Food & Drink If you see canard on a French menu, what type of meat is on offer?
Duck
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On This Day Name the Archbishop of Canterbury assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of Henry II on this day, 29th December 1170?
Thomas Becket
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Anagram CRUDER ERECTION, GLUM KNOB is an anagram of what sports stadium in the southern hemisphere?
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World (1960)
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History Legal tender in the UK from 1860 to 1960; from 1937 onwards, what bird featured on the reverse of a farthing (¼d) coin?
Wren
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General Knowledge With regards to the U.S. federal agency, what does ICE stand for? (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
7.
In This Year "Liberty by Lily Allen" is a product launched by the singer in October 2020, garnering many 5-star reviews. What is it?
Vibrator (Womanizer Liberty by Lily Allen)
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Logos What multinational conglomerate is represented by this logo?
Yamaha
9.
Music Whose studio albums to date are titled 19, 21, and 25?
Adele
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In This Year What rock star conceded defeat to 10-year-old Nandi Bushell after a series of online drum battles this year, prompting the former to write a song in her honour?
Dave Grohl
11.
Entertainment Between 1949 and 1973, Edith Head won a record eight Academy Awards in what category?
Best Costume Design
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Brainteaser A car has travelled 240 miles at 60 mph. It began its journey with a full tank of 12 gallons, but the tank has been leaking throughout the journey and is now empty. The car ran at 40 miles per gallon. How many gallons of fuel does it leak per hour?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well known term or phrase.
Nice to see you
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In This Year In May 2020, what market town near Durham, England came to national attention when the chief advisor of the British Prime Minister, Dominic Cummings, was discovered to have driven there with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Barnard Castle
3.
Art & Literature First published in 2013, Camp David is an autobiography by what British celebrity?
David Walliams
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Dawn - Knock Three Times (1970)
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In This Year Part of her Heretic range, what actress launched scented candles labelled "This Smells Like My Vagina" and "This Smells Like My Orgasm" in 2020?
Gwyneth Paltrow
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In This Year In a July 2020 Fox News interview, what 5 words did Donald Trump boast he'd successfully repeated in a cognitive test he'd recently taken?
Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
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Science & Nature What 'F' describes objects or materials such as clothes, utensils, and furniture that can carry infection and transfer disease to a new host?
Fomite / Fomes
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Cambodia
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Music Who sang Bitter Sweet Symphony in 1997?
The Verve
10.
Entertainment The top-selling novel and highest-grossing film of 1970, what romantic drama film stars Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal?
Love Story (Erich Segal)
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General Knowledge What 'M', also known as a memory aid, describes a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assist in remembering something?
Mnemonic
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Add/Deduct a Letter A bit of a social gathering. Answer with two words. The first part of the sentence is a clue to a four letter word. Add one letter to that word to give the answer to the second part of the sentence.
Food & Drink What 'S' is most commonly used in the production of pasta verde?
Spinach
2.
In This Year Pat Cash, Steve Coogan, Elizabeth Hurley, Mark Labbett, Lennox Lewis, and Sam Mendes were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1965
3.
Art & Literature The first in a series, what Robert Ludlum novel was the best-selling book of 1980?
The Bourne Identity
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)
5.
Anagram CLENCH THAT WEIRD ARSE is an anagram of what British landmark?
Winchester Cathedral
6.
In This Year Gaining notoriety in a 2020 documentary TV series, by what name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage better known?
Joe Exotic / Tiger King
7.
Science & Nature Born in 1874, what inventor's first name was Guglielmo?
Marconi
8.
Thailand What province in Southern Thailand is this?
Phuket - ภูเก็ต
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Music Released in November 1978, Outlandos d'Amour is the debut studio album by what English band?
The Police
10.
Sport & Leisure Which two countries compete in the biannual International Rules Series? (½ point for each)
Australia & Ireland (a hybrid of Aussie rules football and Gaelic football)
11.
In This Year In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, to the nearest million, how many million more people voted for Joe Biden than Donald Trump? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
7 (81,281,502 vs 74,222,593)
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal an 8-letter word.
Absentee
2.
In This Year Described by doctors as "dangerous" and "ridiculous"; in a rambling speech in April 2020, what two things did Donald Trump suggest as treatments for coronavirus? (½ point for each)
Disinfectant & UV light
3.
Art & Literature First published in 1963 and written while he was still working for MI6, what John le Carré novel was adapted into a 1965 film starring Richard Burton as British field agent Alec Leamas?
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
AC/DC - Thunderstruck (1990)
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History Who was the first British monarch to give birth to a future king?
Victoria (Edward VII)
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Geography The złoty is the official currency and legal tender of what country?
Poland
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Science & Nature Pinnaplasty is the surgical correction of what body part?
Ear
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Landmarks In what U.S. city is the popular tourist attraction of Fisherman's Wharf?
San Francisco
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Music According to the second verse of House of the Rising Sun by The Animals, what type of man was the narrator's father?
Gambling
10.
In This Year What retired footballer spent 32 days in jail in March/April after allegedly entering Paraguay with a false passport?
Ronaldinho
11.
Entertainment Sales of chess sets went up several hundredfolds in November after the airing of what 2020 Netflix mini-series?
The Queen's Gambit
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 5 S on a P
