Food & Drink What Greek and Turkish appetizer is made from salted fish roe mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, and a starchy base of bread or potatoes?
Taramasalata
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On This Day Released in the UK on this day, 22nd March 1963, what was the title of The Beatles' first album?
Please Please Me
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Science & Nature What material powers the world's five largest power producing facilities?
Water (Hydroelectric dams)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
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Sport & Leisure In Major League Baseball, who were the 2015 World Series Champions?
Kansas City Royals
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Geography In what city might you land at John Paul II International Airport?
Kraków (Poland)
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Anagram ENGENDER SNOT TWIT is an anagram of what well known London landmark?
Ten Downing Street
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Logos What company includes this slogan on their logo?
Honda
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Music What British electronic music band, formed in 1989, is composed of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons?
The Chemical Brothers
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History The Brooklyn-class light cruiser USS Phoenix famously survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor completely unscathed in 1941. What was it called when it rose to fame once again in 1982?
ARA General Belgrano (sunk by a British nuclear-powered submarine off the Falkland Islands)
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Entertainment Despite only being on-screen for eight minutes, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love?
Dame Judi Dench (as Elizabeth I of England)
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General Knowledge What, appropriately, was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known location. (2 word answer)
Death Valley
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Current Affairs What airline operated the flight that crashed on Saturday while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russia, killing all 62 people on board?
Flydubai
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Science & Nature Named after the scientist whose 1965 paper described it, what "law" is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years?
Moore's law (Named after Gordon E. Moore. His theory held steady from 1975 until around 2012, but the rate has since began to slow.)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (1978)
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Sport & Leisure In skydiving terms, what does the acronym HALO stand for? (¼ point for each)(4 word answer)
High Altitude - Low Opening
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Geography What is the name of the valley near Düsseldorf in Germany that gives its name to an extinct subspecies of humans?
Neandertal (sometimes called "the Neander Valley" in English - one of the first sites where Neanderthal fossils were discovered in the 19th century)
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Art & Literature In what 1874 book does Gabriel Oak, a young shepherd, fall in love with Bathsheba Everdene?
Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
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Flags What Caribbean island has this as its national flag?
Puerto Rico
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Music In what American city was Elvis found dead in 1977?
Memphis (Tennessee)
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History What make and model British aircraft shot down the most enemy planes during World War II?
Hawker Hurricane (it shot down the majority of the planes claimed by the RAF - 1,593 out of 2,739 in total)
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Entertainment First aired in February 2015, what is the title of the spin-off prequel about the small-time lawyer previously featured in the Breaking Bad TV series?
Better Call Saul
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General Knowledge Relating to the sex organs accessible to all. 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.
Food & Drink What cocktail comprises vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice and cranberry juice?
Sex on the Beach
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In This Year In this year: The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground off Alaska; the Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters; and Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1989
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Science & Nature In physics, what term is used to describe the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is removed?
Elasticity
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car (1988)
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Sport & Leisure Under IHF rules, how many players make up a handball team?
7
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Entertainment Due for release in September 2016, what is the name of the third film in the Bridget Jones franchise?
Bridget Jones's Baby
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Art & Literature Anne Elliot is the heroine of what Jane Austen novel?
Persuasion
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Geography What country in north-east Africa is this?
Sudan
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Music Who is noted for his guitar solo on Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven?
Jimmy Page
10.
Anagram IRON RELEASE is an anagram of what African country?
Sierra Leone
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Entertainment What singer stars as Gunner's Mate Second Class Cora Raikes in the 2012 film Battleship?
Rihanna
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)
Lie in state
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Current Affairs No.1 on Europol's wanted list, who was arrested in Belgium on Friday in connection with the November 2015 Paris attacks?
Salah Abdeslam
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Science & Nature What name is given to a straight line that touches a curve but does not pass through it?
Tangent (from the Latin tangere, 'to touch'.)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (1998)
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Sport & Leisure What player holds the all-time record for most goals scored in the European Cup/Champions League?
Cristiano Ronaldo (91 .. and counting)
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Geography In what city might you land at John Wayne Airport?
Santa Ana (Orange County, California)
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Art & Literature A Lotus Grows in the Mud is a memoir written by what Oscar-winning American actress in 2005?
Goldie Hawn
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Landmarks Sitting atop the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, what 'G' describes this architectural feature?
Grotesque (a gargoyle is a grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building)
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Music Who were Glad All Over in December 1963?
The Dave Clark Five
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History Including Barack Obama, how many men have been President of the United States of America?
43 (Obama is the 44th president, but Grover Cleveland was counted twice as the 22nd and 24th)
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Entertainment Who played one-armed John J. Macreedy in the 1955 thriller Bad Day at Black Rock?
Spencer Tracy
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General Knowledge In the Oxford English Dictionary, "dermatoglyphics" and "uncopyrightable" are probably the longest of their type. What makes these fifteen-letter words so unusual?
Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover shoot last year helped her take the title for the Fastest ever time to reach one million followers on Twitter. How many minutes did it take?
