Food & Drink In what month does the annual Beaujolais Nouveau Day take place?
November (third Thursday of November at 12:01 am)
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On This Day The deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted on this day, 18th May, in what year?
1980
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Anagram REMEDY OF SHIT-HOT GIRL is an anagram of what 1967 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Doors - Light My Fire
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (1971)
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History During what war was the Charge of the Light Brigade?
Crimean War (Battle of Balaclava - 25th October 1854)
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Geography What is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg
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Science & Nature How many pounds are there in a long (US) or imperial (UK) hundredweight?
112 (a short hundredweight or cental is 100 pounds)
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Logos What Australian chocolatier is represented by this logo?
Ernest Hillier
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Music What artist and song won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Loreen - Tattoo (Sweden)
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Sport & Leisure A professional American football minor league, what major celebrity purchased the troubled XFL in August 2020?
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (with Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale)
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Entertainment Complete the title of this 2004 film: Lemony Snicket's A ___ ___ ___ ___. (¼ point for each)
Series of Unfortunate Events
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General Knowledge Leo Varadkar is the incumbent prime minister of what country?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Last but not least
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Current Affairs The most powerful to hit the Bay of Bengal in more than 10 years, what was the name of the cyclone that made landfall in Bangladesh and Myanmar last week?
Mocha
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Art & Literature What artist was shot and wounded in his New York City studio by Valerie Solanas in 1968?
Andy Warhol
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Madness - Our House (1982)
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History What country did the USA declare war on in 1898?
Spain (Spanish–American War)
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Geography Separating Buda and Pest, what river runs through Budapest?
The Danube
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Science & Nature What 9-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for copper, lead, oxygen, argon, and darmstadtium?
Cupboards
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Flags What landlocked country in Southern Africa has this as its national flag?
Zambia
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Music What 1975 protest song by Bob Dylan compiles acts of racism and profiling against a boxer wrongly convicted of murder?
Hurricane (about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter)
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Sport & Leisure The Southeast Asian Games men's football final between Indonesia and Thailand on Tuesday was marred by two mass brawls and four red cards. What was the final score after extra time?
5-2
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Entertainment What 1965 TV series, 1998 film, and 2018 TV series centre around the characters of John, Maureen, Judy, Penny, and Will Robinson?
Lost in Space
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Current Affairs In this week's Thai general election, what is the English-language name of the party that won the most seats (151)?
Food & Drink What vegetable is known in German as Kartoffel?
Potato
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In This Year Christina Aguilera, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Howard, Chris Pine, Jessica Simpson, and Channing Tatum were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1980
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Art & Literature First published in 1837, who wrote the short story The Emperor's New Clothes?
Hans Christian Andersen
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Michael Jackson - Black or White (1991)
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Anagram MUDDLE ON WEARY BONER is an anagram of what 1983 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
New Order - Blue Monday
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Entertainment Portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both the film and TV versions of M*A*S*H, what is the nickname of Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly?
Radar
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Science & Nature What 'S' describes this breed of dog?
Schnauzer
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Maps What former Soviet state is this?
Tajikistan
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Music What band said She Sells Sanctuary in 1985?
The Cult
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Sport & Leisure The Formula One schedule this coming weekend has been cancelled due to heavy flooding in what country?
Italy
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Entertainment What is the name of the character played by Tom Cruise in the 1988 film Rain Man?
Charlie Babbitt
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Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Anyone for tennis?
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On This Day Who was born Karol Józef Wojtyła in Poland on this day, 18th May 1920?
Pope John Paul II
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Art & Literature Who wrote about herself, her husband, and a lioness called Elsa in the 1960 book Born Free?
Joy Adamson
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2014)
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History In March 1992, Mike Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison along with four years of probation for the 1991 rape of what 18-year-old model?
Desiree Washington
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Geography What is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands?
Crete
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Science & Nature Diamond is a metastable allotrope of what chemical element?
Carbon
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Landmarks In what U.S. state is Mount Rushmore National Memorial?
South Dakota
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Music When Jim McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby came together as a trio in 1964, later joined by drummer Michael Clarke and bassist Chris Hillman, what did they name the band?
The Byrds
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Sport & Leisure In 2021, Ryan Crouser of the USA set a new world record of 23.37 m (76 ft 8¼ in) in what event?
Shot put
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Entertainment Bernie LaPlante (Dustin Hoffman) is a pickpocket and petty criminal who anonymously rescues passengers from a crashed airliner, only to see someone else take credit. Name this 1992 film.
Hero
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 57 H V
