Food & Drink Which fruit is used to produce the liqueur Crème de Cassis?
Blackcurrant
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On This Day The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely on this day, 17th April, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point)
1970
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Science & Nature In Einstein's famous equation e=mc2, what does the letter c represent?
The speed of light
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion (1962)
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Sport & Leisure In international team tennis, what is the women's equivalent of the Davis Cup?
Fed Cup
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Geography Located in Siberia, what is the deepest and most voluminous freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water?
Lake Baikal (1,642 m deep / volume 23,615 km3 )
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Anagram ANGELIC AS JOKE is an anagram of which comedian, actor and musician born in 1916?
Jackie Gleason
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Logos Which wealth management company has this as its logo?
Merrill Lynch
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Music What type of bird is the title of a 2005 song by Eminem?
Mockingbird
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History Who gained fame when he invented dynamite in 1867?
Alfred Nobel
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Entertainment In Some Like It Hot, what musical instrument did Joe, the character played by Tony Curtis, play?
Saxophone
12.
General Knowledge What do the initials HB on a pencil stand for?
General Knowledge Which religion celebrates the festival of Vesak or Vesākha?
Buddhism (The birth, enlightenment, and passing away of Gautama Buddha)
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Current Affairs In the news this week, into which body of water did North Korea's Unha-3 rocket crash when it exploded 90 seconds after take-off on Friday?
Yellow Sea
3.
Science & Nature What is the name of the pigment that gives leaves their green colour?
Chlorophyll
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1984)
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Sport & Leisure Name the American golfer who, on 25th January 2001, became the only person in PGA Tour history to hit a hole-in-one on a par 4 hole during a PGA Tour event?
Andrew Magee (332-yard 17th hole at the Phoenix Open)
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Geography In which desert does Las Vegas lie?
Mojave Desert
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Art & Literature Who painted 210 Coca-Cola Bottles in 1962?
Andy Warhol
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Flags Which Central American country has this as its national flag?
Panama (República de Panamá)
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Music Madonna stirred up a publicity storm in 1989 when images of stigmata, burning crosses, and a dream sequence making love to a saint featured in the music video for which song?
Like a Prayer
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History On 3rd May 1937, from which German city did the Hindenburg depart for its fateful journey to Lakehurst, New Jersey?
Frankfurt
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Entertainment The character of Wo Fat regularly featured as a villain in which long running TV series between 1968 and 1980?
Hawaii Five-O
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General Knowledge Name either one of the twin cruise ships that currently hold the record as the largest passenger ships ever constructed.
MS Allure of the Seas / MS Oasis of the Seas (Royal Caribbean International)
Food & Drink What 'M' is a type of brown, unrefined sugar, sometimes called Barbados sugar?
Muscovado
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In This Year In this year: The PlayStation 2 was released worldwide; an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel just after take-off near Paris; and the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida presidential recount, effectively handing the Presidency to George W. Bush. What year was it?
2000
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Science & Nature Absolute zero is measured as -459.67° Fahrenheit or -273.15° Celsius. Name any one of the two scales on which it is measured as zero?
Kelvin / Rankine
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (1997)
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Sport & Leisure Which country's international rugby union team is nicknamed The Pumas?
Argentina (Los Pumas)
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Geography At 8,586 metres, what is the third highest mountain in the world?
Kangchenjunga
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Anagram HORSETAIL FLEA SALAD is an anagram of which US state capital and the state it is capital of? (2 word answer)
Tallahassee, Florida
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Geography Name this island nation off the coast of West Africa.
Cape Verde (República de Cabo Verde)
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Music Whitney Houston had a massive hit in 1992 with I Will Always Love You, but who wrote the song and released the original in 1974?
Dolly Parton
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History Which British overseas territory was devastated by a series of volcanic eruptions between 1995 and 1999?
Montserrat
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Entertainment What is the name of the Police Chief of Springfield in the animated TV Series The Simpsons?
Chief Wiggum / Clancy Wiggum
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Art & Literature For which fictional newspaper does Clark Kent work?
General Knowledge Which 'F' is the name for the crimped metal sleeve that holds the eraser in place on the end of a pencil?
Ferrule
2.
On This Day A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro on this day, 17th April, in which year? (Nearest team gets 1 point)
1961
3.
Science & Nature A nephrologist is a physician who specialises in which organs?
Kidneys
4.
Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Adele - Someone Like You (2011)
5.
Sport & Leisure In which Italian city do soccer team Juventus play their home games?
Turin
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Entertainment Name this 2003 film.
Lost in Translation (Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson)
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Art & Literature First published in 1952, which English author wrote The Borrowers series of children's fantasy novels?
Mary Norton
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Landmarks Name this well known landmark and the country in which it is located. (½ point for each)
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
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Music Which 1972 song includes the following lyrics? Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang(½ point each for Artist and Title)
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
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History Which American industrialist became the world's first billionaire in September 1916?
John D. Rockefeller
11.
Entertainment Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson have all played which sailor on film?
Fletcher Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 - The Bounty 1984)
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General Knowledge Which five letter word can mean a parasitic worm, the hook of an anchor or a lucky chance?
Sumito Matsumura from Japan holds the Guinness World Record for the longest eyebrow hair. In millimetres, what length was officially recorded in June 2011?
