Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
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Current Affairs In a shooting spree near a college campus, in which Californian city were five people killed on Friday?
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Science & Nature Making up around 8% by weight of the Earth's solid surface, what is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1974)
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Sport & Leisure Named after a World War I French aviator, which tennis stadium hosts the French Open?
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Geography Which country shares a land border with Brunei?
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Art & Literature In which country did the Pied Piper lure away the rats and the children?
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Flags Which landlocked country and enclave has this as its national flag?
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Music Which Welsh rock drummer has performed, amongst others, with Tom Jones, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Uriah Heep, Gary Numan, The Firm, AC/DC, and Asia?
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History On 7th December 1787, what became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby becoming known as The First State?
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Entertainment Who played Lois Lane between 1978 and 1987 in the Superman film series?
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 9 L of a C
Food & Drink If you were served Kartoffel in a German restaurant, what would you be eating?
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In This Year In this year: 6,000 passengers were left stranded when London-based Laker Airways collapsed; Chariots of Fire won four Academy Awards including Best Picture; and Yuri Andropov became leader of the Soviet Union. What year was it?
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Science & Nature In computing, what is the word bit short for?
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1992)
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Sport & Leisure Which Jamaican sprinter is nicknamed The Beast?
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Geography Narita International Airport serves which capital city?
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Anagram WINTERS ODD TIGER is an anagram of which NHL ice hockey team?
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Geography What country is this?
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Music Who was booed off stage at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary tribute concert in Madison Square Garden in 1992?
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History Which four modern day countries, in part or whole, formed the historic colony of French Indochina?
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Entertainment Name this TV series from the 1980s.
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General Knowledge In the United States, what is the female equivalent of a fraternity?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
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Current Affairs On live television last Friday, which world leader, accompanied by his wife of thirty years, announced they are to divorce?
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Science & Nature What advance in sound recording was patented by English electronics engineer Alan Blumlein in 1933?
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(2006)
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Sport & Leisure Who, in 2001, became the only Croatian ever to win a Wimbledon men's singles final and the only person to have ever won it on a wildcard?
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Geography If you travelled in a perfect straight line from Paris to Moscow, how many countries would you have visited? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Art & Literature In the Bible, who had Samson's hair cut off?
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Landmarks In which Italian city would you find this grandiose cathedral?
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Music Which American singer had a worldwide hit in 1963 with It's My Party?
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History One of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, what name was given to the war in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648?
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Entertainment Ewan McGregor starred as Mark "Rent Boy" Renton in which 1996 Danny Boyle film?
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 6 P on a S T
The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was achieved in 1924 by the U.S. Army Air Service in four Douglas World Cruiser biplanes. How many days did it take them?
