Food & Drink What type of food are wood ear, straw and portobello?
Mushrooms
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On This Day George Holliday made an amateur video of Rodney King's beating by Los Angeles police officers on this day, 3rd March, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1991
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Science & Nature How many bones are there in the adult human body?
206
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
John Fred and his Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) (1967)
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Sport & Leisure What nationality is tennis player Simona Halep?
Romanian
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Geography Lake Ontario is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by what U.S. state?
New York
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Anagram PENIS OVER BRAIN is an anagram of what world renowned football (soccer) player?
Robin van Persie
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Logos What well known company has this as its logo?
Nestlé
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Music What rock legend released albums titled Wrecking Ball in 2012 and High Hopes in 2014?
Bruce Springsteen
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History Against what country did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa on 22nd June 1941?
Soviet Union
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Entertainment Demi Moore played the wife; Robert Redford played the guy who offered her a million dollars. Who played the husband in the 1993 film Indecent Proposal?
Woody Harrelson
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General Knowledge What comes next in the following sequence: 46 O, 47 NM, 48 A, 49 A, ___?
50 H (The last 5 joining U.S. states: Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal an eight letter word.
Absentee
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Current Affairs Name the Russian statesman and opposition politician assassinated in Moscow last Friday night.
Boris Nemtsov (Борис Немцов)
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Science & Nature The symbol for what chemical element is derived from the Latin word plumbum?
Lead (Pb)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978)
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Sport & Leisure Who won in a play-off at the storm-hit US PGA Tour's Honda Classic in Florida on Monday?
Padraig Harrington
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Geography What is the capital of Catalonia in north-east Spain?
Barcelona
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Art & Literature What British author first published Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder in 1945?
Evelyn Waugh (Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh)
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Flags To what disputed country does this flag belong?
Palestine
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Music What world famous musician was born Saul Hudson in London, England in 1965?
Slash (Guns N' Roses)
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History Who was the first serving U.S. president to appear on black & white television?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (30th April 1939 at the opening ceremony for the World's Fair in New York City)
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Entertainment What is the title of the controversial 2014 comedy film about two journalists instructed to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un?
The Interview
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General Knowledge When given a faint colouring, it was contaminated. Answer with two words. The first part is a clue to a six letter word. Add a letter to that word to give the answer to the second clue.
Food & Drink What common crop is harvested from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum?
Potato
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In This Year In this year: Ban Ki-moon replaced Kofi Annan as United Nations Secretary-General; a South Korean expat student shot and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, before committing suicide; and One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 crashed in Phuket, killing 89 passengers and crew. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2007
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Science & Nature Also the name of an astrological sign, what constellation includes the two stars Castor & Pollux?
Gemini
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Cheap Trick - The Flame (1988)
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Sport & Leisure What Australian city is home to the Rebels professional rugby union team?
Melbourne
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Entertainment What were the surnames of "Sonny" and "Rico" in the 1980s TV series Miami Vice?
Crockett and Tubbs (played by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas)
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Art & Literature What is the name of the female FBI Special Agent featured in the Thomas Harris novels, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal?
Clarice Starling
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Geography What is the name of this Caribbean island?
Puerto Rico
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Music What duo had a worldwide hit in 1978 with You Don't Bring Me Flowers?
Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
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Anagram AHA! IONS MADE VOLTS! is an anagram of the full name of what well known inventor?
Thomas Alva Edison
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Entertainment Name the character played here by Michael Caine and the year of the film's release?
Charlie Croker - 1969 (The Italian Job - with Michael Standing as Arthur )
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
