Food & Drink What two alcoholic ingredients go into a Margarita cocktail? (½ point for each)
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On This Day American musician Kurt Cobain committed suicide on this day, 5th April, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Science & Nature The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, named because of its resemblance to what sea creature?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1958)
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Sport & Leisure For what team did Michael Schumacher win his first Formula 1 title in 1994?
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Geography The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in what country?
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Anagram ENTICING CANNIBALS is an anagram of what NFL franchise?
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Logos What outdoor clothing and equipment company has this as its logo?
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Music Released in 2014, whose fifth studio album was titled 1989, the year of her birth?
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History What was established in Western Europe in 1478 and not disbanded until 1834?
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Entertainment What 1990 film stars Tom Hanks as a wealthy Wall Street investor, Melanie Griffith as a Southern belle gold digger, and Bruce Willis as an alcoholic journalist?
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General Knowledge If you ask for directions in South Africa you may be told to "turn right at the robot". What is a 'robot'?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal the name of a U.S. city. (1 word answer)
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Current Affairs What is the name of the law firm whose leaked "Panama Papers" this week have provided detailed information on more than 214,000 offshore companies?
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Science & Nature Native to the South Island of New Zealand, what 'K' describes this large species of parrot?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1968)
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Sport & Leisure In cricket this week, who won both the ICC World Twenty20 and ICC Women's World Twenty20?
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Geography Gotland is the largest island of what country?
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Art & Literature What fictional character is the narrator of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick?
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Flags What U.S. state is represented by this flag?
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Music What 1981 song begins with these lyrics? She's a very kinky girl, The kind you don't take home to mother(½ point each for Artist and Title)
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History What two countries were formed by the "Velvet Divorce" of 1993? (½ point for each)
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Entertainment The American musical West Side Story was inspired by what William Shakespeare play?
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General Knowledge Situated the narrow-minded. 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 In Italian cuisine, what are Stracchino and Scamorza?
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In This Year In this year: Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars at the 32nd Academy Awards; the Great Chilean Earthquake, at 9.5, was, and still is, the strongest ever recorded; and the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia in the final of football's first ever European Nations Cup. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Science & Nature In mathematics, what is the reciprocal of four?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1979)
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Sport & Leisure What city is home to the "Jazz" NBA team?
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Entertainment What 1964 film is set in and around 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in 1910?
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Art & Literature What 1954 Dylan Thomas play is set in the quirky welsh village of Llareggub?
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Geography What Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 islands is this?
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Music What are the first names of The Everly Brothers? (½ point for each)
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Anagram I DESIRE NO PITY is an anagram of what Academy Award winning actor born in 1927?
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Entertainment For what city's police force was Raymond Burr's Ironside a consultant?
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
