Food & Drink Popular throughout Southeastern Europe; a white, green, and red version of Shopska salad is the national dish of what country?
Bulgaria
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On This Day Name the two men who died alongside Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash in Paris on this day, 31st August 1997? (½ point for each)
Dodi Fayed & Henri Paul
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Anagram ANGRY WHITE SEMEN is an anagram of what 20th century novelist?
Ernest Hemingway
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly (1958)
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History Known as the Angel of Death, what was the name of the infamous German SS officer and physician based at the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz?
Josef Mengele
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Geography What European capital city encompasses 14 islands connected by more than 50 bridges?
Stockholm (Sweden)
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Science & Nature What is the state of a person being evaluated for an Apgar score?
Newborn baby
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Logos What multinational financial services company is represented by this logo?
Royal Bank of Canada
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Music What 1995 Coolio hit, featuring L.V., was used on the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds?
Gangsta's Paradise
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Sport & Leisure What three countries are currently hosting the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup? (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Philippines, Japan, Indonesia
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Entertainment What are the names of the two chemical elements whose symbols appear on the title screen of the TV series Breaking Bad? (½ point for each)
Bromine & Barium
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General Knowledge Ulf Kristersson is the current prime minister of what European country?
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known British English term.
Three-piece suite
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Current Affairs What sport's inaugural video-assist review (VAR) decision this week was deemed invalid after an equipment malfunction, and at what competition did it fail? (½ point for each)
Tennis, US Open
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Art & Literature In the 1950s, what French artist created The Snail?
Henri Matisse
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)
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History In a Civil War from 1975 to 1990, what Middle Eastern city became divided by the "Green Line"?
Beirut
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Geography Until the launch of the euro in 2001, what was the official currency of Greece?
Drachma (Δραχμή)
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Science & Nature Orchitis is the inflammation of what?
Testicles
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Flags What Mediterranean island is represented by this flag?
Sicily
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Music According to Tommy Tutone in 1981, whose number was 867-5309?
Jenny
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Sport & Leisure For what Formula One team did Lewis Hamilton compete from 2007 to 2012?
McLaren
11.
Entertainment First aired from 1991 to 2004, and rebooted in 2021, name this animated TV series.
Rugrats
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Thailand What national agency in Thailand is represented by this logo?
Food & Drink The pineapple is indigenous to what continent?
South America
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In This Year Alice Cooper, Olivia Newton-John, Ted Nugent, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, and Steven Tyler were all born in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1948
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Art & Literature Whose novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928)?
Virginia Woolf
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
U2 - One (1992)
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Anagram SOD VIRGIN TABOO is an anagram of what 1966 song title?
Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys)
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Entertainment Dr. Robert Asten, Sam Fujiyama, and Lt. Frank Monahan are recurring characters in what TV series, first aired between 1976 and 1983?
Quincy, M.E. (John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, and Garry Walberg)
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Science & Nature By what name is the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor military aircraft known?
Osprey
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Maps What English county is this?
Gloucestershire
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Music Whose self-titled 1970 debut album is this?
Black Sabbath
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On This Day What former undefeated heavyweight champion died in a plane crash in Iowa on this day, 31st August, 1969?
Rocky Marciano
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Entertainment Name this 1960 film and the two actors speaking. (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Psycho - Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a book and film title.
The Green Mile
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On This Day Name the Brazilian president impeached and removed from office on this day, 31st August 2016.
Dilma Rousseff
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Art & Literature "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy." is the opening line to what novel? (½ point each for Author and Title)
C. S. Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (2016)
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History The English Civil Wars between Royalists and Parliamentarians took place in what century?
17th (August 1642 - September 1651)
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General Knowledge What is the colloquial English name for the Japanese Shinkansen (新幹線)?
Bullet train
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Science & Nature Illegally trafficked due to unfounded beliefs in Asia that its ground-up scales can cure cancer or asthma, what 'P' describes this endangered mammal?
Pangolin
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Landmarks In what country is this, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum?
Poland
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Music "All around, people looking half dead. Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head." are lyrics from what 1966 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
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Sport & Leisure In golf, who won the Tour Championship on Sunday to secure the 2023 FedEx Cup?
Viktor Hovland
11.
Entertainment In what 1985 film do a group of kids discover a treasure map to the long-lost fortune of pirate One-Eyed Willy?
The Goonies
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 20 B or 15 L in a N
Since 1st January 2020, mass shootings in the US have accounted for 12,581 casualties, including 2,456 deaths. In the same period in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK combined, how many mass shooting deaths have there been?
