Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known phrase.
Stand on ceremony
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Current Affairs Who filed for debt restructuring on Wednesday, the largest ever "local government" bankruptcy in United States history?
Puerto Rico
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Science & Nature What common term is used to describe milk that has been processed by heating it to 72°C (161°F) for 15 seconds?
Pasteurised
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Smokie - Living Next Door to Alice (1976)
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Sport & Leisure Toxophily is a popular worldwide sport and competitors are sometimes called toxophilites. By what name is the sport more commonly known?
Archery
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Geography Named in honour of Queen Victoria, what is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan?
Regina
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Art & Literature Richard Bachman is a pen name used occasionally by what horror fiction author?
Stephen King
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Portugal
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Music What 1965 song includes the line "Beep beep'm beep beep yeah"? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Beatles - Drive My Car
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History What arrived in the United States in 350 pieces packed in 214 crates aboard the French naval vessel Isère on 17th June 1885?
Statue of Liberty
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Entertainment What 1985 film stars Rosanna Arquette as a bored suburban housewife who suffers amnesia after an accident and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter played by Madonna?
Desperately Seeking Susan
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Add/Deduct a Letter Occupy the remaining part. 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 Tuna is sometimes used in modern variants, but what fish is traditionally included in a salade niçoise?
Anchovies
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In This Year In this year: Terms of Endearment won Best Picture at the 56th Academy Awards; WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead, leading to a police siege of the Libyan Embassy in London; and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1984
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Science & Nature What family of vitamins is essential for the blood clotting process and also the binding of calcium in bones and other tissues?
Vitamin K
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (1989)
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Sport & Leisure What horse won the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday?
Always Dreaming
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Entertainment Who played the title role in the 1990s BBC television sitcom The Vicar of Dibley?
Dawn French
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Art & Literature A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels, the first of which gave its name to what TV series?
A Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
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Maps What country is this?
Tunisia
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Music What is the title of the 1984 Glenn Frey song that featured on the soundtrack to the film Beverly Hills Cop?
The Heat Is On
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Anagram FOND BATHROOM HERO is an anagram of what British pop group, formed in 1969?
Brotherhood of Man
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Entertainment Who played naturalist Joy Adamson in the 1966 film Born Free?
Virginia McKenna
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 letters highlighted.
