Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Go down in history
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Current Affairs Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected President of what African country last week?
Somalia
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Science & Nature Presbycusis is the age-related loss of what?
Hearing
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969)
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Sport & Leisure In what decade was the butterfly stroke first swam in the Olympics as a separate competition?
1950s (1956 Summer Olympics)
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Geography Dili is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of what country?
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
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Art & Literature What is Sherlock Holmes' brother's name?
Mycroft
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Flags What Central American country has this as its national flag?
Belize
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Music Whose video for the 1989 hit Opposites Attract featured her dancing with cartoon character MC Skat Kat?
Paula Abdul
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History What city in Texas was the scene of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo?
San Antonio (Misión de San Antonio de Valero)
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Entertainment Complete the title of this 1995 film starring Richard Dreyfuss: Mr. Holland's_____
Opus
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General Knowledge Trivial yet attractive. 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 Korean cuisine, Sannakji is a dish made from what sea creature, cut into small pieces while still alive?
Octopus
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On This Day Decimal Day: The decimalisation of British coinage was completed on this day, 15th February, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1971
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Science & Nature Sequoia are the largest what in the world?
Trees
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Billy Idol - Hot in the City (1982)
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Sport & Leisure What NASCAR driver died at the Daytona 500 in February 2001?
Dale Earnhardt
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Entertainment Portrayed by Robin Wright, what is the first name of the girl who Forrest Gump loves?
Jenny (Jenny Curran)
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Art & Literature What is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
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Geography What country is this?
Greece
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Music Who left Deep Purple in 1976 and went solo for two years before forming Whitesnake in 1978?
David Coverdale
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Anagram LIES DOWN TO ACT is an anagram of what actor and director?
Clint Eastwood
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Entertainment Who is known for his roles as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four and Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Chris Evans
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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 term or phrase.
Four corners of the Earth
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Current Affairs Following the discovery of a 250kg World War II-era unexploded device, more than 70,000 people were evacuated from what Greek city on Sunday?
Thessaloniki (also familiarly known as Thessalonica or Salonika)
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Science & Nature By what name are renal calculi better known?
Kidney stones
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Underworld - Born Slippy .NUXX (1996)
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Sport & Leisure Cuba won every World Cup between 1984 and 2005 in what sport?
Baseball
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Geography Established in the 4th century, what small enclave in Europe lays claim to be the oldest extant sovereign state in the world?
San Marino
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Art & Literature What 1939 John Steinbeck novel about the Great Depression won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction?
The Grapes of Wrath
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Landmarks The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a national monument, landmark and tourist attraction located in what capital city?
Taipei (Taiwan)
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Music What actress had a hit in 1961 with Let's Get Together?
Hayley Mills (from the 1961 Disney film, The Parent Trap)
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History Whose statue was pulled down in Firdos Square in April 2003?
Saddam Hussein
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Entertainment What 1989 comedy film stars Richard Pryor as a blind man and Gene Wilder as a deaf man?
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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General Knowledge By what name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio better known?
Between 1951 and 2011, the world's longest relay race was Japan's Round-Kyūshū Ekiden. Beginning in Nagasaki, it continued around the island in 72 segments, for how many kilometres?
