Food & Drink What two toppings define a croque-monsieur grilled sandwich? (½ point for each)
Ham & cheese
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On This Day Who noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin, on this day, 28th September, 1928?
Alexander Fleming
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Science & Nature What large animal can be White, Black, Indian, Javan, or Sumatran?
Rhinoceros
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955)
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Sport & Leisure Who is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, and the leading scorer in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky
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Geography What is the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas (Santiago de León de Caracas)
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Anagram CHEAP SEMEN ROLL is an anagram of what Australian celebrity, born in 1964?
Elle Macpherson
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Logos What American record label is represented by this logo?
Geffen Records
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Music Come & Get It (2013), The Heart Wants What It Wants (2014), and Hands to Myself (2016) are among the hits by what artist?
Selena Gomez
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History What name is given to Abraham Lincoln's 1893 speech beginning with the words "Four score and seven years ago..."?
Gettysburg Address (19th November)
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Entertainment The title of a 1985 film; the characters of stuck-up Claire Standish, geek Brian Johnson, wrestler Andrew Clark, rebellious John Bender, and outcast Allison Reynolds become collectively known as what?
The Breakfast Club
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General Knowledge If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would you be?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
No one to blame
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Current Affairs What British TV series won four major awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, at the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards in Downtown Los Angeles last Sunday?
Fleabag
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Science & Nature What element has the chemical symbol Hg?
Mercury
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kraftwerk - Das Model / The Model (1978)
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Sport & Leisure Who won the Rugby World Cup final in 2015?
New Zealand
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Geography What is the longest river in Alaska?
Yukon River
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Art & Literature This is a self-portrait of what well known Italian painter?
Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510)
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Flags What South American country has this as its national flag?
Uruguay
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Music "A world in white gets underway. I want to be with you. Be with you, night and day." are lyrics from what 1983 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
U2 - New Year's Day
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History What instant messaging service was acquired by Facebook in February 2014?
WhatsApp
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Entertainment What is the name of the third James Bond film, released in 1964?
Goldfinger (1. Dr. No - 2. From Russia With Love)
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Add/Deduct a Letter A forbearing copyright. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a seven letter word. Deduct one letter from that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink What 'W' is sometimes referred to as Japanese horseradish?
Wasabi (ワサビ)
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In This Year In this year: The Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois; Albert Einstein published both his special theory of relativity and the famous equation E = mc2; and Norway dissolved its union with Sweden to become an independent country. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1905
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Science & Nature By what abbreviation is deoxyribonucleic acid better known?
DNA
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Cher - Believe (1998)
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Sport & Leisure Since the beginning of the English Premier League in 1992, what player has scored the most league goals?
Alan Shearer (260 - 422 in all competitions)
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Entertainment Charlie Chaplin's film classic The Kid (1921) made him one of the first child stars in film history. He later earned renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the 1960s TV series The Addams Family. Name him.
Jackie Coogan
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Art & Literature Being Jordan (2004), A Whole New World (2006), Pushed to the Limit (2008), You Only Live Once (2010), Love, Lipstick and Lies (2013), and Reborn (2016) are all autobiographies by who?
Katie Price
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Maps What special collectivity of France is this?
New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie)
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Music Originally written and recorded by Badfinger in 1970, Without You was a worldwide hit in 1971 for what artist?
Harry Nilsson
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Anagram OILY PANTS is an anagram of what hairy 9-letter word?
Ponytails
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Entertainment In the TV series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., what is name of the organisation Napoleon Solo fought against?
T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity)
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 6 letters highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Splitting headache
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On This Day Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fuel launch vehicle to put a payload into orbit on this day, 28th September, 2008. What is the name of the company that developed and manufactured it?
SpaceX (founded in 2002 by Elon Musk)
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Science & Nature Hypoglycæmia is the medical term for someone with low levels of what in their blood?
Sugar / Glucose
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Adele - Someone Like You (2011)
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Sport & Leisure Who once held the world heavyweight boxing championship for a record 11 years, 8 months and 12 days?
Joe Louis
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Geography The caldera of a volcano on North Island, what is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand?
Lake Taupo
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Art & Literature If Gordon is 4, Henry is 3, and Edward is 2, who is 1?
Thomas (Thomas and Friends)
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Landmarks In what European country is this, the Pena National Palace?
Portugal (Sintra, near Lisbon)
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Music Later a hit single for Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, who wrote and recorded the original 1967 version of I Second That Emotion?
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
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History Who was U.S. President when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth?
John F. Kennedy (20th February 1962)
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Entertainment What 1964 British film depicts the Battle of Rorke's Drift?
Zulu
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 13 C in a S.
