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I’m running out of ideas of what to write here. Very few of you will be reading it anyway. If you are, thank you – I appreciate you wasting 15 seconds of your Friday to swallow this nonsense before tucking into the meat of the quiz.
ROUND ONE: General Knowledge. What flightless bird went extinct in the 1660s?
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Isaac Newton is said to have been inspired by what to describe the theory of gravity?
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Who authored The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit?
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In which city would you find Red Square?
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What is the name of Penn Badgely’s character in YOU?
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ROUND TWO: Picture round. What breed of duck is this?
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What breed of cat is this?
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What breed of dog is this?
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What breed of dog is this?
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What breed of cow is this?
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ROUND THREE: Sport. Who is the quarter-back for Super Bowl LIV winners, the Kansas City Chiefs?
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England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and which other nation compete in the Six Nations?
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Danny Rose gave which of these reasons as to why he was excited to move back up north after signing for Newcastle on loan?
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Who did Novak Djokovic beat in the final of the Australian Open, taking his Grand Slam total to 17?
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In cricket, ‘Mankading’ is the informal name given to what?
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ROUND FOUR - American politics. Bernie Sanders represents which party?
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Between the years of 2009-2013, Hillary Clinton served in which position in Barack Obama’s administration?
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Which TV show did Donald Trump host before running for president?
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In 1971, which president labelled drugs “public enemy number one”, sparking the long and unsuccessful ‘War on drugs’?
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In 2018, who became the youngest ever woman to serve in Congress?
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ROUND FIVE. The Oscars. Who won the Oscar for Best Actor at the 91st Academy Awards last year?
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Leonardo DiCaprio won his first and only Oscar for his performance in which film?
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In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director at the Oscars for which film?
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Who holds the record for winning the most Oscars for Leading Actor?
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Olivia Colman won Best Actress at last year's Oscars for her role portraying which monarch in The Favourite?
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