Food & Drink In South Africa, what type of wine is labelled "Méthode Cap Classique"?
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On This Day NASA launched the Mariner 10 space probe on this day, 3rd November, 1973. Its primary destination, what planet did it reach five months later?
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Science & Nature What chemical element is represented by the symbol I?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1963)
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Sport & Leisure What U.S. city is home to the Browns, the Cavaliers and the Indians?
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Geography Located in Russia near the border with Georgia, what is the highest mountain in Europe?
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Anagram WHY I FEAR PORN is an anagram of what well known female celebrity?
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Logos What Italian sportswear company has this as its logo?
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Music Lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury formed what band in Wigan, England in 1990?
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History What country was founded at midnight on 14th May 1948?
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Entertainment What was unusual about Holly Hunter's Oscar winning performance in the 1993 film The Piano?
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General Knowledge Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Jessica Parker, J.K. Rowling, Charlie Sheen, Brooke Shields, Ben Stiller, and Shania Twain were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase.
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Current Affairs After winning a general election on 19th October 2015, who will take office as Prime Minister of Canada this week?
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Science & Nature The world's highest-production dairy animals, what breed of cattle is this?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1972)
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Sport & Leisure What four countries have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice?
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Geography Only 56 kilometres apart, along the banks of the Danube, what two European capital cities are closest together?
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Art & Literature What literary character, created in 1953, had a Scottish father called Andrew and a Swiss mother called Monique Delacroix?
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Flags What U.S. state is represented by this flag?
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Music Who found her Simply Irresistible in 1988?
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History Until his conviction in April 1992, who was nicknamed "The Teflon Don"?
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Entertainment Who played Jane, opposite Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan, in the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man?
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General Knowledge Pay attention and you will shine. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink In Italian cuisine, what is distinctive about meat or fish served "Carpaccio"?
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In This Year In this year: 14 people were killed in Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday; 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Olympics in Munich; and the Airbus A300 flew for the first time. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Science & Nature In reference to a coherent beam of light, what does the 'S' in the acronym LASER stand for?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1983)
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Sport & Leisure Who became the first female jockey to win Australia's most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup, today?
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Entertainment In what 1951 film did Fred Astaire appear to dance on the ceiling?
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Art & Literature Who wrote Educating Rita, Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine?
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Geography What West African country is this?
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Music Who had a solo hit in 1973 with Touch Me in the Morning?
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Anagram VETO CRAP MEAT is an anagram of what well known Latin phrase?
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Entertainment Set during Ronald Reagan's presidency, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are KGB spies, "illegals", posing as an American couple living in suburban Washington, D.C. Airing since 2013, name that TV series.
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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.
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Current Affairs Name the small Russian airline that suspended all flight operations this week until further notice after one of its aircraft crashed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt on Saturday.
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Science & Nature What is the sum of the internal angles of a hexagon?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(2003)
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Sport & Leisure The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) is the international governing body of what sport?
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Geography How many U.S. state names begin with the letter I?
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Art & Literature In the Harry Potter books, what type of creature is "Scabbers"?
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Landmarks The Charles Bridge is a 14th century arch bridge across the Vltava river in what European capital city?
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Music What 1968 song includes these lyrics? This world has lost it's glory Let's start a brand new story now my love(½ point each for Artist and Title)
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History Who was President of the United States when construction of the Berlin Wall began?
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Entertainment Who played the title role in the 1990s British sitcom Father Ted?
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General Knowledge Throughout the mainland Americas, only two countries remain that drive on the left. Name them.
