Food & Drink Known as zicai (紫菜) in China, nori (海苔) in Japan, and gim (김) in Korea, what 'L' describes it in English?
Laver (Porphyra umbilicalis, an edible seaweed)
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On This Day Causing some of its U.S. audience to panic, who broadcast his radio play of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds on this day, 30th October, 1938?
Orson Welles
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Science & Nature In computing, what does the letter 'S' stand for in 'ASCII'?
Standard (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover (1959)
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Current Affairs In baseball, who won the World Series on Sunday night?
Boston Red Sox
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Geography On what Hawaiian island is Pearl Harbor located?
Oahu
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Anagram MOODY, FRESH, OR ERECT is an anagram of what Shakespeare play?
The Comedy of Errors
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Logos What major food brand is represented by this logo?
Kraft
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Music Whose debut album, Frank, was released on 20th October 2003?
Amy Winehouse
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History Nicknamed the "May King", Umberto II reigned for 34 days, from 9th May 1946 to 12th June 1946, as the last king of what European country?
Italy
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Entertainment What 1988 film stars the characters of Charlie and Raymond Babbitt?
Rain Man
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General Knowledge What 'C' describes the canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony?
Science & Nature Using higher temperatures than soldering, what 'B' describes a metal-joining process in which two or more metal items are joined together by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint, without melting the work pieces?
Brazing
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Chic - Le Freak (1978)
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Sport & Leisure What city hosted the 1988 Summer Olympic Games?
Seoul (South Korea)
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Geography Of what African country is Lusaka the capital?
Zambia
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Art & Literature Who is the author of crime novels written under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith?
J. K. Rowling
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Flags What Central European country has this as its national flag?
Slovakia
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Music Who were Waiting for a Girl Like You in 1981?
Foreigner
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History In November 2017, Twitter officially doubled its character limit for tweets to how many characters?
280
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Entertainment Who directed all three films in The Godfather film series?
Francis Ford Coppola
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Add/Deduct a Letter Horror film transmits a disease-causing organism. 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 Larger than a periwinkle or winkle, what culinary term describes this edible sea snail?
Whelk
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In This Year In this year: American Beauty won best picture at the Academy Awards; the Russian submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 on board; and the Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2000
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Science & Nature What chemical element has the atomic number 4?
Beryllium
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Queen - Kind Of Magic (1986)
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On This Day In what country did the Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman take place on this day, 30th October, 1974?
Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Entertainment First aired between 1996 and 2001, what BBC TV series starred the character of Father Frank MacAnally?
Ballykissangel (played by Niall Tóibín)
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Art & Literature According to Hilaire Belloc's 1907 children's book, who told lies and was burnt to death?
Matilda
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Thailand What province in Northern Thailand is this?
Mae Hong Son - แม่ฮ่องสอน
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Music What album by Blondie includes the 1979 hit songs Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, and One Way or Another?
Parallel Lines
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Anagram SLUTS BITE is an anagram of what 9-letter word, seen but not heard?
Subtitles
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Entertainment Whose feature film directorial debut was the 1971 science fiction film THX 1138?
George Lucas
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
In May 2005, villagers in Chiang Khong (Thai: เชียงของ), Chiang Rai Province, netted an 8 ft 10 in long, record breaking Mekong giant catfish. In pounds, how much did it weigh?
