Food & Drink What 'B' is used to describe a person who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks?
Barista
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On This Day One day after being shot, Robert F. Kennedy, brother of J.F.K., died of his wounds on this day, 6th June, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1968
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Science & Nature To what organ of the body is the gallbladder attached?
Liver
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)
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Sport & Leisure The world's largest annual women's international team sports competition; since its launch in 1963, what country has won the most Fed Cup titles?
United States
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Geography The fifth-longest river in the UK, what is the only city on the banks of the River Wye?
Hereford
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Anagram ATHLETE OR SPERM is an anagram of what 1980s Academy Award-winning film?
The Last Emperor (1987 - nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director)
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Logos What brand of hair care products is represented by this logo?
Pantene
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Music Whose hits in the 90s include Firestarter, Breathe, and Smack My Bitch Up?
The Prodigy
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History What former U.K. Prime Minister died on 8th April 2013?
Margaret Thatcher
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Entertainment What 1987 Richard Attenborough film stars Denzel Washington as black activist Steve Biko?
Cry Freedom
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Thailand The 25th consonant in the Thai alphabet, what animal is used to represent this letter?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat with a single word answer.
Tenants
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Current Affairs What is the name of the entertainment complex in the Philippines where a suspected robbery and arson killed at least 34 people and injured 54 others on Friday night?
Resorts World Manila
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Science & Nature How many watts are there in a gigawatt?
1 billion (109 / 1,000,000,000)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) (1978)
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Sport & Leisure How often are the IAAF World Championships in Athletics held?
Biennial / every 2 years
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Geography The 621-kilometre-long Glomma River is the longest and largest river in what European country?
Norway
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Art & Literature First published in 1994, whose autobiography is titled Long Walk to Freedom?
Nelson Mandela
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Malta
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Music According to the 1967 song by Leonard Cohen, who feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China?
Suzanne
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History In what century did the Middle Ages begin?
5th (most commonly regarded as 476 AD, the fall of the Western Roman Empire)
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Entertainment Based on a true story, what 2000 legal drama film stars Julia Roberts as a single mother who brings down a power company?
Erin Brockovich
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Add/Deduct a Letter Delicate infidel. 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 What 'M' describes the process by which fruit or vegetables are soaked in a liquid to soften the food and/or absorb the flavour of the liquid into the food?
Maceration
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In This Year In this year: At Camp David, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin formally declared that the Cold War was over; Microsoft released Windows 3.1; and a fire at Windsor Castle caused over £50 million worth of damage. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1992
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Science & Nature What is the aquatic larva of an amphibian more commonly called?
Tadpole
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety (1988)
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Sport & Leisure In Poker, what hand is better than a Full House but beaten by a Straight Flush?
Four of a Kind
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Entertainment In what 1973 film is the bad guy a one-handed criminal named Han who deals in drugs and white slavery?
Enter the Dragon
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Art & Literature Who wrote the 1945 novel Animal Farm?
George Orwell
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Maps What Caribbean country is this?
Jamaica
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Music What Canadian band had hits in 1974 with Let It Ride, Takin' Care of Business, and You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet?
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
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Anagram HE IS MUCH CORRUPT SLOB is an anagram of what famous historical figure?
Christopher Columbus
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Entertainment Who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Fanny Brice in the 1968 film Funny Girl?
Barbra Streisand
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
