Food & Drink In what country is the Marlborough wine growing region?
New Zealand
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On This Day The first completed Model T left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit on this day, 27th September, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1908
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Anagram SODOMITE'S TORMENTED BUNDLE is an anagram of what 1964 song title?
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone 1964 - The Animals 1965)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958)
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History A propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed, what "C" was the most popular commercial airliner in the 1950s?
Constellation ("Connie")
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Geography Mashhad is the second-most-populous city in what Middle East country?
Iran (after Tehran)
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Science & Nature What "A" is a common name for any of a group of small to very large marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae?
Abalone
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Logos What luxury car brand is represented by this logo?
Genesis (the luxury vehicle division of Hyundai)
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Music Who said It’s Oh So Quiet in 1995?
Björk
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Sport & Leisure In Australian rules football, who beat who in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday? (½ point for each)
Geelong Cats beat the Sydney Swans (133-52)
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Entertainment Uncredited, who provides the sultry voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Kathleen Turner
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Brainteaser On each row, place a word beginning with 'H' to fit the clue given. When completed, a musical instrument will be read down the third column of letters. What is it? _ _ _ _ CONCEAL _ _ _ _ CAUSE PAIN _ _ _ _ PERIOD OF TIME _ _ _ _ RELIGIOUS SONG
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
A sight for sore eyes
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Current Affairs Set to become Italy's first female Prime Minister, who is president of the far-right Brothers of Italy?
Giorgia Meloni
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Art & Literature Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me Kate is based on what Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1971)
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History Who was 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992?
Corazon "Cory" Aquino
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Geography Mount Bartle Frere is the highest mountain in what Australian state?
Queensland
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Science & Nature Udometer, pluviometer, hyetometer and ombrometer are all instruments used to measure what?
Rainfall
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Czech Republic
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Music I Feel for You, This Is My Night, and Through the Fire are among hits in the 80s for what American singer-songwriter?
Chaka Khan
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On This Day Belgium, Iraq, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, PSV, Rangers, and Sunderland are among teams managed by what former football player born in The Hague on this day, 27th September 1947?
Dick Advocaat
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Entertainment What DC Comics character, introduced in 1941 and adapted for TV since 2012, is the alter-ego of wealthy businessman Oliver Queen?
Green Arrow
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General Knowledge Produced by Great Wall Motors since November 2020, what is the make and model of this electric car? (½ point for each)
Food & Drink Earl Grey tea is flavoured with an essence extracted from the aromatic skin of what type of orange?
Bergamot
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In This Year In this year: James Bulger was abducted, tortured and murdered by two 10 year old boys in Liverpool, England; the Battle of Mogadishu, dubbed "Black Hawk Down", took place in Somalia; and tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed during a match in Hamburg. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1993
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Art & Literature What musician's second book, first published in 1965, was titled A Spaniard in the Works?
John Lennon
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Blondie - The Tide Is High (1980)
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Anagram FECAL ROT ON BUM is an anagram of what awkward 13-letter word?
Uncomfortable
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Entertainment Who took over the role of Bruce Wayne's love interest Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight (2008), following Katie Holmes' exit after Batman Begins (2005)?
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Science & Nature Which two islands are the only places wild Orangutans currently inhabit? (½ point for each)
Sumatra and Borneo
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Maps What Middle East country is this?
Syria
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On This Day What singer was born Bernard William Jewry in Muswell Hill, London on this day, 27th September 1942?
Shane Fenton / Alvin Stardust
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On This Day Born on this day, 27th September 1991; in 2017, who became the first Romanian to reach World No. 1 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings?
Simona Halep
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Entertainment In five TV series, who Travels with My Father to South East Asia, Eastern Europe, the United States, Australia, and the UK?
Jack Whitehall
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.
Lord of the Rings
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On This Day The Google internet search engine retroactively claims today as its birthday. How old is it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
24 (1998)
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Art & Literature An expatriate Scot recently returned from Southern Africa, Richard Hannay is the protagonist and narrator of what 1915 novel? (½ point each for Author and Title)
John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium (2012)
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History At the end of the 11th century, teenager Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar led a Spanish force against the Moors and drove them out of Spain. By what name is he better known?
El Cid
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Geography What name is given to the fertile low grasslands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres south of the Amazon?
The Pampas
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Science & Nature Which letter is furthest right on an English language computer keyboard?
P
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Landmarks What is the name of this sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland?
Fingal's Cave
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Music "Oh well there's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right. And Janie is the girl well that I'll be with tonight." are lyrics from what 1961 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Dion - The Wanderer
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On This Day Who was stripped of his 100m gold medal and sent home from the Seoul Olympic Games in disgrace on this day, 27th September 1988?
Ben Johnson
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Entertainment First shown on Channel 4 in the UK between 1990 and 1998, what TV series is set in the offices of the fictional "GlobeLink News"?
Drop the Dead Donkey
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 15 M on the D M C
