Food & Drink Normally stronger than a Buck's Fizz, what 'M' is a cocktail of equal parts champagne and orange juice?
Mimosa
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On This Day The first test flight of the Lockheed SR-71 took place on this day, 22nd December 1964. Retired in 1999, by what name is it known?
Blackbird
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Anagram THE NIMBLE, TIDIER WANK is an anagram of what Christmas carol?
In the Bleak Midwinter
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Mary Wells - My Guy (1964)
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History In the UK, the Christmas Broadcast tradition began in 1932 with a BBC radio broadcast by what monarch?
George V
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Geography The Gävle Goat is a traditional Christmas display erected annually in what country?
Sweden (Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gävle)
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Science & Nature What crop is regularly threatened by the boll weevil?
Cotton
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Logos What American multinational technology conglomerate is represented by this logo?
Meta
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Music In what year was Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You first released? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1994
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Sport & Leisure In Twenty20 cricket, who were dismissed for 15 in 5.5 overs by Adelaide Strikers last Friday, breaking the record for both the shortest completed innings and the lowest score in one in all men's professional T20 matches?
Sydney Thunder
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Entertainment What seasonal song plays at the end of the 1988 film Die Hard?
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Vince Monroe)
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Brainteaser At Christmas, 1,300,000 people visited Stockholm, 1,500,000 visited Oslo, 900,000 visited Helsinki, and 1,400,000 visited Copenhagen. How many visited Lapland?
400,000 (The alphabetical value of the last letter is multiplied by 100,000)
Food & Drink Since the 1980s, what fast food chain has emerged as a traditional favourite for Christmas dinner in Japan?
KFC
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In This Year Rob Gronkowski, Anthony Joshua, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Ricciardo, Taylor Swift, and Anton Yelchin were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1989
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Art & Literature What 1954 novel features the characters of Ralph, Simon and Piggy? (½ point each for Author and Title)
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Depeche Mode - New Life (1981)
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Anagram WEAK LOONY, FIERY FART is an anagram of what 1980s Christmas song?
Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl)
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Entertainment Primarily performed during the Christmas season, who wrote the score for the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
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Science & Nature One of the most prevalent medical symptoms, what is a more common name for pyrexia?
Fever (High temperature)
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Maps What Central American country is this?
Panama
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Music What four words are missing from this 1972 album title? The Rise and Fall of ____ ____ and the ____ from ____. (¼ point for each)
Ziggy Stardust Spiders Mars (David Bowie)
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Sport & Leisure On Saturday, who completed the largest comeback in NFL history against the Indianapolis Colts, winning 39–36 after a 0–33 deficit?
Minnesota Vikings
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Entertainment A Christmas romantic comedy, who stars as a spoiled heiress who loses her memory in a skiing accident in the 2022 film Falling for Christmas?
Lindsay Lohan
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a festive 6-letter word.
Tinsel
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On This Day Richard Reid, later dubbed the "Shoe Bomber", attempted to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes on this day, 22nd December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2001
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Art & Literature In what major city is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum?
New York City (Manhattan)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (1999)
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History What festive item is British baker and confectioner Tom Smith credited with inventing in 1847?
Christmas cracker
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Geography Which of the eight major states and territories of Australia is the least populous?
Northern Territory (250,635 as at June 2022)
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Science & Nature C22H28N2O is a major contributor to fatal and non-fatal overdoses around the world, particularly in the United States. What 'F' is the generic name for this synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine?
Fentanyl
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Landmarks With a capacity of 114,000, the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is the second-largest stadium in the world. In what country is it?
North Korea (Pyongyang)
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Music Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century, the name of what musical instrument roughly translates from Hawaiian as "jumping flea"?
Ukulele
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Sport & Leisure Who was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup golden glove this week?
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
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Entertainment Who plays Scott Calvin, a man who unwittingly becomes the next Santa, in the 1994 film The Santa Clause?
Tim Allen
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 3 F H, 2 T D
