Food & Drink Known for its greenish-blue marbling, what 'G' describes this cheese from Italy?
Gorgonzola
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On This Day Born in St. Louis, Missouri on this day, 11th July, 1953, what boxer briefly became undisputed heavyweight champion after defeating Muhammad Ali in February 1978?
Leon Spinks
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Science & Nature Twenty-four astronauts have flown around the moon, but how many of those have actually walked on the moon's surface? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
12 (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John W. Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (1967)
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Sport & Leisure Competing at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in Pattaya on Sunday; name the 14-year-old Thai who became the world's youngest ever known winner of a professional golf tournament.
"Jeen" Atthaya Thitikul ("น้องจีน" อาฒยา ฐิติกุล)
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Geography What is the southernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands?
Jersey
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Anagram A KIND END ENCHANTS BUSH is an anagram of what American musical group?
KC and the Sunshine Band
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Logos What major American airline is represented by this logo?
United Airlines
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Music What group, formed in 2003, originally comprised Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton and Kimberly Wyatt?
The Pussycat Dolls
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History What was the first building in the world completed with more than 100 floors?
Empire State Building (New York City - 1931 - 102 floors)
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Entertainment In what 1990 film are Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward attacked by subterranean creatures in the fictional town of Perfection, Nevada?
Tremors
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General Knowledge What far-future year comes next in this strobogrammatic sequence? 1111, 1691, 1881, 1961, ____
6009 (a strobogrammatic number is one that reads the same when rotated 180 degrees)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Mixed feelings (Mixed emotions)
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Current Affairs What city hosted the G20 summit this weekend?
Hamburg
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Science & Nature What 'G' describes the fine silk used by small spiders for ballooning or kiting?
Gossamer
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love (1982)
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Sport & Leisure How many players are there in a handball team?
7
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Geography Measured by area, what is the largest country in Africa?
Algeria (919,595 sq mi)
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Art & Literature How many Chronicles of Narnia books are there?
7 (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, The Last Battle)
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Flags What European country has this as its national flag?
Liechtenstein
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Music Who was voted out of American R&B group New Edition in December 1985 due to behavioural problems, subsequently moving on to embark on a solo career?
Bobby Brown
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History Matthew Flinders is best known for being among the first to circumnavigate and chart what country between 1798 and 1803?
Australia
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Entertainment The Lost Boys is a 1987 film about two Arizona brothers who move to California and end up fighting a gang of what?
Vampires
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Add/Deduct a Letter Gradually develop then turn around. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink What chain of fast food restaurants scrapped its 40-year-old "Have It Your Way" slogan in 2014?
Burger King
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In This Year Daniel Craig, Celine Dion, Hugh Jackman, Kylie Minogue, Will Smith, and Owen Wilson were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1968
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Science & Nature What name is given to the tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone?
Achilles tendon / Calcaneal tendon
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree (1995)
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Sport & Leisure Who won the World Baseball Classic for the first time in March 2017?
United States
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Entertainment Sergio Leone is credited as the inventor of what genre of film?
Spaghetti Western
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Art & Literature What best-selling English author wrote The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man?
Julia Donaldson (illustrated by Axel Scheffler)
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Maps Name this body of water.
Andaman Sea
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Music What was the name of the showgirl at the Copacabana in Barry Manilow's 1978 hit song?
Lola
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Anagram HANDLE TENTH HUGE ARSE is an anagram of what major European city and the country in which it is located?
The Hague, Netherlands
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Entertainment The 1978 film Midnight Express was loosely based on the real-life story of Billy Hayes, a college student who served time in (and later escaped from) a prison in what country?
Turkey
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.