Food & Drink In culinary terms, what is the common name for a solution of roughly 5% acetic acid?
Vinegar
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On This Day The deadliest aviation accident in history: two Boeing 747 airliners collided on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 on this day, 27th March, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1977
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Science & Nature Stenosing tenosynovitis is a common disorder involving the catching, snapping or locking of a finger flexor tendon, causing dysfunction and pain. What is its more common name?
Trigger finger / Trigger thumb
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Supremes - Baby Love (1964)
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Sport & Leisure In English Football Association terms, what do the initials WSL stand for?
Women's Super League
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Geography According to a 2015 U.N. estimate, what country is it predicted will have the largest population by 2025?
India
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Anagram NO ALIENS DARLING is an anagram of what American actress?
Gillian Anderson
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Logos What brewery in Bremen, Germany is represented by this logo?
Beck's
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Music What British band released their debut album Parachutes in July 2000?
Coldplay
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History To what was the city of Petrograd renamed in 1924?
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg)
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Entertainment Who, in 1962, became the first actress to win an Oscar for a non-English speaking performance?
Sophia Loren (Two Women)
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General Knowledge What 6 letter word is spelt out by these notes?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
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Current Affairs Name the French police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege by an Islamist gunman on Friday.
Arnaud Beltrame
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Science & Nature The "Goliath birdeater" is, by mass, the largest known species of what?
Spider (Tarantula)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sherbert - Howzat (1976)
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Sport & Leisure Name the Australian cricketer who admitted to tampering with the ball on the third day of the third Test against South Africa on Saturday.
Cameron Bancroft
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Geography Which U.S. state comes third alphabetically?
Arizona (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas)
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Art & Literature In the Oxford English Dictionary, what letter begins more words than any other?
S
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Flags What country in Western Asia has this as its national flag?
Iran
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Music "In the midnight hour. I can feel your power" are lyrics from what 1989 hit single? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Madonna - Like a Prayer
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History The First Kashmir War between 1947 and 1948 was fought between what two countries? (½ point for each)
India and Pakistan
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Entertainment Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee is a song from what Walt Disney film?
Pinocchio
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Add/Deduct a Letter Warehouse for a tyrant. 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 After water, in generic terms, what is the most consumed beverage worldwide?
Tea
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In This Year In this year: The Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo; the Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles; and U.S. President Ronald Reagan was re-elected for his second term in office. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1984
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Science & Nature What 'W' describes the loose red fold of skin that hangs from the neck of a rooster?
Wattle
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is (1986)
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Sport & Leisure FIDE is the international governing body of what?
Chess (Fédération Internationale des Échecs / World Chess Federation)
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Entertainment How many countries share a land border with mainland France? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
There's no I in team
2.
Current Affairs Name the former porn star who claimed this week that she was threatened in 2011 to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006.
Stormy Daniels / Stephanie Clifford
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Science & Nature Named after the French physicist who accidentally discovered it in 1896, what is the SI unit for radioactivity?
Becquerel (Antoine Henri Becquerel)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona - Bailando (2014)
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Sport & Leisure What Grand Slam tennis event switched from grass to hardcourt surface in 1988?
Australian Open
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Geography The Teide volcano is the highest mountain in Spain and the third tallest volcano on Earth. On what island is it located?
Tenerife
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Art & Literature What British comedian and actor published his memoirs, My Booky Wook, in 2007?
Russell Brand
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Landmarks What name is given to this succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland?
Royal Mile
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Music Who was born first: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - Mozart 1756 - Beethoven 1770)
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History Whose unsupervised speculative trading caused the collapse of Barings Bank in the UK in February 1995?
Nick Leeson
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Entertainment When released in China, what 1997 British film had a title which translates as "Six Naked Pigs"?
The Full Monty
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General Knowledge Seamaster and Speedmaster are two lines of watches by what manufacturer?
