Food & Drink An oenologist (enologist) specialises in the scientific process of making what?
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On This Day The highest inflation-adjusted grossing film of all time, what film premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on this day, 15th December 1939?
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Anagram OH MAN! ARSE FACE PORN is an anagram of what 1968 hit song?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1965)
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History "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." is part of what speech, by what orator? (½ point for each)
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Geography Of what southern Caribbean nation is Kingstown the capital city?
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Science & Nature What 'P' describes a measuring device comprising a half or full circle graduated in degrees from 0 to 180 or 360?
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Logos Of what country is the governing body of association football represented by this logo?
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Music Featuring Snoop Dog, who sang about California Gurls in 2010?
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Sport & Leisure What 'H' describes the socket of a golf club head that receives the shaft?
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Entertainment What actor, comedian, and singer was born Eric Marlon Bishop in Texas on 13th December 1967?
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Brainteaser If 11 + 3 = 2, 12 + 1 = 1, 6 + 4 = 10, and 9 + 7 = 4, what does 7 + 6 = ?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
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Current Affairs Name the founder and former CEO of the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd., charged this week with "one of the biggest frauds in US history"?
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Art & Literature "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun." is the opening line of what book? (½ point each for Author and Title)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1973)
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History Who was Roman Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD?
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Geography What Asian capital city lies on the floodplains of the Yamuna River?
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Science & Nature What 'B' describes this genus of bird?
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
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Music "Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid." are lyrics from what 1983 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
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Sport & Leisure A FIFA World Cup match record, during the Netherlands vs Argentina quarter-final last week, how many yellow cards were shown? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Entertainment First aired in 2020, what TV series stars Lily Collins as a young American woman from the Midwest hired by a marketing firm in France to provide them with an American perspective on things?
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General Knowledge What 'P' describes the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China?
Food & Drink What 'C' is a Peruvian dish typically made from fresh raw fish cured in fresh citrus juices, often served with red onion, chili pepper, and coriander?
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In This Year In this year: The FDA approved Viagra for use in erectile dysfunction; Titanic won 11 Academy Awards; and the Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, Japan. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
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Art & Literature First published in 1969, and since translated into 66 languages, for what children's picture book is Eric Carle best known?
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(1982)
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Anagram STAMINA TO RUB is an anagram of what stimulating 12-letter word?
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Entertainment In the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, who plays Bernardo O'Reilly, an Irish-Mexican gunfighter who has fallen on hard times?
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Science & Nature What 'E' describes the mechanism in a timepiece that controls the transfer of energy from the power source to the counting mechanism?
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Maps A region of France, what is the name of this island?
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Music What 1970 single was Freda Payne's biggest worldwide hit?
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Current Affairs In video games, what won Game of the Year at The Game Awards last Thursday?
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Entertainment A term coined in the 1987 film Withnail and I, what is a Camberwell carrot?
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known place name.
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On This Day The Lockheed Martin F-22 entered active service on this day, 15th December 2005. By what name is it known?
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Art & Literature In what dystopian novel, first published in 1932, are human embryos "hatched" from a bottle rather than being carried to term in a womb? (½ point each for Author and Title)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
(2007)
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History Since 1818, the House of Bernadotte has served as the royal family of what country?
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Geography What landlocked country in Central Africa is known as the "land of a thousand hills"?
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Science & Nature In terms of size and mass, what is the fifth largest planet in our solar system?
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Landmarks What European city is this?
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Music "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside I've got ___ ___ ___ ___." Fill in the blanks. (¼ point for each)
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Sport & Leisure Published annually in the UK since 1864, the "Bible of Cricket" is the ____ Cricketers' Almanack. Fill in the blank.
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Entertainment First aired in 1977, what TV series stars Gavin MacLeod as Captain Merrill Stubing?
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 53 is the N on H the L B
