Food & Drink What two alcoholic ingredients go into a Margarita cocktail? (½ point for each)
Tequila & Cointreau (or other orange-flavoured liqueurs such as Grand Marnier, Gran Gala, Triple Sec, Blue Curaçao)
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On This Day American musician Kurt Cobain committed suicide on this day, 5th April, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1994
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Science & Nature The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, named because of its resemblance to what sea creature?
Seahorse (from the Greek ἵππος hippos, "horse" and κάμπος kampos, "sea monster")
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958)
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Sport & Leisure For what team did Michael Schumacher win his first Formula 1 title in 1994?
Benetton (1994 and 1995, his first two titles before moving to Ferrari)
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Geography The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in what country?
Mexico
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Anagram ENTICING CANNIBALS is an anagram of what NFL franchise?
Cincinnati Bengals
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Logos What outdoor clothing and equipment company has this as its logo?
The North Face
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Music Released in 2014, whose fifth studio album was titled 1989, the year of her birth?
Taylor Swift
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History What was established in Western Europe in 1478 and not disbanded until 1834?
Spanish Inquisition (Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition)
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Entertainment What 1990 film stars Tom Hanks as a wealthy Wall Street investor, Melanie Griffith as a Southern belle gold digger, and Bruce Willis as an alcoholic journalist?
The Bonfire of the Vanities
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General Knowledge If you ask for directions in South Africa you may be told to "turn right at the robot". What is a 'robot'?
Traffic lights (a contraction for the words 'robot policemen')
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal the name of a U.S. city. (1 word answer)
Indianapolis (in D an apple is)
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Current Affairs What is the name of the law firm whose leaked "Panama Papers" this week have provided detailed information on more than 214,000 offshore companies?
Mossack Fonseca
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Science & Nature Native to the South Island of New Zealand, what 'K' describes this large species of parrot?
Kea
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Move - Fire Brigade (1968)
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Sport & Leisure In cricket this week, who won both the ICC World Twenty20 and ICC Women's World Twenty20?
West Indies
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Geography Gotland is the largest island of what country?
Sweden
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Art & Literature What fictional character is the narrator of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick?
Ishmael
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Flags What U.S. state is represented by this flag?
New York
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Music What 1981 song begins with these lyrics? She's a very kinky girl, The kind you don't take home to mother(½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rick James - Super Freak
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History What two countries were formed by the "Velvet Divorce" of 1993? (½ point for each)
Czech Republic & Slovakia
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Entertainment The American musical West Side Story was inspired by what William Shakespeare play?
Romeo and Juliet
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General Knowledge Situated the narrow-minded. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a five letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink In Italian cuisine, what are Stracchino and Scamorza?
Cheese
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In This Year In this year: Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars at the 32nd Academy Awards; the Great Chilean Earthquake, at 9.5, was, and still is, the strongest ever recorded; and the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia in the final of football's first ever European Nations Cup. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1960
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Science & Nature In mathematics, what is the reciprocal of four?
¼ (4 x ¼ = 1)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? (1979)
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Sport & Leisure What city is home to the "Jazz" NBA team?
Salt Lake City (Utah Jazz - previously New Orleans Jazz 1974–1979)
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Entertainment What 1964 film is set in and around 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in 1910?
Mary Poppins
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Art & Literature What 1954 Dylan Thomas play is set in the quirky welsh village of Llareggub?
Under Milk Wood
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Geography What Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 islands is this?
Tonga
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Music What are the first names of The Everly Brothers? (½ point for each)
Don and Phil (Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly)
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Anagram I DESIRE NO PITY is an anagram of what Academy Award winning actor born in 1927?
Sidney Poitier
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Entertainment For what city's police force was Raymond Burr's Ironside a consultant?
San Francisco
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
