Food & Drink What 'M' describes a cocktail of white rum, sugar, lime juice, sparkling water, and fresh mint?
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On This Day Considered to be a mass murder or suicide, in what country did 530 members of the "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God" die in a fire on this day, 17th March 2000?
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Science & Nature What 'D' describes the main muscle separating the chest from the abdomen, used predominantly when breathing?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1964)
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Sport & Leisure Retired in 2008, what record breaking American sprinter was nicknamed "The Kansas Cannonball"?
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Geography Off the coast of what country would you find the Gulf of Carpentaria?
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Anagram BRIDGEABLE ARSE is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 word answer)
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Logos What car manufacturer has this as its logo?
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Music Who released albums titled X in 2007, Aphrodite in 2010, and Kiss Me Once in 2014?
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History What name is given to the period in Ireland between 1845 and 1852 during which approximately 1 million people died and a million more emigrated?
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Entertainment What 2014 Wes Anderson film stars Ralph Fiennes as Monsieur Gustave H.?
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General Knowledge In the USA and Canada a hundredweight is 100 lbs (a short hundredweight.) How many pounds are there in the long hundredweight of the imperial system?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 13 letter word.
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Current Affairs What is the name of the South Pacific archipelago devastated by Cyclone Pam on Friday?
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Science & Nature The symbol for what chemical element is derived from the Latin word natrium?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1978)
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Sport & Leisure What hall of fame quarterback's number 16 was retired by the San Francisco 49ers on 15th December 1997?
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Geography What mountain range forms the natural boundary between Europe and Asia?
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Art & Literature What Irish journalist and author is best known for his books The Longest Day, The Last Battle, and A Bridge Too Far?
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Flags What Middle East country has this as its national flag?
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Music What is the name of the Italian boy in the 1980 Joe Dolce song Shaddap You Face?
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History What name is given to the armed insurrection aimed at ending British rule in Ireland in April 1916?
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Entertainment In what TV series did Leonard Nimoy work for the IMF?
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General Knowledge Infuriates the riverbank sports people. 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 First produced in Barbados in the 18th century, what popular fruit is a hybrid of the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo?
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In This Year In this year: Slovenia and Croatia became the first republics to declare independence from Yugoslavia; the body of publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean; and Boris Yeltsin became 1st President of the Russian Federation. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Science & Nature Arguably the world's smallest mammal, and native to western Thailand and southeast Burma, what is the name of this endangered bat?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1986)
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Sport & Leisure After failing to pay arrears to their former head coach, what country was expelled by FIFA this week from qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
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Entertainment What world famous TV show was cancelled this week after one of its presenters was suspended for allegedly throwing a punch at one of its producers?
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Art & Literature What was the name of the dog in Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories?
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Geography What African country is this?
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Music What is the title of the song that describes a woman with the vital statistics 42"-39"-56"?
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Anagram TWENTY HORNS THROB is an anagram of what Alfred Hitchcock film?
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Entertainment Name this 2008 film and the actor speaking.
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (4 word answer)
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Current Affairs The son of a New York City real estate mogul, who was arrested in New Orleans this week and formally charged with the murder of his former friend Susan Berman in 2000?
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Science & Nature First discovered on 18th February 1930, what takes 248 years to orbit the sun?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(2005)
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Sport & Leisure What four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion was nicknamed "The Professor"?
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Geography South of Japan and north of New Guinea, what is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands?
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Art & Literature In the newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson, what type of dog is Marmaduke?
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Landmarks At 3,212 feet, Angel Falls is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall. In what country is it?
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Music In song, who Waits at the window wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door?
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History In what century was the Battle of the Boyne fought near the town of Drogheda on the eastern coast of Ireland?
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Entertainment What is the title of the 1968 film starring Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Katharine Hepburn in an Oscar winning role as Eleanor of Aquitaine?
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General Knowledge Koh-i-Noor, Sancy, and Cullinan I are among the world's most expensive what?
