Food & Drink A well known term in Turkish cuisine, what is the Turkish word for "rotating"?
Döner (Turkish: döner kebap - 'rotating roast')
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On This Day Suspected of being the Unabomber, who was indicted on ten criminal counts on this day, 18th June, 1996?
Ted Kaczynski
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Science & Nature How many limbs does a lobster have?
10
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (1964)
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Sport & Leisure In 1934, what became the first European country to win the FIFA World Cup?
Italy
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Geography Measured by area, what is the smallest country on mainland Africa?
Gambia (11,295 km2)
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Anagram HAPLESS JOINT is an anagram of which former world leader?
Joseph Stalin
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Logos Which Italian brand of mineral water has this as its logo?
San Pellegrino
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Music Which well known singer married Turkish-American television actress Ayda Field in 2010?
Robbie Williams
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History Which World War II battle between December 1944 and January 1945 was a German offensive on the Western Front in Belgium, France and Luxembourg?
Battle of the Bulge (German: Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein "Operation Watch on the Rhine")
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Entertainment Euphegenia was the first name of which Robin Williams film character?
Mrs. Doubtfire
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General Knowledge Which Christian religious holiday, sometimes called the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, is usually celebrated on 2nd November?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Pie in the Sky
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Current Affairs In the news this week: What is the name of the resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, currently hosting the 2013 G8 summit?
Lough Erne / Loch Erne (Irish: Loch Éirne)
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Science & Nature To the nearest degree, what is absolute zero when measured on the Celsius scale?
−273 (−273.15°)
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (1973)
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Sport & Leisure Which well known singer played in goal for Real Madrid's youth team until a car accident ended his football career in 1963?
Julio Iglesias
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Geography Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world, which body of water spanning Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has lost around 80% of its volume since the 1950s?
Aral Sea
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Art & Literature Which Jules Verne character has a name that is Latin for nobody?
Captain Nemo
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Flags Which country has this as its national flag?
Norway
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Music Which Dutch band released their worldwide hit Venus in 1969, later covered by Bananarama in 1986?
Shocking Blue
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History Australian Mary Donaldson married the Crown Prince of what country in 2004?
Denmark
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Entertainment Who starred in the silent films Sherlock, Jr., Go West, and The General?
Buster Keaton
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 7 H of E T
7 Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor (Conrad Hilton, Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton (twice), John Warner, Larry Fortensky)
Food & Drink Reportedly the "world's most expensive cheese", what 'P' describes a cheese made from the milk of Balkan donkeys from Serbia?
Pule
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In This Year In this year: Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com, Facebook's forerunner; Ireland and New Zealand banned smoking in bars and restaurants; and 187,000 were killed in the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. What year was it?
2004
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Science & Nature Sulphuric acid contains sulphur, oxygen, and which other element?
Hydrogen (H2SO4)
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1983)
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Sport & Leisure Which sporting competition was dominated by Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950s?
Formula One
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Geography In Italy it is called Monte Cervino; in France, Mont Cervin. What is its German name, also used in English?
Matterhorn
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Anagram A STEEP ROOF ANGLE WITHIN is an anagram of which world famous landmark?
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Geography Which Central American country is this?
El Salvador
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Music Which song writing partnership sometimes produced albums under the pseudonym "The Glimmer Twins"?
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
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History The former Soviet "Committee for State Security" was better known as what?
KGB (Комитет государственной безопасности, Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti)
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Entertainment Name this TV series from the 1970s.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
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General Knowledge Named after its 19th century inventor, what 'V' describes the most common type of flare gun still in use today?
Very (after American naval officer Edward Wilson Very)
Zeus, a Great Dane from Michigan, USA, was declared the "world's tallest dog" in the 2013 Guinness Book of World Records. From his foot to his withers, how tall in millimetres is he?
