Food & Drink Originating in Tuscany, what 'P' describes this traditional Italian dessert containing fruits and nuts?
Panforte
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In This Year In this year: The PlayStation 2 was released worldwide; an Air France Concorde crashed into a hotel 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? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2000
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Science & Nature What 'I' describes the uppermost and largest bone of the human pelvis?
Ilium (from the Latin (ile, ilis), meaning "groin" or "flank.")
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (1980)
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Sport & Leisure New Zealand won the 2014 Rugby Championship on Saturday despite losing to what country in their last game of the competition?
South Africa (27–25)
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Entertainment What 1960s TV family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane in the fictional city of Mockingbird Heights?
The Munsters
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Art & Literature 18th century English painter George Stubbs is best known for his paintings of what animal?
Horses
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Geography What is this, the largest and northernmost territory of Canada?
Nunavut
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Music What American rock band, formed in 1994, got its name from a term used by Allied pilots during World War II to describe UFO-type sightings?
Foo Fighters
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Anagram KILL IN FINE HANDS is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of?
Helsinki, Finland
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Entertainment Name this 1968 film and the actor speaking.
Planet of the Apes - Charlton Heston
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General Knowledge To the nearest 1%, what was the percentage "No" vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
Of the 3,623,344 votes cast in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, less than 1 in a thousand were blank or invalid. How many were blank or invalid?
