Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
An inside job
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Current Affairs Name the pioneering British computer scientist and code breaker, convicted in 1952 for homosexual activity, granted a posthumous royal pardon this week.
Alan Turing
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Science & Nature Which scientist was dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park"?
Thomas Edison
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You (1981)
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Sport & Leisure A shooting guard is a position in what sport?
Basketball
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Geography Most European satellites and rockets are launched from Kourou, a site on which continent?
South America (French Guiana)
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Art & Literature What epic Russian novel does comic strip dog Snoopy read at the rate of one word per day?
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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Flags This is the flag of which Australian state?
Tasmania
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Music A famous song from The Pirates of Penzance is I am the very model of a modern ... what?
Major-General
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History Who became the first pilot to officially travel faster than sound, in October 1947?
Chuck Yeager
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Entertainment NHK is the national broadcasting corporation of what country?
Japan
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General Knowledge What is the second-largest stock exchange in the world after the NYSE?
NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations - also in New York)
Food & Drink A Moscow Mule cocktail comprises two parts vodka, one part lime, and three parts what?
Ginger beer
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In This Year In this year: The Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria; Israeli airborne commandos freed 103 hostages at Uganda's Entebbe Airport; and racing champion Niki Lauda suffered serious burns in the German Grand Prix. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1976
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Science & Nature What is the common name for the plant antirrhinum?
Snapdragons / Dragon flowers
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Blur - Song 2 (1997)
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Sport & Leisure V. V. S. Laxman played cricket for which Test nation?
India (Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman)
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Entertainment Who played Nicky Black in the 1961 musical film The Young Ones?
Cliff Richard
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Anagram INEBRIANT USAGE ON ARSE is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (3 word answer)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Geography Which Central American country is this?
Belize
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Music Which American Rapper was born Shawn Corey Carter in December 1969?
Jay-Z
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History The War of the Three Henrys was the last in a series of civil wars during the 16th century in which country?
France
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Entertainment Lasting from 2004 to 2013, name this TV series.
CSI: NY (The Who - Baba O'Riley)
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General Knowledge What word for a distinctive and usually pleasant smell comes from the Greek and Latin word for spice?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Alright on the night
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On This Day Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on this day, 30th December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2006
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Science & Nature What is the atomic number of carbon?
6
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Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell Williams - Blurred Lines (2013)
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Sport & Leisure In sport, what measures 8 feet by 8 yards?
Football (soccer) goal
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Geography Of the five former Soviet states known as "the 'stans", which is the largest by area?
Kazakhstan ("-stan" is Persian for "land of")
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Art & Literature In the Bible, who had three sons; Shem, Ham and Japheth?
Noah
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Landmarks Often listed among the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, in which country is the Parícutin volcano?
Mexico
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Music Born in 1901, which American musician was nicknamed Satchmo?
Louis Armstrong
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History Who famously said "Mr. Watson. Come here. I want to see you." on 10th March, 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell
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Entertainment What 1955 Ealing comedy was remade by the Coen brothers in 2004?
The Ladykillers
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General Knowledge What 'S' describes the illegal practice of bidding for your own items at auction, in order to drive the price up?
