Food & Drink What sauce traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil, European pine nuts, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese?
Pesto (Basil / Green Pesto)
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On This Day Name the Labour and Liberal leaders that lost to Margaret Thatcher in the UK general election on this day, 3rd May, 1979. (½ point for each)
James Callaghan & David Steel
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Anagram IS GRAVE LADS ARSE is an anagram of what professional American football team?
Las Vegas Raiders
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968)
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History What volcano destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD?
Mount Vesuvius
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Geography In what European country are the Dolomite Mountains?
Italy (Southern Alps)
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Science & Nature Native to eastern Australia, what animal was historically known as a "Laughing Jack-Ass"?
Kookaburra (Laughing kookaburra)
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Logos What Australian multinational bank and financial services provider is represented by this logo?
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
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Music To promote the soundtrack of her film The Next Best Thing, who released a cover version of Don McLean's American Pie in March 2000?
Madonna
10.
Sport & Leisure In poker, what ranks between a two pair and a straight?
Three of a kind
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Entertainment In the British TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, what is the first name of Rene Artois' wife?
Edith
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General Knowledge What 'G' is a term used to describe the process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how a company's products are more environmentally sound than they really are?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Backwards and forwards
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Current Affairs What nickname has been given to a fictitious Ukrainian MiG-29 flying ace credited with shooting down up to 40 Russian planes during the defense of Ukraine?
Ghost of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Привид Києва, romanised: Pryvyd Kyieva)
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Art & Literature What 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty was adapted into a 1973 classic horror film for which he won an Academy Award for the screenplay?
The Exorcist
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1979)
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History Born around 1430, what 'I' is a nickname given to Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia?
(Vlad the) Impaler (Vlad Dracula)
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Geography What is the capital of the U.S. state of California?
Sacramento
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Science & Nature What 8-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for barium, rubidium, tungsten, iodine, and rhenium?
Barbwire
8.
Flags What microstate has this as its national flag?
Andorra
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Music Which Friends star did Bruce Springsteen invite onto the stage in the music video for his 1984 song Dancing in the Dark?
Courtney Cox
10.
Sport & Leisure Who beat who in the final of the World Snooker Championship on Monday? (½ point for each)
Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Judd Trump (18-13)
11.
Entertainment Apart from the pilot and the final show, what two words begin the title of each episode of Friends?
The one ...
12.
General Knowledge What is the meaning of the small arrow next to the fuel pump symbol on a vehicle's fuel gauge?
Indicates which side of the car the fuel filler cap is on
Food & Drink In French cuisine, what 'N' describes a mixed salad traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives and anchovies or tuna, dressed with olive oil?
Niçoise (Salade Niçoise)
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In This Year Roseanne Barr, Vladimir Putin, Christopher Reeve, Mickey Rourke, Steven Seagal, and Louis Walsh were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1952
3.
Art & Literature What 2010 prison memoir by Piper Kerman was adapted into a TV series of the same name, first broadcast in 2013?
Orange is the New Black (Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
INXS - Suicide Blonde (1990)
5.
Anagram I RANKLESS BUM is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of?
Minsk, Belarus
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Entertainment A satirical comedy programme on the BBC from 1962 to 1963 and on NBC from 1964 to 1965, what TV series was often abbreviated as TW3?
That Was The Week That Was
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Science & Nature What is the medical term for your shinbone?
Tibia
8.
Maps What U.S. state is this?
South Dakota
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Music In what year were all the songs in this medley first released as singles? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1971 (Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine, The Who - Behind Blue Eyes, The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar, T. Rex - Get It On (Bang a Gong), Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?, Derek and the Dominos - Layla, Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven)
10.
Sport & Leisure What capital city is scheduled to be the starting point of the Tour de France on 1st July 2022?
Copenhagen (Denmark)
11.
Entertainment A name of Latin origin, meaning 'lost', what is the mother Dalmatian called in the film 101 Dalmatians?
Perdita
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.
Cleared for take off
2.
On This Day "The most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history," name the three-year-old British girl who disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on this day, 3rd May 2007.
Madeleine McCann
3.
Art & Literature In the Garfield comic strips, what is the name of Garfield's teddy bear?
Pooky
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Papa Roach - Last Resort (2000)
5.
History What took place on 28th March 1979 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, making news headlines worldwide?
Three Mile Island Accident (Core meltdown)
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Geography What two land masses are separated by the Bass Strait? (½ point for each)
Mainland Australia & Tasmania
7.
Science & Nature What 'D' is the medical term used to describe any substance that promotes the production of urine?
Diuretic
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Landmarks Formerly referred to as the Royal Castle, in what European capital city is this ancient citadel?
Budapest (Buda Castle, Hungary)
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Music Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in September 1932, what acclaimed American singer died in a plane crash on 5th March 1963?
Patsy Cline
10.
Sport & Leisure What name was given to scandalous events in baseball during the 1919 World Series?
Black Sox Scandal
11.
Entertainment Who plays the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro?
Anthony Hopkins
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 16 O in a P
