Food & Drink Known as Kraft Foods until 2012, what American multinational corporation owns brands such as Oreo, Ritz, Cadbury, Toblerone, Dentyne, and Halls?
Mondelez
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On This Day Born in Ontario, Canada on this day, 16th August 1954, whose early directing credits include The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), and True Lies (1994)?
James Cameron
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Anagram TIME CURES GONAD is an anagram of what deterring 14-letter word?
Discouragement
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love (1965)
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History Between 1949 and 1990, what was the capital of West Germany?
Bonn
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Geography What major Asian city's international hub is known locally as Dum Dum Airport?
Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport)
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Science & Nature What is a more common name for herpes labialis?
Cold sores / Fever blisters
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Logos What Australian bank and financial services provider is represented by this logo?
Westpac (Westpac Banking Corporation)
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Music What American rock duo was formed in Detroit in 1997 by husband and wife Jack and Meg?
The White Stripes (Jack and Meg White)
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Sport & Leisure Founded in 2021, the Kraken are an NHL team based in what city?
Seattle
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Entertainment Charlie, Dennis, Mac, Dee, and Frank are a group of misfits running a decrepit Irish bar in what American sitcom, first aired in 2005?
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito )
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Brainteaser What letter completes this sequence? B F J P _
V (They are the letters that follow the vowels in the alphabet.)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Dancing in the dark
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Current Affairs On a stretch forming 187 kilometres of the border between Poland and Germany, what river was contaminated recently, causing at least 10 tonnes of dead fish to wash up on its shores this week?
Oder
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Art & Literature Who painted a series of still life paintings titled Sunflowers in the late 19th century?
Vincent van Gogh
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (1973)
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History After the fall of the Soviet Union, who was elected 1st President of the Russian Federation in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin (Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin - Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин)
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Geography Billund, Windsor, and Günzburg are the European locations of what chain of theme parks?
Legoland (Denmark, England, and Germany)
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Science & Nature Native to the Americas, what type of bird is a Muscovy?
Duck
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Flags What Central American country has this as its national flag?
Belize
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Music A modified spelling of the Russian word for "grandmother" is the title of what 1980 hit song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kate Bush - Babooshka (Russian: бaбушка babushka)
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Sport & Leisure Three Premier League teams currently have 0 points from the first two games of the 2022-23 season. Name them. (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Everton, West Ham United, Manchester United
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Entertainment What is the name of the character played by Dennis Waterman in the British TV series The Sweeney?
George Carter
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Thailand What 'C' is the Thai name for a Buddhist stupa, a conical or bell-shaped building usually located within the grounds of a temple?
Food & Drink What 'S' is the generic Italian term for sparkling wine?
Spumante
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In This Year In this year: Barings Bank collapsed after Nick Leeson lost $1.4 billion on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; more than 8,000 Bosniaks were killed in the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War; and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1995
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Art & Literature In the 1964 Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, how many children won golden tickets to visit Willy Wonka's factory?
5 (Charlie Bucket, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon (1983)
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Anagram SNOG A MILF is an anagram of what avian 9-letter word?
Flamingos
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Entertainment Directed by Ron Howard, and starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell, what is the title of the 2022 film based on the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand?
Thirteen Lives
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Science & Nature What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for copper, thallium, arsenic, and sulphur?
Cutlass
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Maps What U.S. state is this?
New Mexico
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Music Lars Ulrich is a Danish musician best known as the drummer and 1981 co-founder of what American heavy metal band?
Metallica
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Sport & Leisure What Romanian swimmer broke the 13-year old world record for the 100m freestyle on Saturday with a time of 46.86 seconds?
David Popovici
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Entertainment Julie Kavner first appeared on TV in 1974 as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda, but is best known as the voice of what character?
Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 1984 song title.
Two Tribes (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
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Current Affairs After its franchise holder filed for bankruptcy, Domino's Pizza closed all of its stores in what country last week?
Italy
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Art & Literature In what 1987 Stephen King novel does Annie Wilkes punish Paul Sheldon by cutting off his foot with an axe?
Misery (played by Kathy Bates and James Caan and in the 1990 film)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
James - Laid (1993)
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History While millions of people watched live on NBC, who killed who on 24th November 1963? (½ point for each)
Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald
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Geography The world-famous Australia Zoo is located at 1638 Steve Irwin Way, Beerwah, 74 km north of what major city?
Brisbane
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Science & Nature An engineered wood product, what does MDF stand for? (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Medium-Density Fibreboard
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Landmarks Opened in 1976, this unusual structure, the Olympic Stadium, is located in what city?
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
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Music The original theme music to what TV series was written by Australian composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1963?
Doctor Who
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Sport & Leisure After a 26-year absence, what circuit returned to the Formula One calendar in 2021 as the location of the revived Dutch Grand Prix?
Zandvoort
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Entertainment In Netflix's most-watched series Squid Game, how many contestants are there? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
456
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 8 M P in our S S
