Food & Drink An oenologist (enologist) specialises in the scientific process of making what?
Wine (from the Greek word oinos (οἶνος) "wine" and the suffix -logia (-λογία) the "study of")
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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?
Gone with the Wind
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Anagram OH MAN! ARSE FACE PORN is an anagram of what 1968 hit song?
Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Yardbirds - For Your Love (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)
Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln (19th November 1863)
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Geography Of what southern Caribbean nation is Kingstown the capital city?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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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?
Protractor
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Logos Of what country is the governing body of association football represented by this logo?
Australia
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Music Featuring Snoop Dog, who sang about California Gurls in 2010?
Katy Perry
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Sport & Leisure What 'H' describes the socket of a golf club head that receives the shaft?
Hosel
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Entertainment What actor, comedian, and singer was born Eric Marlon Bishop in Texas on 13th December 1967?
Jamie Foxx
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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.
Back to basics
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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"?
Sam Bankman-Fried
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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)
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
10cc - Rubber Bullets (1973)
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History Who was Roman Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD?
Nero
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Geography What Asian capital city lies on the floodplains of the Yamuna River?
New Delhi (India)
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Science & Nature What 'B' describes this genus of bird?
Booby (Blue-footed, Brown, Red-footed, Masked)
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Spain
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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)
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
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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)]
18 (Netherlands 8 Argentina 10)
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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?
Emily in Paris
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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?
Ceviche
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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)]
1998
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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?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Musical Youth - Pass the Dutchie (1982)
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Anagram STAMINA TO RUB is an anagram of what stimulating 12-letter word?
Masturbation
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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?
Charles Bronson
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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?
Escapement
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Maps A region of France, what is the name of this island?
Corsica
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Music What 1970 single was Freda Payne's biggest worldwide hit?
Band of Gold
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Current Affairs In video games, what won Game of the Year at The Game Awards last Thursday?
Elden Ring
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Entertainment A term coined in the 1987 film Withnail and I, what is a Camberwell carrot?
A large cannabis joint
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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.
Kennedy Space Center
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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?
Raptor
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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)
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Linkin Park - What I've Done (2007)
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History Since 1818, the House of Bernadotte has served as the royal family of what country?
Sweden (also Norway prior to its independence in 1905)
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Geography What landlocked country in Central Africa is known as the "land of a thousand hills"?
Rwanda
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Science & Nature In terms of size and mass, what is the fifth largest planet in our solar system?
Earth
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Landmarks What European city is this?
Berlin (Berlin Cathedral & Berlin TV Tower - German: Berliner Dom & Fernsehturm Berlin)
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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)
"... the month of May" (The Temptations - My Girl)
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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.
Wisden
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Entertainment First aired in 1977, what TV series stars Gavin MacLeod as Captain Merrill Stubing?
The Love Boat
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 53 is the N on H the L B
