Food & Drink Nicknamed "The Queen of Fruit", what is the English name for this popular Southeast Asian fruit?
Mangosteen (Thai: mangkhut - มังคุด )
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On This Day While attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from on this day, 2nd July, in which year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1937
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Science & Nature What is is the second planet from the Sun?
Venus
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces (1961)
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Sport & Leisure What fruit stands atop the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles trophy?
Pineapple
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Geography Frankfort is the capital of which U.S. state?
Kentucky
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Anagram A FLOWER VISITOR HUMS is an anagram of which James Bond film?
From Russia With Love (1963)
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Logos Which fashion company has this as its logo?
Versace
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Music Jake Shears, Randy Real, Del Marquis, Ana Matronic and Babydaddy are best known as members of which pop group formed in 2001?
Scissor Sisters
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History How many days after Hiroshima was the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
3 (6th & 9th August 1945)
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Entertainment Whose filmography as a director includes Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and The Da Vinci Code ?
Ron Howard
12.
General Knowledge What three letters describe the academic qualification for a Doctor of Philosophy?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Be Seein' You
2.
Current Affairs In the news this week, who was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party on Friday, ousting incumbent Julia Gillard and becoming Prime Minister of Australia?
Kevin Rudd
3.
Science & Nature Name the two long bones of the forearm?
Radius and Ulna
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971)
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Sport & Leisure What nationality is Formula One racing driver Pastor Maldonado?
Venezuelan
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Geography What is the official name of the Indian city formerly called Madras?
Chennai
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Art & Literature First appearing in 1919, for which fictional character is New York–based writer Johnston McCulley best known?
Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega)
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Flags Which Central American country has this as its national flag?
Honduras
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Music Good Morning Starshine is a pop song from which 1960s musical?
Hair
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History Who is the only man to be elected for two terms as Vice President and two terms as President of the United States?
Richard Nixon
11.
Entertainment Who voiced Rocky, the rooster in the 2000 film Chicken Run ?
Mel Gibson
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 400 M A an A T
Food & Drink If you drank leche in Spain, what would you be drinking?
Milk
2.
In This Year In this year: Richard Nixon died at the age of 81; Tony Blair was elected leader of the British Labour Party; and Woodstock celebrated its 25th Anniversary. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1994
3.
Science & Nature Which chemical element was historically called brimstone?
Sulphur / Sulfur
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl (1981)
5.
Sport & Leisure Who inflicted the shock defeat of Serena Williams in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday?
Sabine Lisicki (Germany)
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Geography Located 32km off the coast of Cameroon, Bioko Island is home to Malabo, the capital city of which country?
Equatorial Guinea
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Anagram NEAREST TO A URINAL is an anagram of which Nicolas Cage film?
National Treasure (2004)
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Geography This group of more than 600 islands is collectively known as the Federated States of _________?
Micronesia
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Music Who duetted with Celine Dion on the 1997 hit Tell Him?
Barbra Streisand
10.
History In which year did Howard Carter discover the tomb of Tutankhamun? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1922
11.
Entertainment Name this TV series from the early 60s.
Fireball XL5 (1962-1963)
12.
General Knowledge Which US state has the most Electoral College votes?
California (55 - Texas 34, New York 29, Florida 29)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Clerical Error
2.
On This Day Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world non-stop in a balloon on this day, 2nd July, in which year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2002
3.
Science & Nature What 'S' is packaged, in gel form, with many products to absorb moisture?
Silica / Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
4.
Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real (2001)
5.
Sport & Leisure Beating names like Lionel Messi and Michael Phelps, who was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year in March 2013?
Usain Bolt
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Geography Nugent Island and Jacquemart Island are the northernmost and southernmost islands, respectively, of which country?
New Zealand
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Art & Literature One of Mowgli's mentors and friends, what was the name of "the sleepy brown bear" in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book?
Baloo
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Landmarks Located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, what is the name of this giant steel sculpture?
Angel of the North
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Music What satirical novelty song was released by Memphis disc jockey Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots in 1976?
Disco Duck
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History What was the surname of French brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne whose hot-air balloon made the first ever manned flight in 1783?
Montgolfier
11.
Entertainment During which war was the 1968 John Wayne film The Green Berets set?
Vietnam War
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 53 is the N on H the L B
Flying from Calais to Dover in just 37 minutes, in which year did Louis Blériot make the first ever flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine?
