Food & Drink Napoléon is one of several grade levels designated to what spirit?
Brandy
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On This Day With up to $20 billion of debt, what city filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on this day, 18th July, 2013?
Detroit
3.
Science & Nature What organ of the body is most particularly affected by hepatitis?
Liver
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1967)
5.
Sport & Leisure Volleyball, Association Football, Netball. Which of these sports uses the smallest ball in official matches?
Volleyball (65–67 cm, 68-70 cm, 68-71 cm)
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Geography Pashto is an official language of what country?
Afghanistan
7.
Anagram HALO KING, BAD TANK is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of? (2 word answer)
Bangkok, Thailand
8.
Logos What flag-carrying airline has this as its logo?
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
9.
Music In what Rodgers and Hammerstein musical does Curly McLain marry Aunt Eller's niece Laurey Williams?
Oklahoma!
10.
History Named after a Norwegian war-time leader and World War II Nazi collaborator, what word has since become synonymous with any person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force?
Quisling (after Vidkun Quisling)
11.
Entertainment In what 1985 film was Richard Pryor's character challenged to spend $30 million in 30 days?
Brewster's Millions (as Monty Brewster)
12.
General Knowledge If a thousand billion is a trillion, what is a thousand trillion?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term. (2 word answer)
Club sandwich
2.
Current Affairs What nationality was Nice attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel?
Tunisian
3.
Science & Nature Is a marten an amphibian, bird, reptile, or mammal?
Mammal
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
KC and the Sunshine Band - That's the Way (I Like It) (1976)
5.
On This Day Who became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics on this day, 18th July, 1976?
Nadia Comăneci
6.
Geography Plovdiv is the second-largest city in what European country?
Bulgaria (after Sofia)
7.
Art & Literature What is the surname of the author whose first names are Phyllis Dorothy?
James (P.D. James)
8.
Flags What Central American country has this as its national flag?
Guatemala
9.
Music In Gustav Holst's The Planets, what planet is the Magician?
Uranus
10.
History In 1975, Papua New Guinea achieved full independence from what country?
Australia
11.
Entertainment What Oscar-winning American actress married Roald Dahl in 1953?
Patricia Neal
12.
General Knowledge Authorise to make sacred. 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 cookery, what 'R' describes boiling a liquid in an uncovered pan until it thickens?
Reducing
2.
On This Day Adolf Hitler published his personal manifesto Mein Kampf on this day, 18th July, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1925
3.
Science & Nature In modem, mo stands for modulator. What does dem stand for?
Demodulator
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (1981)
5.
Sport & Leisure What role-playing game features a 20-sided die?
Dungeons & Dragons
6.
Entertainment What 1990 film was the first directed by Tim Burton to star Johnny Depp?
Edward Scissorhands
7.
Art & Literature According to the proverb, "Three may keep a secret if two of them are..." what?
Dead
8.
Geography What two capital cities are located on the estuary of the Río de la Plata? (½ point for each)
Buenos Aires and Montevideo (Argentina and Uruguay)
9.
Music In the title of Nirvana's hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit, what is Teen Spirit?
Deodorant
10.
Anagram HAPPIER BIGAMY SNOB is an anagram of what well known alcoholic drink?
Bombay Sapphire Gin
11.
Entertainment Who played Jane Spencer in the Naked Gun films?
Priscilla Presley
12.
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)
Whiskey on the rocks
2.
Current Affairs Name the former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana yesterday.
Gavin Eugene Long
3.
Science & Nature What measurement is equal to 6,076 feet?
Nautical Mile
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (1992)
5.
Sport & Leisure Previously won 4 times in a row by New Zealand, what country won the men's Rugby Sevens for the first time at the Commonwealth Games in 2014?
South Africa
6.
Geography What desert covers parts of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa?
Kalahari
7.
Art & Literature What is the surname of the author whose first names are David Herbert Richards?
Lawrence (D. H. Lawrence)
8.
Landmarks The Lodge is the primary official residence of the Prime Minister of what country?
Australia (5 Adelaide Avenue, Deakin, ACT)
9.
Music What Swiss national hero was the subject of Gioachino Rossini's last opera in 1829?
William Tell
10.
History The Great Depression lasted for almost all of what decade?
1930s
11.
Entertainment Who played Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music?
Christopher Plummer
12.
General Knowledge Darth Tater and Spud Trooper are Star Wars versions of what toy?
