Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (2 word answer)
Overnight success
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Current Affairs What is the name of the cyclone that killed at least 118 people across Bangladesh and Sri Lanka this week?
Cyclone Roanu
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Science & Nature Released in 1980 by Philips and Sony, the specifications for what product were described in the first edition of the Red Book?
Compact Disc
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Foreigner - Cold as Ice (1977)
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Sport & Leisure In what sport are competitors forbidden to play left handed?
Polo
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Geography Guayaquil is the largest and the most populous city in what country?
Ecuador
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Art & Literature First published in 1988, who wrote The Satanic Verses?
Salman Rushdie
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Flags The only one to feature the Union flag of the United Kingdom, what U.S. state is represented by this flag?
Hawaii
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Music What well known singer was born Graham McPherson in Hastings, England on 13th January, 1961?
Suggs
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History What U.S. President was the target of two failed assassination attempts in California within 17 days of each other?
Gerald Ford (5th & 22nd September, 1975 - Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore)
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Entertainment Who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus in the 1960 film Spartacus?
Peter Ustinov
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General Knowledge A noble gas in words hard to understand. 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 the USA, if a dish is served à la mode (in fashion), what is it served with?
Ice cream
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Current Affairs What was the flight number of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean en route from Paris to Cairo on Thursday?
804 (MS804/MSR804)
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Science & Nature What is lava called before it extrudes onto the surface?
Magma
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (1987)
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Sport & Leisure In what competition do Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt jointly hold the all-time record of seven championship wins?
NASCAR (Sprint Cup Series / Winston Cup Series)
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Entertainment Who played Marshal Matt Dillon in the long-running TV series Gunsmoke?
James Arness (1955-1975)
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Art & Literature In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks?
Hermione Granger (from the Harry Potter stories)
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Geography What West African country is this?
Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire
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Music What song includes these lyrics? Frank Zappa & the Mothers were at the best place around. But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.(½ point each for Artist and Title)
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (1973)
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Anagram DICK ALARMS SLAVE is an anagram of what NBA basketball team? (2 word answer)
Dallas Mavericks
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Entertainment Who starred as paranoid surveillance expert Harry Caul in the 1974 film The Conversation?
Gene Hackman
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase. (4 word answer)
Thinking outside the box (thinking out of the box / thinking beyond the box)
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Current Affairs What is the name of the volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia that erupted on Sunday killing at least seven people?
Mount Sinabung
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Science & Nature In the world of technology, what are ASIMO, TOPIO and Nao?
Robots
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire (2008)
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Sport & Leisure On 19th June 1958, aged 17 years, 7 months and 27 days, who became the youngest ever FIFA World Cup goalscorer?
Pelé (Brazil vs Wales)
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Geography What Central American country is the only one to have humans depicted as a major design element on its national flag?
Belize
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Art & Literature Who wrote the 1969 novel The Godfather?
Mario Puzo
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Landmarks A 16,000 km long combination of ramparts and moats, it was four times longer than the Great Wall of China until largely destroyed by the British in 1897. In what country would you find the remains of the Walls of Benin?
Nigeria (modern-day Benin City, Edo State)
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Music What well known singer was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas on 27th September, 1947?
Meat Loaf
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History By what name was the World War II prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C near Leipzig better known?
Colditz Castle
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Entertainment Who played Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future film series?
Christopher Lloyd
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General Knowledge Link the centre of all 9 dots using just four straight lines, without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line more than once.
In Nakorn Nayok province in August 2009, the Thai Yahama Motor Co., Ltd. set a world record for the largest parade of automatic motorcycles. How many Yamaha Finos took part in the 5km parade?
