Food & Drink A Spanish New Year custom is to eat doce uvas (twelve _____) at midnight, one at each stroke of the clock. Fill in the blank.
Grapes
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On This Day Born on this day, 29th December 1938, whose early film roles include Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, and The Odessa File?
Jon Voight
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Anagram ROMPS BY THE WEENY TITS is an anagram of what 1997 song title?
Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve)
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Kinks - You Really Got Me (1964)
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Year in Review Concluding in July 2022, what two British women fought in the "Wagatha Christie" trial? (½ point for each)
Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney
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Geography Famous as a film location for productions including Game of Thrones, what island nation is home to 60% of the world’s Atlantic puffin population?
Iceland
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Science & Nature At just over one millimetre in length, the stapedius is the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body. Where is it located?
Ear (its purpose is to stabilize the smallest bone in the body, the stapes or strirrup bone of the middle ear)
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Logos In Russia, what international brand did this logo replace in June 2022?
McDonald's (The logo for Vkusno i Tochka, Russia's replacement for the McDonald's fast-food chain)
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Music Breaking out in 2019 with Dance Monkey, Australian Toni Watson is best known as what artist?
Tones and I
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Year in Review With 16 gold, 8 silver, and 13 bronze, what country topped the medals table at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing?
Norway
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Entertainment In the original 1990 film, Kevin McAllister is mistakenly left Home Alone while his family spend their Christmas vacation in what city?
Paris (France)
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Brainteaser What is the sum of the even numbers that are immediately followed by an odd number in the list below? 4 2 5 1 8 2 9 7 4 6 6 9 8
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
In-flight movie
2.
Current Affairs On Sunday, a court sentenced former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison on money laundering and bribery charges, in what country?
Maldives
3.
Art & Literature Published in 1937, what Nobel Prize-winning author wrote Of Mice and Men?
John Steinbeck
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
ABBA - Money, Money, Money (1976)
5.
Year in Review "Russian warship, go fuck yourself", was the last communication made on 24th February 2022 during the Russian attack on what island?
Snake Island (also known as Serpent Island or Zmiinyi Island. Ukrainian: острів Змії́ний)
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Year in Review In January 2022, an underwater volcano produced Earth's biggest atmospheric explosion in a century, off the coast of what archipelago?
Tonga
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Science & Nature To the nearest whole number, 11 stone is equal to how many kilograms? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
70 (69.8532)
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Flags What African country has this as its national flag?
Niger
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Music Who was Free Fallin' in 1989?
Tom Petty
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On This Day Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffered a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps on this day, 29th December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2013
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Entertainment On TV, what real-life character links actors Billy Jenkins, Julian Baring, Josh O'Connor, and Dominic West?
Prince Charles (The Crown)
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Year in Review After Elon Musk's fortunes took a hit after his handling of the Twitter purchase, what Frenchman rose to the top of Forbes' real-time billionaires list in December 2022?
Food & Drink A staple of Sicilian cuisine, what 'C' describes these tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough with a sweet ricotta-based filling?
Cannoli
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In This Year In this year: Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in for his own full term as U.S. President; in Rhodesia, Ian Smith declared de facto independence from the UK; and the red and white maple leaf design replaced the Union Flag as the flag of Canada. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1965
3.
Art & Literature Who is the author and subject of the 1976 autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter?
Loretta Lynn
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Wham! - Last Christmas (1984)
5.
Anagram A SLEW ERECTION is an anagram of what 1969 song title?
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
6.
Year in Review In response to a joke about his wife's hair loss, who did Will Smith slap at the Academy Awards in February?
Chris Rock
7.
Science & Nature Launched in October 1957, what was the name of the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth?
Sputnik 1
8.
Maps What Eurasian country is this?
Armenia
9.
Music Whose death in 1980 led to Brian Johnson taking on the role as lead singer of AC/DC?
Bon Scott
10.
Year in Review Born in Somalia, Sir Mo Farah revealed in July 2022 he had been trafficked to the UK as a child, from what country?
Djibouti
11.
Entertainment Toulouse, Marie, and Berlioz are three siblings in what 1970 Disney animated feature film?
The Aristocats
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 10-letter word.
Convincing
2.
Year in Review In the US midterm elections in November, what Senate seat flipped to the Democrats, cementing control of the upper chamber for President Joe Biden's party?
Pennsylvania
3.
Art & Literature Born in 1954, James Dover Grant CBE is a British author of thriller novels, primarily known by what pen name?
Lee Child
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
New Order - Regret (1993)
5.
Year in Review The shortest tenure in history, for how many days was Liz Truss Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
49 (6th September 2022 – 25th October 2022)
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Geography The United States dollar is the official currency of what South American country?
Ecuador
7.
Science & Nature What 'T' is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human?
Turing test (originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950)
8.
Landmarks In the shadow of Popocatépetl, an active volcano, what city is this?
Mexico City
9.
Music I'm into Something Good was the debut single for what English band in 1964?
Herman's Hermits
10.
Year in Review The Lionesses won England's first major international football trophy for 56 years by beating what country 2-1 in the Euro 2022 final in July?
Germany
11.
Entertainment Airing nearly every weekday since 8th November 1965, what soap opera focuses on the residents of the fictional midwestern town of Salem, USA?
Days of Our Lives
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 88 K on a G P
In February 2020, at the annual Winter Carnival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the world's largest aerial firework shell was fired from a custom-built mortar. With a diameter of 1.44 m, how many pounds did the shell weigh?
