Food & Drink What 'K' describes a breakfast dish of flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, boiled eggs, curry powder, and butter or cream?
Kedgeree
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On This Day American rapist, killer, and suspected serial killer Albert DeSalvo was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on this day, 18th January 1967. By what nickname was he most commonly known?
Boston Strangler (also "Mad Strangler of Boston", "The Measuring Man", and "The Green Man")
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Anagram PAT A LETHARGIC PENIS is an anagram of what American actress, born in 1971?
Christina Applegate
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Tommy Roe - Sheila (1962)
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History Famously saying, "I do not like [it]. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made me eat it," what did George H. W. Bush subsequently ban from both the White House and Air Force One?
Broccoli
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Geography What is the official currency of Greenland?
Danish Krone (Greenlandic: danskit koruuni)
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Science & Nature In the human body, rearrange these spinal regions in order, highest to lowest: A. Lumbar B. Cervical C. Thoracic
B C A (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
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Logos What American bakery brand name is represented by this logo?
Hostess
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Music Between 2003 and 2016, what singer was married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow?
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
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Sport & Leisure Name the three races that make up the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. (1pt for 3, ½pt for 2, ¼pt for 1)
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a well-known term or phrase.
No through road
2.
Current Affairs Who became King of Denmark on Sunday following the formal abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II?
Frederik X
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Art & Literature The Liar (1991), The Hippopotamus (1994), Making History (1996), and The Stars' Tennis Balls (aka Revenge in the U.S.) (2000) are novels by what well-known English celebrity?
Stephen Fry
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (1985)
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History Born in 1782, who was the first U.S. president to have been born after the American Revolution?
Martin Van Buren
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Geography The Abyssinian Empire historically spanned the geographical area of what two present-day countries? (½ point for each)
Ethiopia & Eritrea
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Science & Nature To what animal does the word lupine refer?
Wolf
8.
Flags What country has this as its national flag?
Turkey (Republic of Türkiye)
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Music "Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song." are lyrics from what 1988 song? (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
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Sport & Leisure What U.S. state will host the Super Bowl next month for the first time in its history?
Nevada (Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Las Vegas)
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Entertainment Name this 1983 film and the actor speaking. (½ point for each)
Scarface - Al Pacino
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Current Affairs Whose Emmy Award on Monday promoted him to the exclusive "EGOT club", having now received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards?
Food & Drink In Italian cuisine, what is mascarpone?
Cheese (cream cheese)
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In This Year In this year: Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon; the Sears Tower in Chicago was finished, becoming the world's tallest building; and Princess Anne married Captain Mark Phillips at Westminster Abbey, London. What year was it? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1973
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Art & Literature Miss Felicity Lemon is the secretary of what fictional detective?
Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy (1996)
5.
Anagram VIBRANT ARSE MOLE is an anagram of what NFL team?
Baltimore Ravens
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Entertainment Who provides the voice of Po, the title character and protagonist of the Kung Fu Panda film franchise?
Jack Black
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Science & Nature What 10-letter word can be spelt using the chemical symbols for aluminium, tellurium, radon, astatine, and einsteinium?
Alternates
8.
Maps Name this island.
Taiwan
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Music The title of a 1977 song, who left Kenny Rogers "With four hungry children and a crop in the field"?
Lucille
10.
Current Affairs What is the name of the accounting software, developed for the British Post Office by Fujitsu, at the centre of what is possibly the largest miscarriage of justice in UK history?
Horizon
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Entertainment Name this TV series, first aired between 2000 and 2015.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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.
For hire
2.
On This Day On this day, 18th January 1778, Captain James Cook stumbled across an archipelago he named the Sandwich Islands. By what name is it known today?
Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands)
3.
Art & Literature An American Life is the 1990 autobiography of what former U.S. President?
Ronald Reagan
4.
Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) (2010)
5.
History On 12th April 1981, John Young and Bob Crippen became the first to take a reusable spacecraft into orbit. What was the name of the Space Shuttle they flew?
Columbia (STS-1)
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Geography What two countries have coastlines on the Bay of Biscay? (½ point for each)
France and Spain
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Science & Nature In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse?
Cosine
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Landmarks The world's largest natural flower garden, featuring over 50 million flowers and 250 million plants, in what major city is this "Miracle Garden"?
Dubai
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Music Fill in these missing words from the opening line to Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale: "We skipped the light _____, turned _____ 'cross the floor." (½ point for each)
fandango, cartwheels
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Sport & Leisure What country has competed in the most Summer Olympic Games without ever winning a medal?
Liechtenstein
11.
Entertainment The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) is the fifth instalment in what film series?
The Hunger Games
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Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 1001 A N
