Food & Drink What Italian city is widely credited with inventing the modern pizza?
Naples / Napoli / Napule
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On This Day The Barbie doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on this day, 9th March, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1959
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Anagram TITS TAME LAME GREENHORN is an anagram of what 1984 film?
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love (1956)
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History The Russian word for 'truth'; founded in 1912 and sold to a private enterprise in 1991, what is the Romanised name of this once-infamous Soviet newspaper?
Pravda (Правда)
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Geography What is the capital of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
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Science & Nature What element has the atomic number 7?
Nitrogen
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Logos Purchased by Chrysler on this day, 9th March 1987, what now-defunct car manufacturing company was represented by this logo?
American Motors Corporation (AMC)
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Music The first New Zealand solo artist to ever have a number one hit in the U.S., who won two Grammy Awards and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks in 2013 with Royals?
Lorde
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Sport & Leisure Who holds the all-time record for having won the most Wimbledon ladies' singles titles?
Martina Navratilova (9 - 1978-1979, 1982-1987, 1990)
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Entertainment First streamed in 2021, And Just Like That... is a revival and a sequel of what TV series first aired in 1998?
Sex and the City
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General Knowledge Due to a demand for pictures of the green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez, in what year was Google Image Search (now Google Images) introduced? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
Entertainment The title of a TV series first streamed in 2019; seven of forty-three children born simultaneously to nonpregnant women at noon on 1st October 1989 are adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves and turned into a superhero team that he calls what?
The Umbrella Academy
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Thailand About 150 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, what city is known for the thousands of crab-eating macaques that live in the middle of the city?
Lopburi - ลพบุรี (especially around the Khmer temple, Phra Prang Sam Yot and Khmer shrine, Sarn Phra Karn)
Food & Drink What type of nut is in the centre of a Ferrero Rocher?
Hazelnut
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In This Year In this year: An IRA bomb killed 5 at the Grand Hotel in Brighton; the Apple Macintosh went on sale for the first time; and Konstantin Chernenko succeeded the late Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1984
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Art & Literature "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." is the opening line to what 1951 novel? (½ point each for Author and Title)
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Paula Abdul - Straight Up (1988)
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Anagram A GUINEA TURD is an anagram of what established 11-letter word?
Inaugurated
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Entertainment Having starred in films such as Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, and Jarhead, who dated singer-songwriter Taylor Swift in late 2010 and is widely thought to be the subject of her 2012 song, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together?
Jake Gyllenhaal
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Science & Nature Four species of dabbling ducks; what word follows Red, Cape, Australasian, and Northern to describe these birds?
Shoveler
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Maps Formerly known as the Ellice Islands, what Polynesian island nation is this?
Tuvalu
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Music "In my mind and in my car. We can't rewind, we've gone too far" are lyrics from what 1979 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
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Sport & Leisure What city is home to the Nuggets NBA team?
Denver
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Entertainment Arrange these Tom Hanks films in order of release, earliest first: A. Catch Me If You Can B. The Da Vinci Code C. Saving Private Ryan D. The Terminal
C A D B (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006)
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Pay through the nose
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On This Day Who married Joséphine de Beauharnais on this day, 9th March 1796?
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Art & Literature The title of a comic fantasy book series; what fictional world is supported by four enormous elephants atop a 10,000 mile-long piloting turtle?
Discworld (Terry Pratchett)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
New Radicals - You Get What You Give (1998)
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History In what post-war year did the Berlin airlift begin, carrying supplies to the cut-off residents of West Berlin? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1948 (26th June)
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Geography What major city is served by Lester B. Pearson International Airport?
Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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Science & Nature A brand name introduced by Corning Inc. in 1915, what is the most commonly used term for borosilicate glass?
Pyrex (Gorilla Glass, a different material, was officially introduced by Corning in February 2008)
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Landmarks The Big Hole, or Kimberley Mine, is one of the largest hand-excavated holes in the world. In what country is it?
South Africa (former diamond mine)
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Music Name this group, formed in 1964 in Manchester, England.
Herman's Hermits
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Sport & Leisure In women's tennis, at the 2021 US Open, who became the first singles qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set in the tournament?
Emma Raducanu
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Entertainment Three's Company, an American TV sitcom that aired from 1977 to 1984, is based on what British sitcom?
Man About the House
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 13 C in a S
Created to raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the most expensive Barbie ever sold features an emerald-cut Australian pink diamond surrounded by three carats of white diamonds and a matching diamond ring. At auction in 2010, for how many thousand US dollars did it sell?
