Food & Drink What colour wine is most commonly produced with the Merlot grape variety?
Red
2.
On This Day A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brought down a Boeing 747 off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard on this day, 23rd June, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1985
3.
Science & Nature When the sun, moon, and earth are aligned during a full or new moon, what name is given to the very high tides that result?
Spring tide
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)
5.
Sport & Leisure What country hosted the first FIFA World Cup to be broadcast in colour?
Mexico (1970)
6.
Geography What is the name of the active volcano that forms a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily?
Stromboli
7.
Anagram OK BAD, ANAL KNIGHT is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 word answer)
Bangkok, Thailand
8.
Logos What international sportswear brand has this as its logo?
Speedo
9.
Music No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance and Hold on My Heart were hits in the early 90s for what band?
Genesis
10.
History What battle took place between 1st July and 18th November 1916, during which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed?
Battle of the Somme
11.
Entertainment What make of vintage car did John Steed nearly always drive in the original 1960s TV series The Avengers?
Bentley
12.
General Knowledge Born in Yorkshire, England in 1830, engineer Joseph Hobson Jagger went on to become TMWBTBAMC (expand those initials)?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (3 word answer)
Ready for anything
2.
Current Affairs What is the name of the suspect arrested in connection with last Wednesday's mass shooting at an AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina?
Dylann Storm Roof
3.
Science & Nature In the human body, what is the more common name for the calcaneus bone?
Heel bone (from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1971)
5.
Sport & Leisure Who became the youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 4 months?
Michael Chang
6.
Geography A river forming part of the Mexico-U.S. border, what is the full Spanish name for the Rio Grande (4 words)?
Río Bravo del Norte
7.
Art & Literature Published in 1971, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall was the first volume of the war memoirs of what comedian?
Spike Milligan
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Poland
9.
Music Released in 1994, what album is this? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
10.
History Name the Romanian head of state executed by firing squad along with his wife on 25th December 1989.
Nicolae Ceaușescu
11.
Entertainment What is the name of the 1973 science fiction western-thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton and starring Yul Brynner as a robotic gunslinger?
Westworld
12.
General Knowledge Reduce to shreds then move in a circle. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a five letter word. Add a letter to that word to give the answer to the second clue.
Food & Drink What "R" describes a dessert consisting of a small round yeast cake saturated in hard liquor, sometimes filled with whipped cream?
Rum baba (Baba au rhum / Savarin)
2.
Current Affairs What 25-year-old singer forced Apple to make a major U-turn this week after threatening to withdraw her current album from their new streaming service because it would not pay royalties to artists during its first three months?
Taylor Swift
3.
Science & Nature Our solar system's sun generates its energy by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei, thus transforming them into what element?
Helium
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Blondie - Rapture (1981)
5.
Sport & Leisure Who won the 2015 NBA finals last Tuesday?
Golden State Warriors
6.
Entertainment What 2010 post-apocalyptic film stars Denzel Washington in the title role?
The Book of Eli
7.
Art & Literature Composed one night after an opium-influenced dream in 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem Kubla Khan. From the opening line of the poem, what is the planned location of Kubla Khan's palace?
Xanadu (In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree)
8.
Geography What South American country is this?
Uruguay
9.
Music Founded in 1973, what English independent record label named itself after a 1968 album by The Rolling Stones?
Beggars Banquet
10.
Anagram LAND OF NO REASON is an anagram of what well known sportsman?
Fernando Alonso
11.
Entertainment To what 1960s TV series did Mercury Seven astronauts Alan Shephard, Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter and Gordon Cooper lend their names?
Thunderbirds
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (3 word answer)
Three blind mice
2.
On This Day For what did American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes receive a patent on this day, 23rd June, 1868?
Typewriter
3.
Science & Nature What 16th century Polish astronomer is famed for formulating a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the centre of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus (Copernican Revolution)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart (1991)
5.
Sport & Leisure In Rugby Union, who is the current test captain of New Zealand's All Blacks?
Richie McCaw
6.
Geography Of what Japanese island is Naha the capital city?
Okinawa
7.
Art & Literature What 1898 short story by John Luther Long became the basis of a famous 1904 opera by Giacomo Puccini?
Madame Butterfly
8.
Landmarks Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. To what was its tower officially renamed in 2012?
Elizabeth Tower (to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II)
9.
Music Those Were The Days was a 1968 worldwide hit for who?
Mary Hopkin (also released by Sandie Shaw that year but her version failed to top the charts)
10.
History What three year old girl was gifted a puppy called Pushinka by Nikita Khrushchev in June 1961?
Caroline Kennedy (daughter of John F Kennedy - puppy of Soviet space dog Strelka)
11.
Entertainment What actress starred as Sarah opposite Ben Affleck in the 1999 film Forces of Nature?
Sandra Bullock
12.
General Knowledge In reference to the U.S. church denomination, what do the initials A.M.E. stand for?
The first American-made pocket-sized calculator was the Bowmar 901B. On sale in the Autumn of 1971 for US$240, how much would that be in today's money?
$1409
Scoreboard
Team Name
R1
R2
R3
R4
P
Total
Bugadifino + 2
7½
6
8
10
10
41½†
Drunken Layabouts
8
8
9½
6
10
41½
† Tiebreak Winner
Tiebreak Question
With the introduction of the world's first intercity rail service between Liverpool and Manchester and scheduled steam rail services opening around the world, what year is regarded by many as the beginning of the Railway Age?
