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Extra Extra, The Colour Purple, Tech Namesakes, Rhymed Out, and It’s Not The Capital.
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Some questions about the very recent past – aka The News.
374 pipers set a new world record for biggest bagpipe ensemble in Melbourne on November 12 with a rendition of what song?
Who won the 2025 New York City mayoral election held on November 4?
James Watson, who died in November aged 97, shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for describing the structure of what molecule?
Which pop star told billionaire attendees at a recent Wall Street Journal event “give your money away, shorties”?
Currently on a 24-game winning streak unmatched in AFL or VFL history, which AFLW team recorded a perfect home-and-away season in 2025?
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The Colour Purple
We’ve hit a purple patch.
A U.S. military decoration awarded to personnel injured or killed while serving is the Purple what?
Amethyst is the birthstone for which month of the year?
Known for its bright purple tint and use in Filipino desserts and treats, is ube a type of tuber, berry, or stone fruit?
What shape antenna does Tinky-Winky, the purple Teletubby, have?
In 1984 Prince became the first performer to have the number-one film, album and song at the same time with the film Purple Rain, its soundtrack, and which single?
The Colour Purple
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