Food & Drink Tuborg is a brewing company founded in 1873 in what country?
Denmark (Part of the Carlsberg Group since 1970)
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On This Day On this day, 31st May 2015, Vanity Fair revealed that FBI officer Mark Felt had been the secret informant in the Watergate Scandal. Up until then, he had only been known by what pseudonym?
Deep Throat
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Anagram GO SELECT A WET ASS is an anagram of what Australian rules football team?
West Coast Eagles
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)
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History What is the name of the 1783 treaty that formally ended the American Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
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Geography Located in the Southern Alps, what is the name of New Zealand's highest mountain?
Aoraki / Mount Cook
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Science & Nature In modern medicine, into how many lobes (identifiable zones) is the brain divided?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Search high and low
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Current Affairs What is the name of the Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas where Salvador Rolando Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers last Tuesday?
Robb
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Art & Literature Whose artworks include My Bed, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995, and Hate and Power Can Be a Terrible Thing?
Tracey Emin
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Squeeze - Up the Junction (1979)
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History What was the name of the Royal Navy ship on which Charles Darwin travelled during his famous expedition between 1831 and 1836?
HMS Beagle
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Geography Bishkek is the capital of what country?
Kyrgyzstan
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Science & Nature What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for astatine, tellurium, nitrogen, and darmstadtium?
Attends
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Flags A chain of twenty-six atolls, what South Asian island country has this as its national flag?
Maldives
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Music Achieving gangsta rap's first platinum certification, Straight Outta Compton was the 1988 debut album by what group?
N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes)
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Sport & Leisure Who won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday?
Marcus Ericsson
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Entertainment Michael Myer's mask, first seen in Halloween, was made from a cast of what famous actor's face?
William Shatner
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Thailand The Thi Lo Su Waterfall (Thai: น้ำตกทีลอซู) is the largest and highest waterfall in Thailand. In what northwestern province is it?
Food & Drink In England, Stinking Bishop is a type of what?
Cheese
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In This Year John Cleese, Paul Hogan, Ralph Lauren, Ian McKellen, Neil Sedaka, and Tina Turner were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1939
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Art & Literature Horatio, Ophelia and Gertrude are characters in what William Shakespeare tragedy?
Hamlet
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know (1990)
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Anagram HOT MINGES is an anagram of what 9-letter word?
Something
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Entertainment Voiced by Josh Gadd, what is the name of this snowman in Disney's Frozen franchise?
Olaf
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Science & Nature The atmosphere of Mars is largely made up of 2% argon, 2.8% nitrogen, and 95% of what chemical compound?
Carbon dioxide
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Maps What is the name of this island country in the Gulf of Guinea?
São Tomé and Príncipe
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Music "Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul. Oh, someday girl, I don't know when. We're gonna get to that place. Where we really want to go, and we'll walk in the sun." are lyrics from what 1975 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
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Sport & Leisure After defeating Liverpool 1-0 in the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, how many record breaking titles (European Cup and Champions League) have Real Madrid now achieved?
14
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Entertainment What 1968 horror film is set in the fictional Bramford apartment building in New York City?
Rosemary's Baby
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a film title.
9½ Weeks
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On This Day The RMS Titanic was launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland. on this day, 31st May, in what year?
1911
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Art & Literature What British cartoonist has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl?
Quentin Blake
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Linkin Park - In the End (2001)
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History The German plan to invade Britain in 1940 was codenamed Operation what?
Sea Lion (Unternehmen Seelöwe)
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Geography Lusitania was an ancient Roman province, much of which comprises what modern-day country?
Portugal
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Science & Nature Native to Africa, what 'S' describes this wild cat?
Serval
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Landmarks The Galata Tower is a medieval stone tower located in what European city?
Istanbul (Turkey)
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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)]
1969 (Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising, The Beatles - Come Together, Tommy Roe - Dizzy, The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter, Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525, Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love)
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Sport & Leisure What Summer Olympic Games were the first to be televised live? (Host City and Year) (½ point for each)
Berlin, 1936
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Entertainment Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper are the main adult characters in what Netflix TV series?
Stranger Things (Winona Ryder & David Harbour)
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 4 H of U S P on M R
