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From what European language did English borrow the word “Kindergarten”? |
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The Superbowl was last Sunday, Donald Trump didn’t like it. The Seahawks won it, what city are they from? |
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What title is shared between Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park sequel and a 1912 Arthur Conan Doyle adventure novel? |
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These four animals have a geographic location somewhere in their name, Name the four locations download the full Picture Sheet for a better view FQPS February 12th 2026 |
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An IBM made computer called Deep Blue beat the reigning world champion Gary Kasparov in what game? |
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In the world of film, name either of the two nephews or nieces of the fictional character Uncle Fester? |
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At what age does a Jewish boy celebrate his Bar Mitvah? |
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In each of these three images you will find two paintings combined, name the six paintings or artworks Download the full picture sheet for a better view FQPS February 12th 2026 |
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Which 2020 Christopher Nolan film explores time inversion, where objects and people move backward through time, as well as forwards? |
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100 hundred people were given 100 seconds to name as many countries that has a coastline. Name any country fully or partially in Africa that has a coastline (with a sea or ocean). Give only one answer. If you give more than one answer you will get zero for the question. You can exclude Madagascar as it is an island and not actually on the continent
You will get 1 point for a correct answer, 2 points for any country where fewer than ten identified, three points for any of the nine countries where less than five mentioned and four points for the one country that nobody mentioned. There are thirty two possible correct answers |
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You will hear four very very short snippets from songs, all these clips have the word because, name the four songs |
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Two answers required here: What are both countries that contain the word “New” in their common English name? |
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In which Pixar film is Riley terrified of a birthday party clown named Jangles? |
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Coordinate Geography – Europe Give the correct grid references for each of the locations listed.
A: Mount Etna Download the Full Picture Sheet |
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Collectively; Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius are known as what? |
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Which singer, who died at the age of 50, was, according to Forbes, the highest earning dead celebrity of 2025? |
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Not to be confused with a Munro (a mountain in Scotland at least 980m tall), what name is given to any hill or mountain. In Britain that is higher than 150 metres? |
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Name these four films all starring Gregory Peck
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Which novella about the fisherman Santiago and his attempt to catch a marlin was singled out for particular recognition when Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize? |
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Which French palace has a famous Hall of Mirrors and gave its name to the treaty that ended WWI? |
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In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. Which of his feet touched the ground first, his left or his right? |
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Saturday is Saint Valentine’s Day. Name these six songs, they all have the word love somewhere in the title. |
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German |
2 |
Seattle |
3 |
The Lost World |
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a) Siberian Tiger b) Tasmanian Devil c) African Elephant d) Burmese Python |
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Chess |
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Pugsly or Wednesday |
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Thirteen |
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a) Mona Lisa (Da Vinci) b) The Scream (Munsch) c) The Birth od Venus (Botticelli) d) Venus of Urbino (Titian or Titan) e) Guernica (Picasso) f) The Bayeux Tapestry (???) |
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Tenet |
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1 Point Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia 2 Points Angola, Liberia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, The Gambia, 3 Points Benin, Cameroon, DRC, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea, Togo 4 Points Guinea Bissau |
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a) Wonderwall (Oasis) b) All About that Bass (Meghan Traynor) c) There is a Light that Never Goes Out ( The Smiths) d) Hey Ya (Outkast) |
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New Zealand & Papua New Guinea |
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Inside Out |
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a) E2 b) C3 c) E1 d) D2 e) C2 f) B2 |
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Netherlands Antilles or the Dutch West Indies |
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Michael Jackson |
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Marilyn |
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a) To Kill a Mockingbird b) Cape Fear c) The Boys From Brazil d) The Scarlet and the Black |
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The Old Man and the Sea Original Title: The Sea is Being |
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Versailles |
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His Left Foot |
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a) Lay All Your Love On Me (ABBA, 1980, No. 68 in Swedish Charts) |
