; Hawker Siddeley Nimrod; SAS operation codename.
12 Bristol Channel islands.
13 Events in the ancient Olympics.
14 Title spies in novels: 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: film Blue Jasmine; movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.
