Food & Drink What 'P' is used to describe the large, heart-shaped sweet chili pepper used to make the familiar red filling found in Spanish stuffed green olives?
Pimiento / Pimento (also known as cherry pepper)
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On This Day Macau was handed over to China by Portugal on this day, 20th December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1999
3.
Science & Nature What two body parts are connected by the Eustachian tube? (½ point for each)
Ear and nose (a narrow passage leading from the nasopharynx to the cavity of the middle ear)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (1968)
5.
Sport & Leisure Following his death in June 2016, whose pallbearers included Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Will Smith?
Muhammad Ali
6.
Geography The Weddell Sea is located off the coast of what continent?
Antarctica
7.
Anagram A HACK, IT IS A PRANK is an anagram of what major city and the country in which it is the largest?
Karachi, Pakistan
8.
Logos What well known brand name is represented by this logo?
Starbucks
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Music What 1983 song includes these lyrics? Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused.(½ point each for Artist and Title)
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
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History What name is given to the line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware in Colonial America?
Mason-Dixon line
11.
Entertainment A multinational corporation specialising in televised home shopping, what does the acronym QVC stand for?
Quality, Value, Convenience
12.
General Knowledge What 'R' is used to describe the Muslim minority people originating from the Rakhine State on the western coast of Myanmar?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase.
Footloose and fancy free
2.
In This Year In this year: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom died aged 81; U.S. President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York; and Guglielmo Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, a Morse code letter 'S' sent from England to Newfoundland. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1901
3.
Science & Nature Silk, wool, starch, DNA, cellulose, and proteins are all examples of naturally occurring what?
Polymers
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me (1980)
5.
Sport & Leisure In August 2016, what athlete was quoted as saying, "There you go, I'm the greatest"?
Usain Bolt
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Geography What country is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south?
Armenia
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Art & Literature With what type of spoon did The Owl and the Pussycat dine on mince and slices of quince?
Runcible (They dined on mince and slices of quince,
which they ate with a runcible spoon.)
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Bangladesh
9.
Music What is Ozzy Osborne's real first name?
John (John Michael Osborne)
10.
History Who succeeded Georges Pompidou as French President in 1974?
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
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Entertainment Who played Crockett and Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of the 1980s' TV series Miami Vice? (½ point for each)
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx
12.
Add/Deduct a Letter Astute in a small, narrow space. 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 British cuisine, what North England town gives its name to a double loin lamb chop?
Barnsley
2.
On This Day After serving just one year of a five year jail sentence, who was released from Landsberg Prison on this day, 20th December, 1924?
Adolf Hitler
3.
Science & Nature What name is given to the female reproductive organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary?
Pistil
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Green Day - Basket Case (1994)
5.
Sport & Leisure Who won the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday?
Real Madrid
6.
Entertainment In TV and film, who live at 742 Evergreen Terrace?
The Simpsons
7.
Art & Literature Who wrote the 1988 best-seller A Brief History of Time?
Stephen Hawking
8.
Maps What South American country is this?
Guyana
9.
Music What 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival song was a hit for Ike and Tina Turner in 1971?
Proud Mary
10.
Anagram THE COKE ANIMAL is an anagram of what American actor born in 1951?
Michael Keaton
11.
Entertainment In the 2016 film Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, who is presumed dead after falling off a balcony into the Thames when Edina accidentally bumps into her?
Kate Moss
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase.
The check is in the mail
2.
Current Affairs One of the biggest in Africa, the Gibe III hydroelectric dam was officially opened on Saturday. It is expected to more than double the electricity output of what country?
Ethiopia
3.
Science & Nature What 'D' is used to describe indehiscent fleshy fruits with a central stone containing the seed?
Drupe
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (2011)
5.
Sport & Leisure Name the rookie who secured the winning point for the U.S. at Hazeltine in the 2016 Ryder Cup?
Ryan Moore
6.
Geography Where are the Ocean Of Storms and the Sea of Clouds?
The moon (Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Nubium)
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Art & Literature What is the name of Captain Hook's ship in the J.M. Barrie play Peter Pan?
Jolly Roger
8.
Landmarks What is the name of this famous estate in Buckinghamshire, England?
Bletchley Park (home to the Government Code and Cypher School during World War II)
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Music What stage and film musical features Barbra Streisand's 1964 hit Don't Rain On My Parade?
Funny Girl
10.
History Never caught, nor identified, and claiming to have killed 37, what nickname was given to the serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
Zodiac
11.
Entertainment What 1977 film stars the characters of Tony Manero and Stephanie Mangano?
Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney)
12.
General Knowledge How many numbers without a zero in them are there on a roulette wheel?
The highest top speed ever achieved in a Formula 1 competition was set by Valtteri Bottas during qualifying at the 2016 European Grand Prix. In km/h, what was his top speed?
