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3 November
- If a dish is served Florentine what will it contain?
- Just over a week ago, the editorial team of The Washington Post was instructed by its owner not to endorse any of the candidates for Tuesday’s presidential election. The move resulted in a loss of around 250 000 subscribers who were expecting the paper to endorse Harris. Who is the owner of the paper? Bonus for the name of the other influential west-coast newspaper that initiated this stance three days before the Post did.
- What does the word contrite mean, a) Rude or abrupt b) Succinct c) Remorseful?
- True/False – vasectomy was considered illegal in France until 2001.
- Which English football club fired its manager after a tenue of 85 matches following a 2-1 defeat to West Ham last Sunday? Bonus for the name of the manager.
- In which city was the original “ghetto”, a) Venice b) Warsaw c) Istanbul?
- How many tons did Tennessee Ernie Ford sing about in his 1956 hit that topped the charts?
- This week Israeli parliamentarians passed two laws severing ties with which UN agency?
- Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and __________ are widely regarded as the four great Shakespearean tragedies.
- With which famous artist did Leon Trotsky have an affair?
- What was the last black and white film to win the Oscar for Best Picture? Bonus for the one before that.
- Last Sunday, Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian, created outrage at a Trump rally at Madison Square with an offensive joke. Which community did he offend?
- Lake Titicaca, a large freshwater lake in the Andes., is on the border of which two countries?
- Name any year during the Napoleonic Wars.
- On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, unveiled Labour’s first budget with tax increases amounting to £40bn. It is Labour’s first budget in how many years, a) 10 b) 12 c) 14? Bonus for naming the last Labour Chancellor to deliver a budget.
- What was the name of the great Danish astronomer who discovered a supernova in 1572 and who drew up a famous star catalogue?
- On Monday, Flight BA191 from Heathrow to Austin was delayed by two hours due to, a) A delayed bus b) A baseball cap c) A mislaid passport?
- What car was voted car of the 20th Century? Bonus point for naming the runner-up.
- If your doctor gave you an Ishihara Test what would she be testing?
- What does a Zamboni do?
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