Food & Drink What spice provides the main flavouring and colouring of Hungarian goulash?
Paprika
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On This Day The German battleship Tirpitz was sunk by 29 RAF Lancaster bombers using 12,000lb Tallboy bombs on this day, 12th November, 1944. Off what country was it hiding at that time?
Norway (Tromsø)
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Science & Nature Used for many years as a treatment for malaria, what is extracted from the bark of the South American cinchona tree?
Quinine
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Temptations - My Girl (1964)
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Sport & Leisure Who was crowned champion of the Superbike World Championship for five consecutive years between 2015 and 2019?
Jonathan Rea (Northern Ireland)
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Geography What are the only two countries on mainland South America that do not border Brazil? (½ point for each)
Ecuador and Chile
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Anagram SHALLOWEST, COSMIC BASTARD is an anagram of what European landmark and the city in which it is located?
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
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Logos What international non-governmental organisation is represented by this logo?
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
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Music Telephone help lines were required for distraught fans when what English pop group announced they were splitting up for the first time on 13th February 1996?
Take That
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History By what name did Lhamo Thondup become known in 1939?
Tenzin Gyatso / Dalai Lama (Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet)
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Entertainment What American actress is probably best known for her starring roles in Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk?
Doris Day
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General Knowledge What 'D' describes the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of a ship's hull?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
The stakes are high
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Current Affairs What name was given to the deadly storm that displaced millions in India and Bangladesh this week?
Cyclone Bulbul
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Science & Nature What 'M' is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi?
Mycology
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (1975)
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Sport & Leisure The most successful professional doubles tennis players of all time, what is the surname of American identical twin brothers Bob and Mike?
Bryan
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Geography In what desert does Las Vegas lie?
Mojave Desert
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Art & Literature Who, according to the New Testament, denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed twice?
Peter (Mark 14:30 - also known as Simon Peter, Simeon, Cephas, Peter the Apostle, or Saint Peter)
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Flags What island nation in the Indian Ocean has this as its national flag?
Mauritius
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Music "Look at our life now, tattered and torn. We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn." are lyrics from what 1983 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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History During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe received a written ultimatum from the opposing German Commander to surrender, or face annihilation. What was his famous one-word reply?
NUTS!
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Entertainment In the BBC TV sitcom Dad's Army, who plays 'Stupid Boy' Private Frank Pike?
Ian Lavender
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Add/Deduct a Letter Fishy location. 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 Narrower than, but similar to, tagliatelle, what 'F' describes this flat, thick pasta?
Fettuccine
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In This Year In this year: The TV miniseries Roots first aired around the world; the Space Shuttle Enterprise made its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747; and Elvis Presley was found dead at his home in Graceland. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1977
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Science & Nature Among the smallest of its kind in the world, what type of animal is a Falabella?
Horse
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 (Morning Train) (1981)
5.
Sport & Leisure Who beat who in the final to win the MLS Cup on Sunday? (½ point for each)
Seattle Sounders FC beat Toronto FC (3-1)
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Entertainment Created by Jim Henson, what 1980s TV series follows the adventures of Gobo, Mokey, Red, Wembley, and Boober?
Fraggle Rock
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Art & Literature Published between 1917 and 1974, who wrote the Jeeves series of novels and short stories?
P. G. Wodehouse
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Thailand What province in South Central Thailand is this?
Nakhon Nayok - นครนายก
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Music John Deacon is best known as the bass player of what band?
Queen
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Anagram TOIL IN A BOG is an anagram of what committed 10-letter word?
Obligation
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Entertainment What is the first name and surname of Sigourney Weaver's character in the Alien film series? (½ point for each)
Ellen Ripley (Ellen Louise Ripley)
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 6-letter word.
Defeat
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Current Affairs Today was celebrated as the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of what religion?
Sikhism
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Science & Nature Sn is the chemical symbol for what metal element?
Tin (Latin: stannum)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (1997)
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Sport & Leisure Known around the NFL as "Sweetness", what American football running back played for the Chicago Bears for thirteen seasons between 1975 and 1987?
Walter Payton
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Geography Fiordland National Park is the largest of 14 national parks in what country?
New Zealand
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Art & Literature From the titles of Robert Ludlum's original Bourne Trilogy, what word is missing below: Identity (1980), ________ (1986), Ultimatum (1990)
Supremacy (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum)
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Landmarks This is Bay East Garden, opened in November 2011. In what country is it?
Singapore (Gardens by the Bay)
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Music What 1968 song was Status Quo's first hit, and their only ever U.S. Top 40 single?
Pictures of Matchstick Men
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History Who was President of Argentina during the Falklands War?
General Leopoldo Galtieri
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Entertainment Television's first prime time network colour series was The Marriage, a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1954
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 2 S and 2 S of P on a T B
2 Seats/Saddles and 2 Sets of Pedals on a Tandem Bicycle
