Food & Drink What 'F' is a French word used to describe a beverage served with finely crushed ice?
Frappé
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On This Day Barack Obama became the first man of African-American descent to be elected President of the United States on this day, 4th November, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2008
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Science & Nature What two major planets in our Solar System do not have moons?
Mercury & Venus
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry (1960)
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Sport & Leisure In December 1981, Muhammad Ali's last professional fight was against who?
Trevor Berbick
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Geography The still waters of what North Atlantic sea are covered by brown algae?
Sargasso
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Anagram ORAL MANIAC FORNICATES is an anagram of what U.S. state capital and the state it is capital of? (2 word answer)
Sacramento, California
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Logos What well known company has this as its logo?
Philips
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Music What 1979 song begins Once I had a love and it was a gas? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Blondie - Heart of Glass
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History Born in 1847, what American inventor started going deaf at the age of 12?
Thomas Edison
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Entertainment As a child actor in the 1970s, Danny Bonaduce played a member of what TV family?
The Partridge Family
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General Knowledge In astrology, the three air signs are Aquarius, Gemini and what?
Food & Drink A tribute to John Lennon, who launched a product in 2008 called "Imagine Whirled Peace"?
Ben & Jerry's
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In This Year In this year: George H. W. Bush was televised vomiting into the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister and fainting; Denmark won the UEFA European Football Championship; and Queen Elizabeth II gave her annus horribilis speech. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1992
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Science & Nature In dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is how many metres per second? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
342
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
George Michael - Faith (1987)
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Sport & Leisure In what year was the baseball World Series cancelled because of a players' strike? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1994
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Entertainment Cameron Diaz co-starred with Ben Stiller in what hit comedy film of the 90s?
There's Something About Mary (1998)
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Art & Literature A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, was a best-selling début novel for what well-known novelist?
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Geography What U.S. state is this?
Missouri
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Music What American was the drummer for the band The Police?
Stewart Copeland
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Anagram BENT A YEWS TIMBERS is an anagram of what well known European building?
Westminster Abbey
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Entertainment Who played the President of the United States in the 1996 film Mars Attacks!?
Jack Nicholson
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General Knowledge If you share the same great-grandparents with someone, but not the same grand-parents, what is your relationship?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Cash on delivery
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Current Affairs What is the name of the 35-year-old tightrope walker who set two world records in a televised event in Chicago on Sunday?
Nikolas "Nik" Wallenda (The steepest tightrope incline between two buildings and the highest tightrope walk while blindfolded)
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Science & Nature What is the name of the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder?
Ureter
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love (2003)
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Sport & Leisure Name the location and year of the Summer Olympic Games boycotted by most sovereign African nations over apartheid?
Montreal 1976
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Geography Measured from its oceanic base, at 33,100ft it is more than twice the base-to-peak height of Mount Everest, making it the tallest mountain on Earth. What is it called?
Mauna Kea (Hawaii)
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Art & Literature In Roald Dahl's 1968 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who claimed to have been chewing the same piece of gum "for three months solid"?
Violet Beauregarde
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Landmarks What is the name of this world-renowned opera house in Milan, Italy?
La Scala (Teatro alla Scala)
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Music Who had a hit in 1968 with Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Dionne Warwick
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History In 1969, what U.S. politician drove his car off a bridge at Chappaquidick, resulting in the death of a young colleague, Mary Jo Kopechne?
Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
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Entertainment On 22nd March 2228, Riverside in Iowa will become the birthplace of what sci-fi hero?
Captain James T. Kirk
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
The greatest distance for an unsupported tightrope walk was achieved by Bello Nock across a wire along the length of a cruise ship on 10th November 2010. How long (in feet) was his walk?
