Food & Drink Popular throughout Central Europe, what type of food is Gugelhupf, or Kugelhopf?
Cake
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On This Day Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car began in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, on this day, 21st January, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1981
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Anagram GENITAL SCUM CENSORS is an anagram of what multinational company?
Samsung Electronics
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (1965)
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History William Travis, James Bowie, and Davy Crockett were killed in what battle?
Battle of the Alamo (6th March 1836)
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Geography Upon gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1979, the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands became part of what newly named sovereign state?
Kiribati
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Science & Nature What units of measurement are represented by X and Y in the following formula? (X − 32) × 5/9 = Y(½ point for each)
°F and °C (Fahrenheit and Celsius)
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Logos This logo belongs to the governing body of what sport?
Motorcycle racing (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme)
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Music Brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood comprise what band?
New Kids on the Block
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Sport & Leisure The day before the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958, what team did Manchester United play in their quarter-final second leg of the European Cup?
Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena Zvezda)
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Entertainment What is the nickname of the ship's computer in the 1979 film Alien?
Mother (Model MU/TH/UR 6000)
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General Knowledge Which of these four scrambled words is the "odd one out" when unscrambled? (a) CGHICOA (b) OOTNHUS(c) XINEPOH (d) JIBGINE
(d) BEIJING (Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are in the United States)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Scrambled eggs
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Current Affairs A WHO meeting tomorrow could result in an emergency being declared over the recent coronavirus outbreak. What Chinese city was the source of the outbreak?
Wuhan (2019-nCoV / Wuhan coronavirus)
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Art & Literature What is the Tin Woodman searching for in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
A heart
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
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History Who founded the Salvation Army in London in 1865?
William Booth
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Geography What major river flows through Baghdad?
Tigris River
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Science & Nature What is the common name for the chemical compound NaCl?
Salt (sodium chloride)
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Flags What country on the west coast of Central Africa has this as its national flag?
Gabon
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Music What band released the album Meat is Murder in 1985?
The Smiths
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Sport & Leisure Name the American track sprinter stripped of his titles in 2005 for using performance-enhancing drugs, jailed in 2007 for cheque fraud, and again in 2008 for dealing heroin.
Tim Montgomery
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Entertainment What 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film stars Ray Milland as a professional tennis player, Grace Kelly as his wife, and Robert Cummings as her lover?
Dial M for Murder
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Add/Deduct a Letter Well balanced but no longer fresh. 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 A national dish of Wales, what type of food is cawl?
Soup / Stew
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In This Year In this year: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space; the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba took place; and Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1961
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Art & Literature In J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, what collective name is given to the children "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to the Neverland"?
Lost Boys
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life (1983)
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Anagram SCRAP BEETLE is an anagram of what honourable 11-letter word?
Respectable
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Entertainment Who provides the voice of the dragon in the 1996 film Dragonheart?
Sean Connery
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Science & Nature What name is given to a fabric or yarn made from the fleece of the Angora goat?
Mohair
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Thailand What province in Eastern Thailand is this?
Chanthaburi - จันทบุรี
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Music It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, and Photograph were hits in the early 70s for who?
Ringo Starr
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Sport & Leisure Who has been ranked world number one male golfer since May 2019?
Brooks Koepka (USA)
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Entertainment Beneath .. (1970), Escape from .. (1971), Conquest of .. (1972), and Battle for .. (1973) are sequels to what 1968 film?
Planet of the Apes
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Odds and ends
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Current Affairs Who was appointed Prime Minister of Russia following the resignation of Dmitry Medvedev last week?
Mikhail Mishustin
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Art & Literature What were the first names of English author H. G. Wells? (½ point for each)
Herbert George
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words (2004)
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History Making world headlines in November 1974, by what name was Richard John Bingham better known?
Lord Lucan
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Geography In what U.S. state does the Mississippi River flow into the Gulf of Mexico?
Louisiana
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Science & Nature In the International System of Units (SI), what single unit of measurement is equal to 1 billion kilobytes?
Terabyte
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Landmarks What European capital city is this?
Madrid (Spain - Gran Via and statue of Cybele, Plaza de Cibeles)
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Music Fill in the blank from these opening lyrics to the Rolling Stone's Get Off of My Cloud: "I live in an apartment on the __________ floor of my block."
Ninety-ninth
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Sport & Leisure What two teams will face off on 3rd February in Super Bowl LIV? (½ point for each)
San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs
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Entertainment In M*A*S*H, what is the nickname of Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce?
Hawkeye (played by Donald Sutherland on film and Alan Alda on TV)
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 99 B of B on the W.
