Food & Drink Eaten whole in its pod while still unripe, what 'S' describes this variety of thin, flat pea?
Snow pea (Pisum sativum var. saccharatum)
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On This Day Cafés, restaurants, a football match, and a live concert were all targeted by a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, killing 130 people on this day, 13th November, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2015
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Science & Nature This is the Great Crested species of what family of bird?
Grebe
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry (1960)
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Sport & Leisure The name of what sport means "empty hand" in Japanese?
Karate (Japanese: 空手)
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Geography Measured by land area, which is largest? California or the Kingdom of Norway?
California (403,466 and 385,203 km2 respectively)
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Anagram BRONZE DEVIL HEN is an anagram of what 20th century world leader?
Leonid Brezhnev
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Logos What American film production company is represented by this logo?
Legendary Entertainment
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Music What British group charted worldwide in 1991 with Unfinished Sympathy?
Massive / Massive Attack
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History In the UK, who succeeded David Steel as leader of the Liberal Democrats in 1988?
Paddy Ashdown
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Entertainment First aired from 1979 to 1982, who played the title roles in the British sci-fi TV series Sapphire & Steel? (½ point for each)
Joanna Lumley and David McCallum
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General Knowledge What comes next in this sequence: DN, FRWL, G, T, YOLT, ___?
OHMSS (James Bond films by Eon Productions - Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969))
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
A cut above the rest
2.
Current Affairs In what small city in California were 13 people killed in a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill last Wednesday?
Thousand Oaks
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Science & Nature What 4-letter word can be spelt out using the chemical symbols for lithium, nitrogen, and potassium?
Link
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything (1976)
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Sport & Leisure 1½ metres high, but with a 2 metre drop on landing, what is the name of this famously difficult fence at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England?
Becher's Brook
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Geography In what British Overseas Territory is RAF Mount Pleasant located?
Falkland Islands
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Art & Literature What female novelist's books include Body of Evidence (1991), Point of Origin (1998) and Scarpetta (2008)?
Patricia Cornwell (part of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series)
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Flags What country was represented by this flag from 1945 to 1992?
Yugoslavia
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Music Elton John's 1982 song Empty Garden is a tribute to who?
John Lennon (shot and killed 18 months earlier)
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History The 1812 Overture was written in 1880 to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon in what city?
Entertainment From 1966 to 1969, what actor played the second incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who?
Patrick Troughton
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Add/Deduct a Letter Inheritance in a hideaway. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to an eight letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink At 119 million metric tonnes per year (2018 estimate), what is the most widely eaten meat in the world?
Pork
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In This Year In this year: George H. W. Bush succeeded Ronald Reagan as President of the United States; the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, ending a 9 year long war; and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini placed a US$3m bounty on the head of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1989
3.
Science & Nature Present in most mammals, where is the vestibular system located?
Ear (in the inner ear, controlling balance)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Pete Wylie - Sinful! (1986)
5.
Sport & Leisure Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, what name is given to the code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing?
Queensberry (Marquess of Queensberry Rules)
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Entertainment In what 1971 film did Roy Kinnear play Mr. Henry Salt?
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (father of Veruca Salt)
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Art & Literature Name the 18th century English artist best known for his paintings of horses.
George Stubbs
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Thailand What province in Northern Thailand is this?
Phrae - แพร่
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Music Name the AC/DC lead singer and co-songwriter who died of "acute alcohol poisoning" in 1980?
Bon Scott
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Anagram SHAG INTO SIN is an anagram of what 11-letter word, stopping you in your tracks?
Astonishing
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Entertainment The Island of Lost Dreams is the subtitle of the 2002 second instalment of what film series?
Spy Kids
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 9-letter word.
Sideburns
2.
Current Affairs What 'W' is the name given to a fire which has been burning swathes of Los Angeles and Ventura counties in Southern California since Thursday, and forced evacuations and threatened thousands of homes from Thousand Oaks to Malibu?
Woolsey Fire
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Science & Nature What 'R' describes any quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length?
Rhombus
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Britney Spears - Toxic (2004)
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Sport & Leisure Clocked at 105.1 mph (169.1 km/h) on 24th September 2010 while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, who achieved the fastest pitch ever recorded in Major League Baseball?
Aroldis Chapman
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Geography What major city is served by Pudong International Airport?
Shanghai (China)
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Art & Literature According to the nursery rhyme, who cut off the tails of the three blind mice?
The farmer's wife (They all ran after the farmer's wife, who cut off their tails with a carving knife)
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Landmarks The second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, Tivoli Gardens is located in what European capital city?
Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Music From the opening lyrics to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, what colour are the skies?
Marmalade
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History To whom did Sitting Bull give the nickname "Watanya Cicilla", or "Little Sure Shot"?
Annie Oakley
11.
Entertainment Isabella Jane (born December 1992) and Connor Anthony (born January 1995) were adopted by what (now divorced) celebrity couple? (½ point for each)
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
12.
General Knowledge How many vowels are there on the top row of a standard English language QWERTY keyboard?
