Food & Drink What 'M' describes a cocktail of white rum, sugar, lime juice, sparkling water, and fresh mint?
Mojito
2.
On This Day The Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France finally met 40 metres beneath the seabed on this day, 1st December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1990
3.
Anagram SILLY MANIAC HERE is an anagram of what actress, born in 1934?
Shirley MacLaine
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop (1964)
5.
History Who led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage by sea, from 1903 to 1906, and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911?
Roald Amundsen
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Geography Due to its deadly ascent, what mountain in Asia is nicknamed the "Savage Mountain"?
K2
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Science & Nature What 'A' describes a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death?
Logos What is the name of the application represented by this logo?
Google Chrome
9.
Music Turn Me On (David Guetta 2011), Beauty and a Beat (Justin Bieber 2012), Side to Side (Ariana Grande 2016), and Woman Like Me (Little Mix 2018) all feature what artist?
Nicki Minaj
10.
Sport & Leisure An Australian Test cricketer and a RAAF pilot during World War II, who said in an interview with Michael Parkinson, "Pressure, I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your backside. Playing cricket is not"?
Keith Miller
11.
Entertainment A cover version of The Troggs' Love Is All Around performed by Wet Wet Wet features on the soundtrack of what 1994 British romantic comedy film?
Four Weddings and a Funeral
12.
General Knowledge What number should replace the question mark? 8→3, 47→16, 20→7, 59→20, 32→?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known culinary term.
Spicy
2.
Current Affairs What is the name of the volcano on Lembata Island, Indonesia that erupted twice this week, latterly forcing thousands to evacuate due to the release of poisonous gases?
Lewotolo
3.
Art & Literature What is the sinister secret behind the title characters in Ira Levin's 1972 satirical novel The Stepford Wives?
They are robots (Gynoids, or fembots)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Jigsaw - Sky High (1975)
5.
History What was discovered near Ballarat in Victoria, Australia in 1851?
Gold
6.
Geography In what U.S. state is Fort Knox located?
Kentucky
7.
Science & Nature At room temperature, what is the most malleable metal element?
Gold (a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of 1 square metre)
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Libya
9.
Music Sailing was a 1980 worldwide hit for whom?
Christopher Cross
10.
Sport & Leisure Who miraculously escaped a fiery crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday?
Romain Grosjean
11.
Entertainment Janet Gaynor & Fredric March (1937); Judy Garland & James Mason (1954); Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson (1976); ____ ____ and ____ ____ (2018). Fill in the blanks. (½ point for each)
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
12.
General Knowledge Mooban หมู่บ้าน .. Tambon ตำบล .. Amphoe อำเภอ .. what comes next?
Changwat or Jangwat จังหวัด (Village, Sub-District, District, Province)
In This Year Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Gere, Niki Lauda, Phil Lynott, Lionel Richie, and Sissy Spacek were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1949
3.
Art & Literature His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman. What 1995 novel precedes The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000)?
Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America and some other countries)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Madonna - Take A Bow (1994)
5.
Anagram ARDERN DUE A TUG is an anagram of what educational 13-letter word?
Undergraduate
6.
Entertainment What 1988 film directed by Ron Howard stars Warwick Davis as the title character and Val Kilmer as his companion, Madmartigan?
Willow
7.
Science & Nature What word is used to describe an infectious disease that has jumped from a non-human animal to a human?
Zoonosis / Zoonotic
8.
Thailand What province in Southern Thailand is this?
Nakhon Si Thammarat - นครศรีธรรมราช
9.
Music Mark, David, John and Pick formed what rock band in London in 1977?
Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers)
10.
Sport & Leisure Playing for the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, who became the first female athlete to play in a Power Five college football game?
Sarah Fuller
11.
Entertainment What film title links Charlton Heston and Mark Wahlberg?
Planet of the Apes (as George Taylor and Leo Davidson)
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.
See no evil
2.
Current Affairs Best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, name the English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor who passed away on Saturday, aged 85.
David Prowse
3.
Art & Literature What is the emblematic animal of Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter series?
Badger
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Daniel Powter - Bad Day (2005)
5.
History Which queen had the shortest reign of Henry VIII's six wives?
Anne of Cleves (175 days, 6th January 1540 - 9th July 1540)
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Geography Running for 425 kilometres through the North Island, what is the longest river in New Zealand?
Waikato River
7.
Science & Nature What 'J' describes this tree, native to Western Australia, with flowers that are used to make honey, and long, straight trunks that provide a deep rich reddish-brown, termite-resistant wood with an attractive grain?
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata, historically known as Swan River mahogany)
8.
Landmarks About 800-1000 years old, and fabled to be the place where Robin Hood sheltered, what name is given to this tree near the village of Edwinstowe in the midst of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England?
The Major Oak
9.
Music Whose 1968 debut single was titled Those Were the Days?
Mary Hopkin
10.
Sport & Leisure Who was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital with a fractured skull after a clash of heads with Arsenal's David Luiz on Sunday?
Raúl Jiménez (Wolves)
11.
Entertainment "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me." is a line from what 1964 film?
Carry On Cleo (Kenneth Williams, playing Julius Caesar)
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a film title: 7 B F 7 B
