Food & Drink Name either one of the two Southeast Asian countries of which chilli crab is widely associated as the national dish.
Singapore / Malaysia
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On This Day While experimenting with electricity, what did Wilhelm Röntgen discover on this day, 8th November 1895?
X-rays
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Anagram ACIDIC LUMP IN BONER is an anagram of what country?
Dominican Republic
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby (1961)
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History Who was Governor of California from 1967 to 1975?
Ronald Reagan
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Geography Measured by area, what is the largest landlocked country in Africa?
Chad (Closely followed by Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia)
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Science & Nature What gas makes up over 90% of natural gas?
Methane
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Logos What multinational conglomerate, headquartered in India, is represented by this logo?
Tata Group
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Music Released in 1998, Iris is the biggest hit to date for what American band?
Goo Goo Dolls
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Sport & Leisure Who beat who in the 2022 MLB World Series last week? (½ point for each)
Houston Astros beat Philadelphia Phillies (4-2)
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Entertainment In both the 1960s TV series and the 2008 film Get Smart, what four letters describe the terrorist organisation that CONTROL agents fight against?
KAOS
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Brainteaser If John gives Allan 600 baht they will both have the same amount of money. If Allan gives John 600 baht, John will have five times as much as Allan. Who has what? (½ point for each)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
The start of something big
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Current Affairs Flight 494 crash-landed in Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba Airport on Sunday, killing at least 19 people. What Tanzanian airline operated the flight?
Precision Air
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Art & Literature A historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826, of what novel is Chingachgook the titular character?
The Last of the Mohicans
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (1972)
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History Biafra was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that existed from 1967 until 1970, having declared independence from what country?
Nigeria
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Geography The southernmost and westernmost region of Japan, Naha is the capital and largest city of what prefecture?
Okinawa
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Science & Nature Myosotis is a genus of plants colloquially known in the northern hemisphere as what?
Forget-me-not / Scorpion grass
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Flags What country in West Africa has this as its national flag?
Senegal
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Music David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison formed what rock band in 1975?
Talking Heads
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Sport & Leisure At the Trofeo de Campeones final in Argentina on Sunday, 10 red cards were issued and the game was ended before the end of extra time. What losing team received 7 of the 10 red cards?
Boca Juniors (Boca Juniors 1 - 2 Racing Club)
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Entertainment A prelude to the spin-off Mork and Mindy, in an episode titled My Favorite Orkan, what TV series introduced Robin Williams as "Mork from the planet Ork" in February 1978?
Happy Days
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General Knowledge Solve the arithmetic below, answering in Roman numerals: (CM+XL)-(CD+XC)=???
Food & Drink Consisting of spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping, bobotie is the national dish of what country?
South Africa
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In This Year Alan Alda, Brian Blessed, Glen Campbell, Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Redford, and Burt Reynolds were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1936
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Art & Literature Whose best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounts her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism?
Vera Brittain
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)
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Anagram INITIAL CUM PLOT is an anagram of what mathematical 14-letter word?
Multiplication
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Entertainment In what 1925 classic silent film does a starving Charlie Chaplin share his boiled leather shoe with a companion?
The Gold Rush
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Science & Nature Completed in Pennsylvania in 1945, what five letters describe the world's first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer?
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
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Maps What small sovereign state in Southeast Asia is this?
Brunei
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Music What song performed by Terry Jacks reached number 1 in Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US in 1974?
Seasons in the Sun
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Sport & Leisure Captured by a security camera at Q House Snooker Academy, Darlington, England in August 2021, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thai: เทพไชยา อุ่นหนู) made the first ever absolute maximum break caught on camera, involving a free ball after a foul, during a practice match against Hossein Vafaei. What was his score?
155 (1+7+147)
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Entertainment Wo Fat is a recurring bad guy in what American police procedural drama series, first aired in 1968?
Hawaii Five-O / Hawaii Five-0 (1968-1980 and 2010-2020)
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
