Food & Drink What U.S. city gives its name to a variety of baked beans, typically sweetened with molasses or maple syrup, and flavoured with salt pork or bacon?
Boston (Boston baked beans)
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On This Day In what African country did carbon dioxide gas erupting from volcanic Lake Nyos kill up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre range on this day, 21st August 1986?
Cameroon
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Science & Nature What 'E' describes the flap in the throat that keeps food from entering the windpipe and into the lungs?
Epiglottis
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Edwin Starr - War (1970)
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Sport & Leisure The Cresta Run is a natural ice racing track in eastern Switzerland and one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to what winter sliding sport?
Skeleton
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Geography Port Phillip Bay is the location of what major city in Australia?
Melbourne
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Anagram LOVELY, RICH PLEBS is an anagram of what 1984 film?
Beverly Hills Cop
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Logos What email application and personal information manager is represented by this logo?
Microsoft Outlook
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Music Released in 2002, Justified is the debut studio album by what American singer and songwriter?
Justin Timberlake
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History From 1975 to 1977 under Gerald Ford, who is the youngest person to have served as U.S. Secretary of Defense?
Donald Rumsfeld (also the second-oldest from 2001 to 2006 under George W. Bush)
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Entertainment First aired from 1981 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1988, who plays the leading role in the BBC TV sitcom Sorry!?
Ronnie Corbett
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General Knowledge First introduced in Japan in 1996, what virtual pet "dies" if not looked after properly?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a type of insect.
Deathwatch beetle
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Current Affairs Who assumed office as the 19th Prime Minister of Pakistan on Saturday?
Imran Khan
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Science & Nature To the nearest whole number, how many metres is 72 feet? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
22 (21.9456)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Blondie - Call Me (1980)
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On This Day Who won the 82nd PGA Championship on this day, 21st August 2000, to become the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year?
Tiger Woods
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Geography The Australian Capital Territory is enclaved within what state?
New South Wales
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Art & Literature What 1938 Daphne Du Maurier novel was adapted into a 1940 Academy Award winning film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock?
Rebecca
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Flags What country in West Africa has this as its national flag?
Togo
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Music "This is our last dance. This is ourselves." are among the closing lyrics to what 1981 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure
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History Murdered with the rest of her family in 1918, aged 17, who was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II?
Anastasia (Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia)
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Entertainment What American actress co-stars as Carrie in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
Andie MacDowell
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General Knowledge In architecture, what 'A' describes a large open space within a building, often featuring a glass roof?
Food & Drink Amarone is a dry, full-bodied red wine from what country?
Italy (Amarone della Valpolicella)
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In This Year Robert Carlyle, Peter Jackson, Heather Locklear, Barack Obama, Dennis Rodman, and Forest Whitaker were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1961
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Science & Nature What chemical element has the symbol V and atomic number 23?
Vanadium
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984)
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Sport & Leisure What country is set to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
Japan
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Entertainment What Oscar-winning actress was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986?
Halle Berry (5th runner-up)
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Art & Literature In the Bible, what book immediately after the Book of Psalms also begins with 'P'?
Book of Proverbs
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Maps What U.S. state is this?
New York
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Music Released in October 1976, who had a worldwide hit with the album Arrival?
ABBA
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Anagram I DO NICE SLUT is an anagram of what 11-letter word you didn't ask for?
Unsolicited
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Entertainment Despite only being on-screen for eight minutes, who, in 1999, became the first person to win an acting Oscar for playing a monarch?
Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Queen Elizabeth I)
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Half baked
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On This Day U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union on this day, 21st August, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1959
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Science & Nature Native to South America, the largest living rodent in the world, what 'C' describes this animal?
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon - Dangerous (2008)
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Sport & Leisure In 2018, who became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a FIFA World Cup Final?
Kylian Mbappé (France - aged 19)
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Geography The Mall is a road in the City of Westminster, central London, that connects Buckingham Palace with what other famous London location?
Trafalgar Square
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Art & Literature What 19th century British Poet Laureate coined famous phrases such as "'Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all." and "Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die."?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Landmarks Goat Island forms part of what world famous landmark and tourist attraction?
Niagara Falls
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Music Who said Love Is All Around in 1967?
The Troggs
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History What country became the latest to join the European Union as its 28th member state on 1st July 2013?
Croatia
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Entertainment Monty Norman is a singer and film composer best known for composing what theme tune?
James Bond (1962)
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General Knowledge What type of structures appear on the reverse of Euro banknotes?
