Saturday Quiz: Put Your Smarts to the Test

How much of common knowledge do you possess? Plunge into this collection of queries to discover.

The Questions

1 Which country music legend was nearly killed by an ostrich in 1981?

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

3 What initially met at Þingvellir in the nation of Iceland during the year 930?

4 In the power industry, what is EfW?

5 Lacryma Christi vino originates from vineyards on which mountain?

6 What BBC sitcom has been running for 19 years?

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

8 Which chess piece was originally known as the vizier?

What Links

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

10 Sierra de Urbión; Tordesillas; Zamora; Porto?

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

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

13 Pugilism; chariot racing; discus; javelin throw; long jump; ancient combat sport; grappling?

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

15 Blanchett actress; Penélope Cruz; Diane Keaton; Mira Sorvino; Wiest thespian?

In deep water over the Tordesillas clue?

The Answers

1 Johnny Cash.

2 Archbishop of Canterbury.

3 Althing (parliament).

4 Energy from waste.

5 Vesuvius.

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

7 Lord Justice Taylor (1990).

8 The queen piece.

9 Lanes in London.

10 Douro River: rises in Spain; travels through Spain; reaches Atlantic.

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

12 Bristol Channel islands.

13 Ancient Olympic events.

14 Spy titles in books: 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; Vicky Cristina Barcelona; classic Annie Hall; Mighty Aphrodite; Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway.