Food & Drink Sweet potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, kale, lettuce, and liver are all major sources of what vitamin?
Vitamin A
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On This Day Who was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on this day, 21st February, 1965?
Malcolm X
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Science & Nature What 'M' describes the part of a cell that generates its chemical energy?
Mitochondria
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Harry Belafonte - Jump in the Line (Shake, Señora) (1961)
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Sport & Leisure What U.S. city is home to the Astros, Rockets, and Texans?
Houston
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Geography I want to drive from Mexico to Canada, but want to travel through the minimum number of U.S. states. What is this minimum?
3
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Anagram FORWARD COMMANDED FRIGHT is an anagram of what classic 19th century novel?
Far from the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy - 1874)
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Logos What alcoholic brand bears this logo?
Bombay Sapphire Gin
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Music Heavier Than Heaven is the 2001 posthumous biography of what rock star?
Kurt Cobain
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History The capital of a newly built Spanish colony in Asia, in 1571, what did King Philip II of Spain designate as the "Distinguished and Ever Loyal City"?
Manila (The Philippines)
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Entertainment Who, most recently, directed Frankenweenie, Big Eyes, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
Tim Burton
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General Knowledge The Vedas are a volume of ancient texts that contain the oldest scriptures of what religion?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Out of sight, out of mind
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Current Affairs Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed in what country last week?
Malaysia
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Science & Nature What do people with bruxism habitually do?
Grind their teeth
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970)
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Sport & Leisure In Japan, the standard version of this sport is called kyūdō (弓道), and the mounted version is called yabusame (流鏑馬). What is the sport?
Archery
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Geography Name the two regions of France located in the Caribbean which, as part of the Eurozone, have the Euro as their official currency? (½ point for each)
Guadaloupe and Martinique
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Art & Literature What 2011 novel by E. L. James sold over 125 million copies worldwide by June 2015?
Fifty Shades of Grey
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Flags What European country has this as its national flag?
Bulgaria
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Music In December 1989, who did Billboard magazine name as "Artist of the Decade" for the 1980s?
Michael Jackson
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History Who, most famously, was watching a play called Our American Cousin on 14th April 1865?
Abraham Lincoln (Assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.)
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Entertainment Oliver's Story is a 1978 sequel to what 1970 film?
Love Story
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General Knowledge Much sadness over penny-pinching. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink Served on New Orleans French bread and usually filled with meat curtains or fried seafood, what 'P' describes this traditional Louisiana sandwich?
Po'boy (Poor Boy)
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In This Year In this year: Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the UK due to ill-health at the age of 80; Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois; and James Dean was killed in a car crash. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1955
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Science & Nature What name is given to an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons?
Ion
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Men at Work - Down Under (1981)
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Sport & Leisure What is the minimum number of darts required to checkout from a 501 start?
9
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Entertainment First aired in 2011, what British-French crime comedy drama TV series is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie?
Death in Paradise
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Art & Literature Whose 'alphabet series' of novels, featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone, began in the 1980s with A is for Alibi and B is for Burglar?
Sue Grafton
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Geography What city is this?
Inverness
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Music By what name is Gordon Sumner better known?
Sting
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Anagram JILL HOGS VERNON is an anagram of what 18th century fictional character?
Long John Silver
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Entertainment On Friends, Morgan Fairchild played Chandler Bing's mother. Who played his drag queen father?
Kathleen Turner
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Spit it out
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Current Affairs In what country were at least 88 killed and over 270 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a shrine last Thursday?
Pakistan (Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Sehwan)
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Science & Nature What specific part of your body would you enhance with a mentoplasty?
Chin
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)
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Sport & Leisure Widely regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, who captained Brazil when they won the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Carlos Alberto (Carlos Alberto Torres)
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Geography South Ossetia and Abkhazia are breakaway regions of what Eurasian country?
Georgia
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Art & Literature The Kiss (Lovers) was painted by what Austrian Symbolist painter between 1907 and 1908?
Gustav Klimt
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Landmarks Carved out of ice in a new guise every winter, in what country would you find the ICEHOTEL?
Sweden (Jukkasjärvi)
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Music What Motown singer was backed by the Miracles?
Smokey Robinson
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History What apostle is generally considered the first Pope of the Catholic Church?
Peter
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Entertainment What film character links Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland?
Peter Parker / Spider-Man
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General Knowledge Only three countries in the world have not yet officially adopted the International System of Units (the metric system). The United States and Liberia are two. What Asian country is the third?
The world's largest lasagne was created by Magillo Restaurant and Makro Supermarket in Wieliczka, Poland, on 20th June 2012. In kilograms, what did it weigh?
