Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Keep left
2.
Current Affairs Name either one of the two sister newspapers whose offices were attacked by a gunman on Thursday, killing five people.
The Capital / Maryland Gazette (Capital Gazette Communications)
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Science & Nature At 47.87 km/s, what planet in our solar system has the fastest orbital speed?
Mercury
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rod Stewart - The First Cut Is the Deepest (1977)
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Sport & Leisure What Australian city is home to the Brumbies rugby union football team?
Canberra
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Geography Chittagong is the second largest city in what country?
Bangladesh
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Art & Literature Who wrote the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth?
Jules Verne
8.
Flags What country in East Africa has this as its national flag?
Mozambique
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Music What 1982 song includes these lyrics? "It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do." (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Toto - Africa
10.
History Who was appointed first Tsar of Russia in 1547?
Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV Vasilyevich Ива́н Васи́льевич)
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Entertainment Based on a 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler, what 1946 film, starring Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe, was remade in 1978 with Robert Mitchum in the same role?
The Big Sleep
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Add/Deduct a Letter I would like to rent that if you wouldn't mind. 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 A speciality of Angus, Scotland; the Arbroath smokie is a type of smoked what?
Haddock
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In This Year In this year: Two 747s collided on the runway in Tenerife, killing 583; Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opened in cinemas worldwide; and Steve Biko died from injuries sustained in police custody in South Africa. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1977
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Science & Nature In technical drawing terms, what does CAD stand for? (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Computer-aided design
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Imagination - Just An Illusion (1982)
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Sport & Leisure Who won seven gold medals and set seven new world records at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany?
Mark Spitz (Swimming)
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Entertainment Who stars as Frank Morris, a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz?
Clint Eastwood
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Art & Literature Who wrote the 1971 thriller, The Day of the Jackal?
Frederick Forsyth
8.
Thailand What province in Northeastern Thailand is this?
Nong Bua Lam Phu - หนองบัวลำภู
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Music The title song of what 1978 film was written by Barry Gibb and performed by Frankie Valli?
Grease
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Anagram WEAK-ASS ATHLETES is an anagram of what American football franchise?
Seattle Seahawks
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Entertainment Who was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category for her role in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Jane Fonda
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 7 letters highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
First among equals
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Current Affairs One of France's most notorious gangsters, who escaped from a prison in Réau, Île-de-France in a hijacked helicopter on Sunday?
Rédoine Faïd
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Science & Nature An assessment of human intelligence, what does the 'Q' in IQ stand for?
Quotient (intelligence quotient)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only (1991)
5.
Sport & Leisure In modern alpine skiing, an Alpine Combined, or Super Combined, is the total score derived from what two events? (½ point for each)
Slalom and Downhill
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Geography After Berlin, what is the second most populous city in Germany?
Hamburg
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Art & Literature What American playwright wrote A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947?
Tennessee Williams
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Landmarks Rising 725 metres above its surroundings, Zuma Rock is a large monolith located west of the capital city of what African country?
Nigeria (Abuja)
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Music Which Beatle is wearing a lime-green military coat on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
John Lennon
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History What Venetian navigator and explorer made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew?
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto)
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Entertainment Who is the only actor to appear in every episode of Last of the Summer Wine from 1973 to 2010?
Peter Sallis (as Norman "Cleggy" Clegg)
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General Knowledge What does the 'S' stand for in UNESCO?
Scientific (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
