Food & Drink What is the name of this traditional American dessert?
Pecan pie
2.
On This Day What company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund, Denmark on this day, 10th August 1932?
Lego
3.
Anagram HIGH ON WET FARTS THEME is an anagram of what Shakespeare comedy?
The Taming of the Shrew
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Coasters - Yakety Yak (1958)
5.
History The standard-issued pistol of the U.S. Army from 1873 until 1892, what 10-letter word is commonly used to describe the Colt Single Action Army handgun?
Peacemaker
6.
Geography What country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined?
Canada
7.
Science & Nature The Airbus A400M long-range military transport plane is known by what name?
Atlas
8.
Logos What low-cost airline is represented by this logo?
Bonza
9.
Music The Jay-Z and Alicia Keys 2009 collaboration Empire State Of Mind is about what city?
New York City
10.
Sport & Leisure Courage to Soar is the 2016 autobiography of what American artistic gymnast?
Simone Biles
11.
Entertainment What is the name of the fast food restaurant in which SpongeBob SquarePants works as the fry cook?
The Krusty Krab
12.
General Knowledge Borrowed from German, what word is used in the English language to describe the pleasure or joy that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
Every dog has its day
2.
On This Day Postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in New York on this day, 10th August 1977, accused of killing 6 and wounding 11 people over the course of a year. By what nickname was he known?
Son of Sam / .44 Caliber Killer
3.
Art & Literature Mark Twain's stories about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are set in what U.S. state?
Missouri
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)
5.
History On 20th May 1873, what company were given a patent to create work pants with rivet-reinforced pockets?
Levi Strauss & Co.
6.
Geography Not including the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino, name the four countries that border Italy. (¼ point for each)
France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia
7.
Science & Nature Native to North America, what type of bird is this?
Blue jay
8.
Flags What de facto state is represented by this flag?
Northern Cyprus
9.
Music What English band was formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris?
New Order (joined by Gillian Gilbert on keyboards later that year)
10.
Sport & Leisure Name the two athletes who famously collided during the women's 3,000m at the LA Olympics on this day, 10th August 1984. (½ point for each)
Mary Decker & Zola Budd
11.
Entertainment Name this film and its year of release. (½ point for each)
The Terminal - 2004
12.
General Knowledge First described in 1700, what 'K' is a legendary sea monster of enormous size said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland?
Food & Drink Birnbrot is a traditional sweet pastry originating in Switzerland with a filling of what dried fruit?
Pears (German: Birne (pear) brot (bread))
2.
In This Year In this year: Hugo Chávez was elected President of Venezuela; "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole; and U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya were bombed, killing 224 and injuring more than 4,500. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1998
3.
Art & Literature What 19th century French artist painted this, The Boy in the Red Vest?
Paul Cézanne
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1993)
5.
Anagram CROCHET ASSHOLE is an anagram of what occupational 14-letter word?
Schoolteachers
6.
Entertainment Name this 1970s TV series.
The Streets of San Francisco
7.
Science & Nature What 7-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for cobalt, tungsten, protactinium, and tennessine?
Cowpats
8.
Maps The largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece, what island is this?
Rhodes
9.
Music Released in 1978, what album is this? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (German: Die Mensch-Maschine)
10.
Sport & Leisure Who won a record 12th Netball World Cup after defeating England 61-45 in the gold medal match in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday?
Australia
11.
Entertainment In the TV series House, what brand of pain medication does Dr. Gregory House most frequently take to feed his opioid addiction?
Vicodin
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.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
2.
On This Day Who was appointed commander of the British 8th Army in North Africa on this day, 10th August 1942?
Montgomery (General Bernard Law Montgomery)
3.
Art & Literature Anna Karenina is an 1877 novel by what author?
Leo Tolstoy
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Ed Sheeran - Shivers (2021)
5.
On This Day While awaiting trail for sex trafficking charges, Jeffrey Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide in his New York jail cell on this day, 10th August, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
2019
6.
Geography What city in Ohio is known as "The Glass City" and the "Glass Capital of the World"?
Toledo
7.
Science & Nature Polysomnography is the scientific study of what?
Sleep
8.
Landmarks The Fork of Vevey is an 8-metre-tall, 1.3-metre-wide stainless steel fork on the shore of what lake?
Geneva (Switzerland, French: La Fourchette á Vevey)
9.
Music Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, and Top Topham were the original members of what band formed in 1963?
The Yardbirds
10.
Sport & Leisure Of the eight countries who advanced to the quarter finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup this week, which two won on penalties? (½ point for each)
Sweden & England
11.
Entertainment Portrayed on film in 2011 by Matthew McConaughey, and by Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in a 2022 TV series, Mickey Haller is the title character known as what?
The Lincoln Lawyer
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 26 C of S
