On This Day On a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges, name the former Chilean dictator arrested in London on this day, 16th October, 1998.
Augusto Pinochet
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Science & Nature The name of what animal is derived from the Malay and Indonesian words meaning "person of the forest"?
Orangutan (orang "person" and hutan "forest")
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Georgie Fame - Yeh, Yeh (1964)
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Sport & Leisure At the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, who became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, aged 18 years and 228 days?
Max Verstappen
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Geography The Black Sea lies off the north coast of what country?
Turkey
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Anagram SHAG THE DANDY IDLE is an anagram of what herbaceous plant?
Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
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Logos Produced by Nike, what brand of basketball footwear and athletic clothing is represented by this logo?
Air Jordan
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Music Formed in Manchester in 1983, what English rock band is fronted by vocalist Ian Brown?
The Stone Roses
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History How was the Volstead Act of 1919 better known in the United States?
Prohibition
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Entertainment What Dutch model and actress is best remembered as the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films?
Sylvia Kristel
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General Knowledge The six colours of the original classic Rubik's Cube are white, red, and what other four colours? (¼ point for each)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Pie in the sky
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Current Affairs After accumulating US$134 million in debt, what American retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday?
Sears (Sears, Roebuck and Company)
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Science & Nature In what decade did Albert Einstein publish his Annus Mirabilis papers on what is now called special relativity?
1900s (1905)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Stranglers - No More Heroes (1977)
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Sport & Leisure What footballer left Tottenham Hotspur in 1992 to join Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight?
Gary Lineker
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Geography What name is given to the major fault that extends roughly 750 miles through California?
San Andreas Fault
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Art & Literature First published by Sue Townsend in 1982, how old was Adrian Mole when he began writing his Secret Diary?
13¾
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Flags What West African country has this as its national flag?
The Gambia
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Music What American hip-hop/rap trio said Push It in 1987?
Salt-N-Pepa
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History Between 1923 and 1939, what did Sir Malcolm Campbell name his record breaking automobiles and speed boats?
Blue Bird
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Entertainment In The A-Team, what do the initials 'B. A.' stand for in the nickname of Sergeant Bosco Baracus, played by Mr. T?
Bad Attitude
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Add/Deduct a Letter The portion proportion. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a six letter word. Deduct one letter from that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink From what country does Red Stripe lager originate?
Jamaica
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In This Year Björn Borg, David Copperfield, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Theresa May, and Joe Montana were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1956
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Science & Nature What 'V' describes a diagram that shows all possible logical relations between a finite collection of different sets?
Venn diagram (introduced in 1880 by John Venn)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Duran Duran - Save a Prayer (1982)
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Sport & Leisure What game is played on a regulation court 13.4 metres (44ft) in length?
Badminton
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Entertainment What is the name of the doctor played by Harrison Ford in the 1993 film The Fugitive?
Dr. Richard Kimble
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Art & Literature By what pen name is English novelist and former British Army soldier Steven Billy Mitchell better known?
Andy McNab
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Maps What English county is this?
Leicestershire
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Music Who formed a duet in 1978 to sing You Don't Bring Me Flowers? (½ point for each)
Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand
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Anagram WANK, OR NO STAIN is an anagram of what British comedy actor?
Rowan Atkinson
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Entertainment Harvey is a 1950 comedy-drama film starring James Stewart as a man whose best friend is a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch tall invisible what?
Rabbit
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 6 letters highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Buck up
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Current Affairs Name the two crew members who survived an emergency landing when Soyuz MS-10 suffered a booster failure shortly after launch in Kazakhstan last Thursday. (½ point for each)
Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague
3.
Science & Nature What name is given to the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare)?
Mule
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Shakespears Sister - Stay (1992)
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Sport & Leisure In Rugby League, how many points is a drop goal worth?
1
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Geography Measured by land area, what is the largest island of Spain?
Mallorca / Majorca (3,640.11 km2 )
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Art & Literature In the English comic strip created by Reg Smythe, what is the name of Andy Capp's wife?
Flo
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Landmarks The Metropolitan is the largest opera house in the world. In what city is it located?
New York City
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Music Up, Up and Away, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, and Wedding Bell Blues were among the 1960s hits for what group?
The 5th Dimension
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History What was the code name of the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki from the B-29 bomber Bockscar on 9th August 1945?
Fat Man
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Entertainment First aired in 1965, what is the name of the cow in The Magic Roundabout?
Ermintrude
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General Knowledge Who comes next in this sequence: Conrad Hilton Jr., Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, _____ _____?
Richard Burton (the first five husbands of Elizabeth Taylor)
