Food & Drink What 'B' describes a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef or veal?
Brisket
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On This Day The Thames Barrier was officially opened on this day, 8th May, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1984
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Science & Nature What 'A' describes a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood?
Anaemia / Anemia
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now (1967)
5.
Sport & Leisure In Rugby Union, how many points are awarded for a drop goal?
3
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Geography What is the official currency of Tunisia?
Dinar
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Anagram HE'S WELL LOOPY is an anagram of what 1999 Johnny Depp film?
Sleepy Hollow
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Logos What skin care line is represented by this logo?
Olay
9.
Music Who was Born This Way in 2011?
Lady Gaga
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History The agreement signed by Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier in September 1938 was named after what German city?
Munich
11.
Entertainment Now a household name, what company was founded in the USA by siblings Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack in 1923?
Warner Bros.
12.
General Knowledge Asiana Airlines are headquartered in what Asian country?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Age is just a number
2.
Current Affairs The eruption of what volcano in Hawaii forced the evacuation of more than two thousand people this week?
Kīlauea
3.
Science & Nature The base unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI) is represented by the symbol cd. What is cd an abbreviation of?
Candela
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (1977)
5.
Sport & Leisure In 1988, what 17-year-old scored a hat-trick against Arsenal on his full debut for Southampton?
Alan Shearer
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Geography What Canadian province is bordered by Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west?
Manitoba
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Art & Literature What 1962 Ken Kesey novel, narrated by "Chief" Bromden, was adapted into a 1975 Academy Award-winning film?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Flags What country in Northern Europe has this as its national flag?
Latvia
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Music What band were formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox, and singer Roland Gift?
Fine Young Cannibals
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History What British archaeologist, military officer, diplomat, and writer died in 1935 after a motorbike accident near his home, Clouds Hill, in Dorset, England?
T. E. Lawrence
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Entertainment What English actor won Best Supporting Actor Oscars for his roles as Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (1960) and Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi (1964)?
Peter Ustinov
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Add/Deduct a Letter A respectable plunge. 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 Miel is the French and Spanish word for what sweet foodstuff?
Honey (also miele in Italian, mel in Portuguese, mêl in Welsh, mil in Gaelic)
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In This Year In this year: The FIFA World Cup was hosted in Germany; Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet; and Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death and executed by hanging. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2006
3.
Science & Nature 4/3πr3 is the formula used to calculate the volume inside a what?
Sphere
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Def Leppard - Armageddon It (1988)
5.
Sport & Leisure What horse won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday?
Justify
6.
Entertainment What was the last musical to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?
Chicago (2002)
7.
Art & Literature Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno ... Published in 2017, what comes next in the Robert Langdon book series by Dan Brown?
Origin
8.
Thailand What province in Northeastern Thailand is this?
Bueng Kan - บึงกาฬ
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Music Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is part of a suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to what Shakespeare play?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Anagram FARTERS OF ARSE is an anagram of what English pop rock band?
Tears for Fears
11.
Entertainment What TV series ran from 1995 to 2001 with Lucy Lawless in the title role?
Xena: Warrior Princess
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.
The plot thickens
2.
Current Affairs What is the name of the robotic Mars lander launched by NASA on an Atlas rocket on Friday alongside two nano spacecraft from the Mars Cube One mission?
InSight
3.
Science & Nature The anterior (ACL) and posterior (PCL) cruciate ligaments are located in what part of the body?
Knee
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Air - Sexy Boy (1998)
5.
Sport & Leisure At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk broke the world record in what track event?
400 m
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Geography The Negev desert is located in what country?
Israel
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Art & Literature Leopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of what 1922 novel by James Joyce?
Ulysses
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Landmarks The Zócalo is the main square, and a major tourist destination, in what capital city?
Mexico City
9.
Music "Tooby ooby walla. Nooby abba naba" are lyrics from what 1969 hit, originally featured in the 1967 musical Hair? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Oliver - Good Morning Starshine
10.
History Richard Nixon served two terms as Vice President under what U.S. President?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
11.
Entertainment What European capital city is the eventual destination of the occupants of a London bus in the 1963 film Summer Holiday?
Athens
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General Knowledge What is the birth nationality of Pope Francis?
