Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Alter ego
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On This Day What name was given to the cyclone that made landfall in Burma on this day, 2nd May, 2008, killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless?
Cyclone Nargis
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Science & Nature The nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of what organ of the body?
Kidney
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Eric Clapton - Cocaine (1977)
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Sport & Leisure In his 82nd Formula One race, who celebrated his first victory at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday?
Valtteri Bottas
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Geography What city in Iran, one of the oldest in Persia, shares its name with a dark-skinned grape variety?
Shiraz
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Art & Literature Dr. Kay Scarpetta is a fictional character and protagonist in a series of crime novels written by what American author?
Patricia Cornwell
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Flags What Caribbean country has this as its national flag?
Haiti
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Music Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan and guitarist James Iha, what rock band's major hits in the 90s include Bullet With Butterfly Wings, 1979, Tonight, Tonight, and The End Is the Beginning Is the End?
The Smashing Pumpkins
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History On what holiday was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
Good Friday (14th April 1865)
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Entertainment Portrayed by British actor Joseph Marcell, what was the first name of the butler in the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
Geoffrey
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Add/Deduct a Letter Before you withdraw. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a seven letter word. Deduct one letter from that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink Its tree's deep root system reaches down to soil with high levels of radium, causing what nuts to contain 1000 times more radiation than most other foods?
Brazil nuts
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In This Year In this year: Eleven thieves stole more than $2 million from the Brink's armoured car company headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts; the first race in the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship was held at Silverstone, England; and North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea, marking the start of the Korean War. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1950
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Science & Nature What term is used to describe a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, subsequently returned by the browser each time it accesses the same server in order to identify the user or track their access to the server?
Cookie
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Status Quo - In the Army Now (1986)
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Sport & Leisure Who won the 2017 World Snooker Championship on Monday?
Mark Selby
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Entertainment What 1988 crime thriller film stars Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell?
Tequila Sunrise
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Art & Literature Who wrote a trilogy of novels in the 1950s titled Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable?
Samuel Beckett
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Maps What country is this?
Bulgaria
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Music Who, in 1982, uttered the immortal words, Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey!
Toni Basil
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Anagram THIS POTENT MEAT is an anagram of what musical group formed in 1960?
The Temptations
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Entertainment In the 1974 film Blazing Saddles, what is the surname of every resident in the all-white town of Rock Ridge?
Johnson
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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.
Through thick and thin
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On This Day In what Pakistani city was Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. special forces on this day, 2nd May, 2011?
Abbottabad
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Science & Nature In solar energy terms, what does PV stand for?
Photovoltaic
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Robbie Williams - Angels (1997)
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Sport & Leisure In 1956, what English footballer became the first to be awarded European Footballer of the Year?
Stanley Matthews
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Geography Funchal is the capital of what Atlantic archipelago?
Madeira
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Art & Literature Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu are the main characters in what 2003 best-selling novel?
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
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Landmarks Jemaa el-Fnaa is a square and marketplace in what Moroccan city?
Marrakesh
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Music At the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio on 3rd December 1979, what band's warm-up was mistaken by fans outside as the start of the concert, resulting in a stampede and the deaths of eleven people?
The Who
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History What pivotal battle took place east of Inverness, Scotland on 16th April 1746?
Battle of Culloden
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Entertainment In The Wizard of Oz, what winged creatures does the Wicked Witch of the West control with her enchanted Golden Cap?
Monkeys
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General Knowledge How many U.S. state names end with the letter 'A'? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
21 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia)
The world's largest ukulele was created by Lawrence Stump and measured in Lansing, Michigan, USA, on 11th December 2015. In centimetres, how long is it?
