On This Day In an expedition to prove that Peruvian natives could have sailed to and settled in Polynesia, Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on their balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki on this day, 28th April, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1947
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Science & Nature What is removed from the body during a phlebotomy?
Blood (from the Greek words phlebo-, meaning "pertaining to a blood vessel", and -tomy, meaning "to make an incision")
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In (1962)
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Sport & Leisure In what year did the FIFA World Cup see red and yellow cards used by referees for the first time in football history?
1970 (Mexico)
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Geography What two countries are the only ones in the world to have a square national flag?
Switzerland and Vatican City
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Anagram NEW TITS LEAK is an anagram of what English actress?
Kate Winslet
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Logos What commercial music streaming service has this as its logo?
Spotify
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Music Shirley Bassey has performed the title themes for three James Bond films. Name them.
Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker
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History What 'P' describes the religious group that banned Christmas in England from 1647 to 1660 and in Boston, Massachusetts from 1659 to 1681?
Puritans
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Entertainment In what feature-length animation are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita?
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
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General Knowledge In what country is Nihongo the national language?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (4 word answer)
Feeling under the weather
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Current Affairs What capital city lies nearest the epicentre of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people this week?
Kathmandu (Nepal)
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Science & Nature This breed of dog, developed in Southern Africa, is commonly called a Rhodesian what?
Ridgeback
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town (1976)
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Sport & Leisure Held annually in late May and early June, what is the Italian equivalent of the Tour de France?
Giro d'Italia
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Geography What U.S. state is hit with more tornadoes in an average year than any other U.S. state?.
Texas (30-year average of 126 - Oklahoma is second with 52)
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Art & Literature In the Harry Potter series of novels, what is a Nimbus 2000?
Broomstick
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Flags Independent from New Zealand since 1962, what Polynesian island nation has this as its national flag?
Samoa (Independent State of Samoa - formerly known as Western Samoa)
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Music According to the lyrics of a 1963 hit, who did Little Jackie Paper love?
Puff, the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary)
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History American aviator Douglas Corrigan set off from New York on a flight planned for Long Beach, California in July 1938. Subsequently nicknamed "Wrong Way Corrigan", in what city did he eventually land?
Dublin (Baldonnel Aerodrome, County Dublin)
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Entertainment Promoted as "The Next Overnight Sensations", Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer starred in a 1982 film and sequel to a 1978 box office hit. A critical and commercial disaster, what was its title?
Grease 2
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General Knowledge Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, former U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant claimed the 'S.' did not stand for anything. Others attributed it to his mother's maiden name. What was it?
Food & Drink If a distilled drink is 80 proof by U.S. standards and 70 proof by Imperial standards, what is its percentage alcohol by volume?
40%
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In This Year In this year: a massacre in Likoshane, FR Yugoslavia started the Kosovo War; the FIFA World Cup was held in France; and Google was founded in California by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1998
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Science & Nature What 'N' is the International System of Units (SI) derived unit of force?
Newton (named after Isaac Newton)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Starship - We Built This City (1985)
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Sport & Leisure What was the only Eastern Bloc country not to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles?
Romania
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Entertainment Founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff, what is the name of the annual spring film festival held in New York City?
Tribeca Film Festival (named after a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City)
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Art & Literature Said to be loosely based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin, who wrote the 1919 novel The Moon and Sixpence?
W. Somerset Maugham
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Geography What small West African country is this?
The Gambia
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Music Between 1981 and 1988, at the height of their success, what British rock band had a Scottish lead singer called Fish?
Marillion ('Fish' was born Derek William Dick in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland)
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Anagram BITE LABIA CLOTH is an anagram of what domestic European football team?
Athletic Bilbao (La Liga, Spain)
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Entertainment Name this 1950 film and the actress speaking.
All About Eve - Bette Davis
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a song title from the late 1970s. (4 word answer)
Message in a Bottle (The Police - 1979)
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Current Affairs Fatally injured while in police custody on 12th April, whose funeral this weekend has been followed by riots, arson and looting in the city of Baltimore, Maryland?
Freddie Gray
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Science & Nature The introduction of Foucault's pendulum in 1851 provided the first simple proof of what?
The rotation of the Earth
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Martin Garrix - Animals (2013)
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Sport & Leisure Over what distance are commercial drag races most commonly competed?
¼ mile (440 yards / 1,320 ft / 402 m)
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Geography Ignoring the curvature of the Earth, what two U.S. states are rectangular in shape?
Colorado and Wyoming
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Art & Literature Who published his most influential book, The Interpretation of Dreams, in 1899?
Sigmund Freud (German: Die Traumdeutung)
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Landmarks The longest known cave system in the world, with 400 miles (640 km) of surveyed passageways, what is the name of this National Park in Kentucky, U.S.A.?
Mammoth Cave
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Music What former member of the Faces was officially declared a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976?
Ronnie Wood
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On This Day The Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors were set adrift in the south Pacific on this day, 28th April, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1789
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Entertainment Anne Bancroft was awarded an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Helen Keller in what 1962 film?
The Miracle Worker
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General Knowledge What hobby is sometimes jocularly known as "ferroequinology"?
Railway enthusiast, railfan, train buff, railway buff, trainspotter (literally, "study of iron horses")
A world record speed for manned passenger trains was set last week by a Japanese maglev L0 Series at 603 km/h. What speed, in km/h, was achieved by the fastest manned passenger rail vehicle, the French TGV, in April 2007?
