Food & Drink What is the maximum number of Michelin Stars a restaurant can be awarded?
3
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On This Day The Queen Elizabeth 2 was launched in Clydebank, Scotland on this day, 20th September 1967. Retired in 2008, since 2018 she has operated as a floating hotel in what city?
Dubai
3.
Art & Literature First published in the UK in 1987, to what was Where's Wally? renamed for the North American market?
Where's Waldo?
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
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History What 'W' describes this medieval form of female headcovering, formed of a large piece of cloth worn draped around the neck and chin and covering the top of the head?
Wimple
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Geography Which two capital cities face each other on opposite banks of the Congo River? (½ point for each)
Kinshasa & Brazzaville (Democratic Republic of the Congo & Republic of the Congo)
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Science & Nature What temperature has the same value in both Celsius and Fahrenheit?
-40
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Logos What well known sport association is represented by this logo?
National Hockey League (NHL)
9.
Music Who said Call Me Maybe in 2011?
Carly Rae Jepsen
10.
Sport & Leisure When Muhammad Ali and George Foreman competed in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974, what was the name of the country in which it took place?
Zaire (Kinshasa, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
11.
Entertainment In a 1970s TV series, what is the surname of Howard, Marion, Richie, and Joanie?
Cunningham (Happy Days)
12.
Brainteaser Three Khon Kaen expats are on a charity walk to Udon Thani province. On the first day they travel one fifth of the total distance. The next day they cover one third of what is left. The following day they cover one quarter of the remainder. On the fourth day they cover half of the remaining distance. The three expats have 25 km left. How many kilometres have they travelled up to now?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Ahead in the polls
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Current Affairs After causing massive devastation in Puerto Rico, what is the name of the hurricane that made landfall in the Dominican Republic yesterday?
Hurricane Fiona
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Anagram HUGE SHIT, SO SO FUNNIER is an anagram of what 1960s hit song title?
House of the Rising Sun
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
5.
History An Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, by what nickname was Charles Luciano known?
Lucky
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Geography Located 2600 km east-northeast of Papua New Guinea, with an area of 21 km2, what is the smallest island nation in the world?
Nauru
7.
Science & Nature What is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower?
Stamen
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Singapore
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Music "Cause this is thriller, thriller night. There ain't no second chance against the thing with ___ eyes, girl." What's the missing number?
Forty (Michael Jackson - Thriller)
10.
On This Day Who beat who in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome on this day, 20th September, 1973? (½ point for each)
Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs
11.
Entertainment What actress and singer was born Lucille Frances Ryan in Auckland, New Zealand on 29th March 1968?
Lucy Lawless
12.
Thailand If you left Thailand at 4am (ICT) this morning and arrived in London at 2pm (BST) this afternoon, in hours, how long was your journey?
Food & Drink In Italian cuisine, what type of food is Zampone?
Sausage
2.
In This Year Hilary Duff, Kesha, Chelsea Manning, Maria Sharapova, Jamie Vardy, and Sebastian Vettel were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1987
3.
Art & Literature The first line of what 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel reads "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"?
Rebecca
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (1988)
5.
Anagram EDGE IN A SCROTUM is an anagram of what 14-letter word? Don't do it.
Discouragement
6.
Entertainment Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away and The Polar Express are among the films directed by who?
Robert Zemeckis
7.
Science & Nature What followed Mercury and Gemini?
Apollo (US human spaceflight programs)
8.
Maps What Central African country is this?
Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville, Congo Republic, Congo)
9.
Music Who said (Don't Fear) The Reaper in 1976?
Blue Öyster Cult
10.
Sport & Leisure In 1972, who became the first (and to date the only) NFL team to finish a championship season undefeated and untied?
Miami Dolphins
11.
Entertainment A character created by author Tom Clancy, in what film did Alec Baldwin become the first actor to play Jack Ryan on screen?
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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.
Skate on thin ice
2.
On This Day 2,975 were killed after Hurricane Maria made landfall where on this day, 20th September, 2017?
Puerto Rico
3.
Art & Literature What race of fictional beings from Gulliver's Travels lends its name to an internet search engine?
Yahoo
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
TLC - No Scrubs (1999)
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History The largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history, around 9,400, what was the name of the German military transport ship sunk on 30th January 1945 by a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea?
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
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Geography Of what Caribbean country is Port-au-Prince the capital?
Haiti
7.
Science & Nature What unit of weight is another name for the snow leopard?
Ounce
8.
Landmarks 210 metres above ground, on the helipad of what building was this tennis match between Andre Agassi and Roger Federer staged in 2005?
Burj Al Arab (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
9.
Music Respect is Aretha Franklin's signature song, released in 1967; but who wrote and recorded the original in 1965?
Otis Redding
10.
Sport & Leisure Following a car accident in February 2021 that left Tiger Woods hospitalised, many professional golfers and groundstaff wore what colour shirt to show support for him?
Red
11.
Entertainment First aired in 1988, "You know we belong together" is the opening line of the theme tune to what TV series?
Home and Away
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 4 C in a Q
