Food & Drink What 'L' describes the family of plants that include peas, beans, lentils, soybeans, peanuts, and tamarind?
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In This Year In this year: The Beatles made their first live American TV performance on The Ed Sullivan Show; 319 were killed in riots at a football game between Peru and Argentina; and murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen became the last people to be executed in the UK. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Science & Nature Of the 8 major planets in our solar system, which has the longest orbital period around the Sun?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1983)
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Sport & Leisure Name the only two people to have won the FIFA World Cup as both player and manager?
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Entertainment What is the only film with an exclamation mark in its title to have won the Best Picture Oscar?
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Anagram I BORE IN A YANK is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 word answer)
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Geography What country is this?
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Music Who wrote the song Mr. Tambourine Man, a worldwide hit for The Byrds in 1965?
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History Which French general was head of state of the wartime Vichy government?
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Entertainment First aired from 1998 until 2004, name this TV series.
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General Knowledge In Greek mythology, what many-headed serpent was killed by Heracles?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
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Current Affairs Name the Los Angeles Clippers owner who apologised on Sunday for making racist remarks, one month after being banned from basketball for life.
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Science & Nature What 'S' describes a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1995)
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Sport & Leisure What nationality is current MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez?
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Geography The "Bridge of No Return" is a border crossing between which two Asian countries?
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Art & Literature The first wife of the Daphne du Maurier character "Maxim" De Winter was called what?
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Landmarks What European city is this?
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Music In a 1958 song by The Coasters, what title words come before the line "don't talk back"?
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History Since the Second World War, who is the only US President NOT to be Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'?
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Entertainment Who starred as the wizard in the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful?
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General Knowledge In what country was Trivial Pursuit first created in December 1979?
André-Jacques Garnerin performed the first ever parachute jump, dropping from a balloon at 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park, Paris on 22nd October, in what year?
