Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
All in good time
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Current Affairs On what Japanese island did heavy rainfall cause floods and landslides killing 49 people this weekend?
Kyushu
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Art & Literature What awards are presented annually by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in newspaper and on-line journalism, literature, and musical composition?
Pulitzer Prize
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Pink Floyd - Time (1974)
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History Who adopted the title Il Duce in 1925?
Benito Mussolini
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Geography West Quoddy Head is the easternmost point of mainland U.S.A. In which U.S. state is it?
Maine
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Science & Nature What planet in our solar system is sometimes known as the Morning Star or Evening Star?
Venus
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Flags What Middle East country has this as its national flag?
Syria
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Music Who said U Can't Touch This in 1990?
MC Hammer
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On This Day Aged 17, who became the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon on this day, 7th July, 1985?
Boris Becker
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Entertainment Between Two Ferns is an online comedy talk show, and 2019 film, produced and hosted by what actor and comedian?
Zach Galifianakis
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Add/Deduct a Letter A charmer in a tantrum. 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 'P' describes a cocktail of blended Scotch, Lagavulin 16 year old, lemon juice, honey, and ginger?
Penicillin
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In This Year In this year: U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner; Jim Thompson, co-founder of the Thai Silk Company, disappeared in Malaysia; and the world's first automatic cash machine was installed at Barclays Bank in Enfield, England. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1967
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Art & Literature What British politician wrote the 1938 non-fiction novel While England Slept, inspiring John F. Kennedy's 1940 Harvard thesis, Why England Slept?
Winston Churchill
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Tina Turner - The Best (1989)
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Anagram OK, SPEAK SATAN is an anagram of what U.S. state capital and the state it is capital of?
Topeka, Kansas
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Entertainment In what 2004 Martin Scorcese film did Leonardo DiCaprio play Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett play Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale play Ava Gardner?
The Aviator
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Current Affairs Due to be launched at the end of this month, what is the name of NASA's Mars 2020 Rover?
Perseverance
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Maps What country in West Africa is this?
Guinea-Bissau
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Music "If you look around. The whole world's coming together now." are lyrics from what 1981 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
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Sport & Leisure How many thousand miles does light travel in one second? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
186 (186282.4 miles / 299,792,458 metres)
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Entertainment First aired in 2016, in what TV series does Kiefer Sutherland play U.S. President Tom Kirkman?
Designated Survivor
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Split decision
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Current Affairs With more than 100,000 cases among a population of 2.8 million, what Asian country has, to date, reported the world's highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita?
Qatar
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Art & Literature Who wrote the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye?
J. D. Salinger
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (2019)
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History What former U.S. President died on 22th April 1994?
Richard Nixon
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Geography What country shares land borders with Costa Rica and Colombia?
Panama
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Science & Nature The seeds of many fruit, including apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches, contain a compound called amygdalin. When amygdalin is ingested and broken down in the body, what 'C' is produced?
Cyanide (Hydrogen cyanide)
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Landmarks Carrying 8 lanes of motorway and a double-track railway line, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is the third tallest in the world. In what country is it?
Turkey (Bosphorus strait, Istanbul)
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Music "She's got it. Yeah baby, she's got it." are lyrics from what 1969 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Shocking Blue - Venus
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Sport & Leisure Who is the last non-British, non-German Formula 1 driver to win the World Driver's title?
Kimi Räikkönen (Finland, Ferrari, 2007)
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Entertainment Until February 2011, who played the role of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby in the long running TV drama Midsomer Murders ?
John Nettles (replaced by Neil Dudgeon as DCI John Barnaby)
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 100 C in a S A R.
