Food & Drink What sauce is a mixture of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice, usually seasoned with salt, and either white pepper or cayenne pepper?
Hollandaise (also called Dutch sauce)
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On This Day On this day, 4th May 1972, the "Don't Make A Wave Committee", a fledgling environmental organisation founded in Canada in 1969, officially changed its name to what?
Greenpeace (Greenpeace Foundation)
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Anagram A RACIST, UNREAL ARAB is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of?
Canberra, Australia
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzalez (1962)
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On This Day For what offence did Al Capone begin serving an eleven-year prison sentence on this day, 4th May 1932?
Tax evasion
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Geography The Brenner Pass forms the border between which two European countries? (½ point for each)
Italy and Austria
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Science & Nature What 'H' is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood?
Hematology / Haematology
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Logos What luxury vehicle brand is represented by this logo?
Infiniti (a division of the Nissan Motor Company)
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Music Just Give Me a Reason is a single released by Pink in 2013, featuring what artist?
Nate Ruess (founder and lead singer of the indie pop band Fun)
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Sport & Leisure Who won the World Chess Championship 2023 on Sunday?
Ding Liren (China)
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Entertainment What 2009 film chronicles the final years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale)?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Bowled over
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Current Affairs The third US bank to collapse since March, what San Francisco-based bank was taken over by JP Morgan Chase this week?
First Republic
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Art & Literature What famous bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen was unveiled on the 23rd August 1913?
The Little Mermaid (Langelinie, Copenhagen)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (1980)
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On This Day Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day, 4th May, in what year?
1979
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Geography Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, and McLaren Vale are among the wine-producing regions located near what Australian city?
Adelaide (South Australia)
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Science & Nature What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for uranium, palladium, astatine, and einsteinium?
Updates
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Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Denmark
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Music What band said Every Rose Has Its Thorn in 1988?
Poison
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Sport & Leisure After only 10 weeks as head coach of Leeds United, Javi Gracia was sacked yesterday and replaced by who?
Sam Allardyce
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Entertainment What 1989 film stars Patrick Swayze as James Dalton, a professional "cooler" hired to take over security at the Double Deuce club in Jasper, Missouri?
Road House
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General Knowledge Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, and River Rocket Blue Dallas are the children of what celebrity chef?
Food & Drink What confection is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it until it becomes a soft ball, then beating the mixture while it cools?
Fudge
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In This Year Andre Agassi, Jennifer Connelly, Richard Osman, Simon Pegg, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel Weisz were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1970
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Art & Literature According to the nursery rhyme, who was born on a Monday, christened on Tuesday, married on Wednesday, took ill on Thursday, grew worse on Friday, died on Saturday and buried on Sunday?
Solomon Grundy (That was the end, of .. )
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (1997)
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Anagram HAD A TALKING KNOB is an anagram of what capital city and the country it is capital of?
Bangkok, Thailand
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Entertainment What TV series and film title links Edward Woodward, Denzel Washington, and Queen Latifah?
The Equalizer
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Science & Nature Native to Australia, what type of animal is this?
Wombat
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Maps What country is this?
Italy
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Music Who said You're the First, the Last, My Everything in 1974?
Barry White
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Sport & Leisure Who won the 2023 World Snooker Championship on Monday?
Luca Brecel (Belgium)
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Entertainment Richard Hatch plays Captain Apollo in what 1978 TV series?
Battlestar Galactica
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.
Clean underwear
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On This Day On this day, 4th May 1998, mathematics professor Theodore Kaczynski was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years by a federal judge in Sacramento, California. By what nickname was he known?
Unabomber
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Art & Literature In William Golding's 1954 novel, Lord of The Flies, the title is attributed to the severed head of what type of animal?
Pig / Boar
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (2009)
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On This Day The world's tallest building at the time, what 108-story skyscraper topped out at 1,451 feet on this day, 4th May 1973, and in what city is it? (½ point for each)
Sears Tower, Chicago (now the Willis Tower)
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Geography Batavia was the Dutch colonial name for what Southeast Asian capital city?
Jakarta (Indonesia)
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Science & Nature What is the more common name for Hansen's disease?
Leprosy
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Landmarks What is the name of this world famous landmark?
Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
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Music In January 1968, John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook changed their band name from The Golliwogs to what?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Sport & Leisure In 1997, who became the only Canadian to have won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
Jacques Villeneuve
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Entertainment Who plays the title role in the 2018 TV series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan?
John Krasinski
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 6 B to an O in C
Until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world. In feet, originally, how tall was it?
