Food & Drink What 'E' is a Mexican dish consisting of a corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a savoury sauce?
Enchilada
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On This Day The only ocean liner (as opposed to a cruise ship) still in service, what made it's maiden voyage on this day, 12th January 2004?
RMS Queen Mary 2
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Anagram I SLIME IN LONG ORGY is an anagram of what 1991 song title?
Losing My Religion (R.E.M.)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Chiffons - He's So Fine (1962)
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History What war was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia between 1853 and 1856?
Crimean War (October 1853 – February 1856)
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Geography Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, and North West are four of the nine provinces of what country?
South Africa (also Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape)
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Science & Nature What is the common name for acetic acid?
Vinegar (ethanoic acid, ethylic acid, and methane carboxylic acid)
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Logos What well known fashion house is represented by this logo?
Louis Vuitton
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Music Who swung on a Wrecking Ball in 2013?
Miley Cyrus
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Sport & Leisure Three of the six arenas at Melbourne Park, Australia are named after famous Australians. Name them. (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Rod Laver, John Cain, Margaret Court
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Entertainment First aired between 1996 and 2001, what American TV sitcom stars the characters Dick, Sally, Harry, and Tommy Solomon?
3rd Rock from the Sun (John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
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Brainteaser If 5,10,7,7,21,7 is the code for CHEESE, what are the following sandwich fillings? 10,3,15 7,9,9 22,23,16,3 21,10,20,11,15,18 (¼ point for each)
Ham, egg, tuna, shrimp (Each letter has been replaced by its alphabetical value plus two)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a 9-letter word.
Apartment
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Current Affairs Sold on 5th January 2023 in Spain as En la sombra (in the shadow), what is the English title of the same book, released in the UK five days later?
Spare (Prince Harry)
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Art & Literature Between 1495 and 1498, who painted The Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinci
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Jam - The Eton Rifles (1979)
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History What war began on 12th April 1861?
American Civil War (Battle of Fort Sumter)
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Geography In 1983, what city became the first outside the United States to host a Disney theme park?
Tokyo (followed by Paris in 1992)
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Science & Nature With regard to sleep patterns, what does REM stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Georgia
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Music Who sang Celebration in 1980?
Kool and the Gang
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Sport & Leisure Of what country is this the administrator of association football?
South Africa
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Entertainment First streamed in 2022, House of the Dragon is a prequel to what TV series?
Food & Drink What French culinary term translates literally as "in pastry"? (2 word answer)
en Croûte
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In This Year In this year: A Man for All Seasons won Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards; Muhammad Ali was arrested for refusing induction into the U.S. Army; and Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1967
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Art & Literature What is the name of the donkey in the Winnie-the-Pooh children's stories?
Eeyore
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Jesus Jones - Real Real Real (1990)
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Anagram CHAINED BOB is an anagram of what iconic tourist destination?
Bondi Beach
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Entertainment "Nobody puts Baby in a corner." is a famous line from what 1987 film?
Dirty Dancing (Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman)
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Science & Nature In a complete cycle on a 2-stroke-cycle engine, how many revolutions of the crankshaft are there?
1
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Maps What U.S. state is this?
Kansas
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Music What 1970 album and single by the Jackson 5 is also the name of an English pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980?
ABC
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Sport & Leisure In golf, The Big Easy is the nickname of what former World No. 1?
Ernie Els (South Africa)
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Entertainment In what 1976 film does David Bowie play a humanoid alien called Thomas Jerome Newton?
The Man Who Fell to Earth
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known group.
Three Tenors
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Current Affairs What was the name of the Virgin Orbit rocket that failed to reach low Earth orbit on Monday night, resulting in the loss of its payload of nine satellites?
LauncherOne
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Art & Literature "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." is a line from the end of what 1859 Charles Dickens novel?
A Tale of Two Cities
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (2011)
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History The World War II Battles of El Alamein took place in what country?
Egypt
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Geography What is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana?
Baton Rouge
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Science & Nature Also used to describe part of the human body, what 'C' is the waxy part of a leaf?
Cuticle
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Landmarks Elephant Rock in the Valley of Fire is located around 50 miles north east of what city?
Las Vegas (Nevada)
9.
Music Have I the Right? was the debut single and biggest hit for what British band in 1964?
The Honeycombs
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Sport & Leisure What country's real-life Olympic bobsled team inspired the 1993 film Cool Runnings?
Jamaica
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Entertainment Fill in the blanks in this famous line from the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his ____ with some ____ beans and a nice ____." (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Liver, Fava, Chianti (Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter)
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 1 M L on the C F
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Beauty and the Beast, Hook, and The Silence of the Lambs were the top 5 grossing films of 1991. In total, how many million dollars did they gross worldwide?
