Food & Drink What popular herb is called tulasi (तुलसी) in Hindi and kaphrao (กระเพา) in Thai?
Basil (holy basil)
2.
On This Day After the first recorded human deaths from H5N1 ("bird flu"), Hong Kong killed all its nation's 1.3 million chickens on this day, 29th December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1997
3.
Year in Review What celestial object did NASA's New Horizons probe fly past in July 2015?
Pluto
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1962)
5.
Year in Review In what sport did Poland beat the United States to win the 2015 Hopman Cup in January?
Tennis (mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis)
6.
Year in Review In June 2015, what former Egyptian president was handed a death sentence for his role in the Wadi el-Natrun prison break during the 2011 revolution?
Mohamed Morsi
7.
Anagram WORM-LIKE, PIG-FACED, BULIMIAC NERD is an anagram of what world famous person?
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
8.
Logos What multinational energy corporation has this as its logo?
Chevron
9.
Music Which of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was previously a founding member of The Byrds?
David Crosby
10.
Year in Review What is the name of the satirical weekly magazine whose offices in Paris were the scene of a deadly attack by terrorist gunmen in January 2015?
Charlie Hebdo
11.
Year in Review In an incident the Australian press dubbed Terriergate, what celebrity couple were accused of illegally smuggling their dogs Boo and Pistol into Australia in April 2015?
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
12.
Year in Review What car manufacturer gained the dubious honour in 2015 of being the vehicle of choice for the terrorist group Islamic State?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known location.
Kennedy Space Center
2.
Year in Review What U.S. city was the scene of a deadly Amtrak train derailment in May 2015?
Philadelphia (Port Richmond)
3.
Year in Review In October 2015, Tu Youyou of China was awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery and subsequent development since 1972 of Artemisinin, the centrepiece of treatments that save over 100,000 lives every year in the battle against what disease?
Malaria
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses (1972)
5.
Year in Review Held between February and November 2015, what sporting season was won by France's Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia?
World Rally Championship
6.
Year in Review An advance by Nigerian forces freed 300 women and children in April 2015, hostages of what Islamic extremist group ?
Boko Haram
7.
Year in Review Whose first novel was published in July 2015; 55 years after her second novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was first published?
Harper Lee (Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird)
8.
Flags What U.S. state is represented by this flag?
Arizona
9.
Music James Hetfield is the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter, and lyricist for what American heavy metal band founded in 1981?
Metallica
10.
Year in Review With what country did India finally seal a border agreement in June 2015 after a 40-year delay?
Bangladesh
11.
Year in Review What celebrity couple gave birth to a Saint on 5th December 2015?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (Their son is called Saint West. They also have a two-year old daughter, North West.)
12.
Year in Review On 2nd May 2015, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a girl. What are the baby's three given names?
Food & Drink What cocktail of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water is thought to have been named after a headwaiter at Limmer's Old House Hotel in Mayfair, London at the turn of the 19th century?
Tom Collins
2.
Year in Review What is the name of the adultery website hacked in July 2015, resulting in more than 25 gigabytes of data being revealed to the world in October?
Ashley Madison
3.
Year in Review With an announcement by Nigeria in July 2015 that it had gone a year without a single new case, the entire African continent went a full year free of what disease?
Polio
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink (1981)
5.
Year in Review Spain's Javier Fernández and Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won the men's and women's singles, respectively, in the 2015 World Championships in what sport?
Figure Skating
6.
Year in Review Who had a beef with Oisin Tymon in March 2015 because his dinner was cold?
Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear)
7.
Art & Literature What 2011 science fiction novel by Andy Weir was adapted into a 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon?
The Martian
8.
Geography Highlighted in red, what Indonesian island is this?
Sulawesi
9.
Music "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?" - Lady Marmalade was a 1974 hit for what American girl group?
Labelle
10.
Year in Review Name the 14-year-old boy arrested and detained in Texas in September 2015 when a teacher thought a clock he had made was a bomb.
Ahmed Mohamed
11.
Entertainment What two words complete the title of the 2015 fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series?
Rogue Nation
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase.
A sight for sore eyes
2.
Year in Review During a photoshoot for Time magazine in August 2015, who or what attacked Donald Trump?
A bald eagle
3.
Year in Review What was the name of the lion killed by American dentist Walter Palmer in Zimbabwe in July 2015?
Cecil
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes (2002)
5.
Year in Review Who won his third MotoGP world title in 2015?
Jorge Lorenzo
6.
Geography Chișinău is the capital of what Eastern European country and former Soviet republic?
Moldova
7.
Art & Literature First published in 2007, complete this name of a series of fiction books written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney: Diary of a _____ ____
Wimpy Kid
8.
Landmarks The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France was originally constructed as the entrance to the World's Fair in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1889
9.
Music What 1968 song begins with these lyrics? "There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief, "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief" (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bob Dylan or The Nashville Teens or Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
10.
Year in Review During an official trip to Tokyo in October, what British politician mistakenly donned a special pair of clogs normally reserved for priests and later flattened a 10-year-old boy with a shoulder charge while playing street rugby?
Boris Johnson
11.
Entertainment What three words complete the title of the 2015 seventh installment of the Star Wars film series?
The Force Awakens
12.
Year in Review What 91-year-old president fell down a set of podium steps in February 2015 and, in September 2015, mistakenly read the wrong speech to his parliament?
