Food & Drink What four letter word is used to describe raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat around the loins and kidneys, often used for deep frying and making pastry?
Suet
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On This Day German citizens began breaking down the Berlin Wall on this day, 10th November, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1989
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Science & Nature How many micrometres are there in a metre?
1 million
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Name That Tune Name that tune. [½ point each for Composer and Title]
Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube (1867 - An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314)
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Sport & Leisure Snowboarding was first included as an Olympic discipline at the Winter Olympics hosted by Nagano, Japan, in what year?
1998
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Geography In what country does the Mekong Delta flow into the South China Sea?
Vietnam
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Anagram STINK AND SIGN WHORES is an anagram of what NFL football team?
Washington Redskins
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Logos Founded in 1946, what American company has this as its logo?
Estée Lauder
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Music Complete the third line below from Sam Cooke's 1960 song, Wonderful World: Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a ______ _____
Science book
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History What name is given to the group of 750,000 year old human fossils first discovered during excavations at Zhoukoudian near Beijing in 1923?
Peking Man (Homo erectus pekinensis)
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Entertainment Fill in the blanks: Dirty Harry (1971) _____ _____ (1973) The Enforcer (1976) _____ _____ (1983) The Dead Pool (1988)
Magnum Force, Sudden Impact
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General Knowledge Diego Maradona, Jeremy Clarkson, Bono, Colin Firth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Sean Penn 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.
Look back in anger
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Current Affairs The Prime Minister of what country resigned last week in the wake of the fatal Colectiv nightclub fire on 30th October?
Romania (Victor Ponta)
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Science & Nature What is the name of this constellation?
Leo
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Argent - Hold Your Head Up (1972)
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Sport & Leisure How many world heavyweight title fights did Muhammad Ali contest under the name of Cassius Clay?
1 (25th February 1964 vs Sonny Liston)
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Geography In the U.S.A., what is the state capital of Rhode Island?
Providence
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Art & Literature What member of the Monty Python team wrote the 1983 children's novel The Saga of Erik the Viking?
Terry Jones
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Flags What Asian country has this as its national flag?
Indonesia
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Music Rob Halford is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for what heavy metal band?
Judas Priest
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History What drug, later found to have devastating side effects, was launched in 1957 to help pregnant women overcome morning sickness?
Thalidomide (often under the brand names Thalomid, Immunoprin, Talidex, Talizer)
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Entertainment Between 1960 and 1962, who starred in Sink the Bismarck!, Man in the Moon, and The Longest Day?
Kenneth More
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General Knowledge Sufficient trial piece. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a five letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
The start of something big
2.
Current Affairs What is the location of the Australian migrant detention centre in which a "major disturbance", including rioting and arson, was reported yesterday?
Christmas Island
3.
Science & Nature What name is given to the branch of mathematics that studies relationships involving the lengths and angles of triangles?
Trigonometry (from Greek trigōnon, "triangle" and metron, "measure")
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
P!nk - So What (2008)
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Sport & Leisure At the centre, how many feet high is a regulation Badminton net?
5 (5 ft 1 inch high at the edges)
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Geography The world's tenth longest, what river forms the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China?
Amur River
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Art & Literature What is the name of the fictional London-based newspaper featured throughout the Harry Potter series?
The Daily Prophet
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Landmarks The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a Medieval stone arch bridge noted for still having shops built along it. In what Italian city is it located?
Florence / Firenze (Arno River)
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Music Complete this line, repeated several times in Bob Dylan's 1969 song: Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big ______ _____
Brass bed
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History What Icelandic explorer is considered by some to be the first European to land in mainland North America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus?
Leif Erikson
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Entertainment What 2002 film is the first in a series of adventures for the characters Manny, Diego and Sid?
Ice Age
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General Knowledge In the United States, what former president's head features on the reverse side of a dime coin?
None (Franklin D. Roosevelt is pictured on the obverse side)
