Food & Drink In many English-speaking countries, what 'P' describes this type of pressed, grilled sandwich?
Panini (In Italian, Panini is the plural of Panino, which simply means "small bread, bread roll")
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On This Day Televised hearings of the United States Senate Watergate Committee opened on this day, 17th May, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1973
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Science & Nature From what type of tree is nearly all the world's natural cork obtained?
Oak (Cork Oak - Quercus suber)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1964)
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Sport & Leisure In golf, between 1936 and 1965, who won a record 82 PGA Tour events?
Sam Snead
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Geography In what country is the city of Casablanca?
Morocco
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Anagram LUMP ON ANAL DILDO is an anagram of what world famous theatre? (2 word answer)
London Palladium
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Logos What American multinational technology company has this as its logo?
Cisco
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Music What singer-songwriter's given names are Kathryn Dawn?
k.d. lang
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History Who succeeded François Mitterrand as President of France in 1995?
Jacques Chirac
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Entertainment What TV series began in 2004 with the plane crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815?
Lost
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General Knowledge LG Electronics is among the world's largest television manufacturers. What did LG originally stand for?
Lucky Goldstar (GoldStar merged with Lucky Chemical in 1995 to become Lucky-Goldstar, later renamed to LG Electronics)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase. (3 word answer)
The Three Tenors
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Current Affairs In what capital city did a truck bombing kill at least 65 people and wound 87 last Wednesday?
Baghdad (Iraq)
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Science & Nature What is the Latin name for the constellation known as the "Great Bear"?
Ursa Major
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
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Sport & Leisure In November 2001, aged 20, who became the youngest male tennis player ever to be ranked No. 1 in the world singles?
Lleyton Hewitt
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Geography One of only two places in the world where star garnets can be found in any significant quantities, what U.S. state is nicknamed the "Gem State"?
Idaho
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Art & Literature What is the name of the fictitious whaling ship that appears in the 1851 novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville?
Pequod
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Flags Independent from the United Kingdom since 1978, what Caribbean island nation has this as its national flag?
Dominica
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Music Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?
27
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History In a competition in October 1829, what beat Cycloped, Novelty, Perseverance and Sans Pareil?
Stephenson's Rocket (Rainhill Trials)
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Entertainment Who played Harry Lime in the 1949 film The Third Man?
Orson Welles
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General Knowledge Lotion with a piercing cry. 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 From what country does Kronenbourg 1664 originate?
France (Strasbourg)
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On This Day The first legal same-sex marriages in the United States were performed in the state of Massachusetts on this day, 17th May, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2004
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Science & Nature What simple name is given to the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound?
Acoustics
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
John Farnham - You're the Voice (1986)
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Sport & Leisure Who became the youngest ever driver to win a Formula One race by winning the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday?
Max Verstappen (18 years old. Also the first Dutchman to win an F1 race.)
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Entertainment In what 1990s TV serial drama did Sheryl Lee feature as murdered homecoming queen Laura Palmer?
Twin Peaks
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Art & Literature What is written on the tiny bottle that Alice finds in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Drink Me
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Geography What country in West Africa is this?
Togo
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Music Name the title, artist and country of the winning song in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.
1944, Jamala, Ukraine
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Anagram ANGRY WHITE SEMEN is an anagram of what 20th century novelist?
Ernest Hemingway
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Entertainment The first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story, for what 1989 James Bond film did Gladys Knight sing the theme song?
Licence to Kill
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
