Food & Drink If a dish is cooked Florentine, what is it cooked with?
Spinach
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On This Day Which 55 year old former world tennis champion did Billie Jean King beat in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match in Houston, Texas on this day, 20th September, 1973?
Bobby Riggs
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Science & Nature What is the medical term for the largest bone in the human body?
Femur (thigh bone)
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
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Sport & Leisure Viswanathan Anand from India is the current World Champion of what?
Chess
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Anagram ONE TOP US CIA THUG is an anagram of which former South American dictator?
Augusto Pinochet (former President of Chile)
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Art & Literature According to the opening line of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, what is the food of love?
Music (If music be the food of love, play on - Duke Orsino)
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Logos Which well known manufacturer of sports equipment has this as its logo?
TaylorMade
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Music Complete the name of this R.E.M. hit from 1991: Shiny _____ _____ (fill in the blanks)
Happy People
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History For what did the United States pay the Russian Empire $7.2million on 30th March 1867?
Alaska
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Entertainment Which time critical TV game show includes challenges titled Hanky Panky, Yank Me and Don't Blow The Joker?
Minute to Win It
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Geography How many countries share a land border with Germany? (Nearest team gets 1 point)
General Knowledge 1. George Washington - 2. John Adams - 3. Thomas Jefferson. What number is Barack Obama?
44
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Current Affairs In the news this week, near which Nevada city were nine people killed when a vintage P-51 Mustang crashed during the National Championship Air Races on Friday?
Reno
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Science & Nature Cerumen is the medical term for which bodily secretion?
Earwax
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
David Bowie - Space Oddity (1975)
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Sport & Leisure Which manufacturer provides the tyres for all teams in the current 2011 Formula One season?
Pirelli
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Geography A large island, named Formosa by the Portuguese in 1544, by what name is it known today?
Taiwan (Republic of China)
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Art & Literature First published in 1869, who wrote the epic novel War and Peace?
Leo Tolstoy
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Flags Located in the Horn of Africa, for which country is this the national flag?
Somalia
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Music Born Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; by what name is this country rock and pop singer better known?
Shania Twain
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History What famous discovery did Howard Carter make in 1922?
The tomb of Tutankhamun
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Entertainment In the famous Nintendo games, what is the name of Mario's brother?
Luigi
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General Knowledge How many Sacraments of the Catholic Church are there?
7 (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony)
General Knowledge What does an oologist study or collect?
Bird's eggs
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In This Year In this year, Bill Clinton succeeded George H.W. Bush as President of the United States; James Bulger was abducted, tortured and murdered by two 10 year old boys in Liverpool; and the Sunset Limited train crash in Alabama killed 47. What year was it?
1993
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Science & Nature What was last visible with the naked eye from Earth in February 1986 and won't be seen again until July 2061?
Halley's Comet
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (1986)
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Sport & Leisure Name the 25 year old Dutch cyclist who won the 2011 Tour of Britain on Sunday.
Lars Boom
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Anagram Which south American capital city is an anagram of an African country?
Lima (Mali)
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Art & Literature First published as a novel in 1911, for which book is J. M. Barrie best known?
Peter Pan
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Geography Which country is this?
Nepal
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Music Three of the four members of ABBA were born in Sweden. In which country was Frida Lyngstad born?
Norway (Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen - Bjørkåsen, Ballangen)
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History During World War II, in alphabetical order, the five D-Day Landing beaches were given the code names Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword and ________. (fill in the blank)
Utah
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Entertainment Robert De Niro played the psychopath Max Cady in the 1991 remake of 'Cape Fear'. Who played the same role in the 1962 original?
Robert Mitchum
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General Knowledge Write down two words which are homophonic heterographs of the word sent. (½ point for each)
cent, scent (sound alike, different spelling and meaning)
Food & Drink Which spirit replaces vodka to turn a Bloody Mary into a Bloody Maria?
Tequila
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Current Affairs In the news this week, seizing 567kg of cocaine with a street value of around US$77m, police in which country made their largest ever drugs bust at the weekend?
Hong Kong
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Science & Nature On 23rd September 1846, what became the last of the eight major planets to be discovered?
Neptune (Pluto, discovered in 1930, is no longer classed as a major planet)
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Will Smith - Men in Black (1997)
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Sport & Leisure Who are the only two players to have won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles? (½ point for each)
Björn Borg & Roger Federer
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Entertainment Which Oscar winning film is this?
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
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Art & Literature Still in common use today, which Latin phrase translates literally as "course of life"?
Curriculum vitæ
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Landmarks By what name is this World Heritage Site known and in which country is it? (½ point for each)
Nazca Lines, Peru
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Music Between 1953 and 1997, which group comprised lead singer Levi Stubbs plus groupmates Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton?
Four Tops
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History What was US president Lyndon B. Johnson's middle name?
Baines
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On This Day Brian Clough died on this day, 20th September, 2004. Who played Brian Clough in the 2009 film The Damned United?
Michael Sheen
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General Knowledge How many squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?
The Caterpillar 797F is one of the biggest trucks in the world. Measured from the ground to the highest point when the bed is level, what is its height in inches?
