Food & Drink What name is given to the sugar that occurs naturally in milk?
Lactose (from lac, the Latin word for milk, plus the suffix -ose used to name sugars)
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On This Day The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by the site's co-founder Jawed Karim on this day, 23rd April, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2005
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Science & Nature What 'S' describes a triangle whose three sides (and therefore angles) are all different?
Scalene
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (1967)
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Sport & Leisure What female American athlete won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was later stripped of them after admitting to steroid use?
Marion Jones (aka Marion Jones-Thompson)
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Geography Measured by surface area, what is the largest lake in Great Britain?
Loch Lomond (Loch Ness is the largest by volume - Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is the largest in the British Isles)
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Anagram TEENS CRY CRAP is an anagram of what American actor, born in 1900?
Spencer Tracy
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Logos What European association football club has this as its logo?
AFC Ajax
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Music All the Small Things, The Rock Show, and I Miss You are among hits in the 2000s for what American rock band?
Blink-182
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History Name the President of Uganda overthrown by Idi Amin in 1971.
Milton Obote (Apollo Milton Obote)
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Entertainment What is the name of the white balloon guardian that keeps villagers at bay in the 1967 TV series The Prisoner?
Rover (named Guardian in the novel)
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General Knowledge How is the hexadecimal number 7E3 represented in decimal form?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
A big misunderstanding
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Current Affairs Name the Ukrainian comedian who won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election this week.
Volodymyr Zelensky (Володимир Зеленський)
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Science & Nature What breed of dog is this?
Shih Tzu (aka the Chrysanthemum Dog or Chinese Lion Dog)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kool & the Gang - Celebration (1980)
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Sport & Leisure What professional English football club is nicknamed the Trotters?
Bolton Wanderers (Players in the 19th century often had to 'trot' through adjacent pig-pens to retrieve stray balls.)
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Geography In 1971, Tony Christie sang for directions to a city located in what U.S. state?
Texas (Amarillo)
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Art & Literature What European museum is home to the Greek statue Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo?
Louvre Museum (Paris)
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Flags What country in Western Asia has this as its national flag?
Lebanon
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Music A New World Record, Out of the Blue, and Discovery are albums released in the late 70s by what English band?
Electric Light Orchestra
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History What was the name of the research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons?
Manhattan Project
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Entertainment Complete this list: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), ____ ____ ____ (1988)?
The Dead Pool
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Add/Deduct a Letter A confidential aspect of someone's character. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to an eight letter word. Deduct one letter from that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink What name is given to the starch extracted from the root of the cassava plant?
Tapioca
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In This Year In this year: Forrest Gump won Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards; a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway killed 13 and injured 5,510; and the Dayton Peace Agreement brought an end to the Bosnian War. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1995
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Science & Nature How many objects in our solar system are larger than the Earth? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
5 (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Los Lobos - La Bamba (1987)
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Sport & Leisure What dart score is nicknamed the basement?
Double-3 (the lowest scoring position on the board)
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Entertainment A recurring segment on his CBS chat show, who hosts Carpool Karaoke?
James Corden (The Late Late Show with James Corden)
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Art & Literature A prequel to his three previous books, published in 2006, what is the title of Thomas Harris' fourth book in the series about Hannibal Lecter?
Hannibal Rising
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Maps What U.S. state is this?
Louisiana
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Music A worldwide hit in 1971, who sang the theme from Shaft?
Isaac Hayes
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Anagram LEER ON BUM is an anagram of what major city?
Melbourne
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Entertainment Who plays Louie De Palma, the vain head dispatcher, in the American TV sitcom Taxi (1978-1982)?
Danny DeVito
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 5 letters highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Tennis shoes
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On This Day What country voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from Ethiopia in a referendum that began on this day, 23rd April, 1993?
Eritrea
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Science & Nature Sugars, starches and fibres are all made up from what three chemical elements? (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen (Carbohydrates)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (2017)
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Sport & Leisure In what year did Michael Schumacher last win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2004
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Geography What name is given to the line of latitude at 66° 33′ 44″ N?
Arctic Circle
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Art & Literature In the West End in 2007 and on Broadway in 2008, name the 1973 play that actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared nude in?
Equus
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Landmarks Completed in May 2012, what is the name of this observation tower at the Olympic Park in Stratford, London?
Orbit (ArcelorMittal Orbit)
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Music "But it's too late to say you're sorry. How would I know? Why should I care?" are lyrics from what 1964 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Zombies - She's Not There
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History Who was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?
J. Edgar Hoover (when renamed from Bureau of Investigation in 1935, of which he had been Director since 1924)
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Entertainment Written by Arthur Miller and starring his wife Marilyn Monroe, they divorced shortly before its premiere in 1961. Name the film.
The Misfits
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 13 L in a B D
The world's largest pillow fight was achieved by MyPillow, Inc. (USA) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on 18th May 2018. How many participants were there?
