#330

Mixed Bag, Complaints, That’s Amore, Plain Talk, and Country Of Origin.

Mixed Bag

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1

What is the only recognised chemical element that begins with the letter U?

2

Which Soviet space dog inspired the name of the stop-motion animation company behind Coraline and Wildwood?

3

Describing her surname of Adkins as “drab”, which London-born singer is known professionally by just her first name?

4

Which famous Japanese person features in a viral meme with the caption “I’m so excited because I love mess”?

5

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the statement “four legs good, two legs bad” evolves into “four legs good, two legs what”?

Mixed Bag

Complaints

Think of it as “constructive criticism”.

6

Which Grammy winner made headlines this week after complaining about her treatment at a Brooklyn novelty store?

7

What five-letter word meaning “complain” becomes another word meaning “complain” when you insert the letter G?

8

Composed around 1750 BCE, the world’s oldest-known written complaint is negative feedback on the quality of which product: copper, salt or wool?

9

In 2014, which country complained to the United Nations about Seth Rogen’s film The Interview?

10

Name one of the two elderly hecklers who regularly complain from the balcony in The Muppet Show.

Complaints

That’s Amore

Belt out your best Dean Martin impression and complete the line to rhyme with “doorway”.

e.g. When it’s frozen and fruity and the dairy’s off duty, that’s a ___ = Sorbet

11

When a big New York street is where musicals meet, that’s a ___

12

When a cheesy white sauce comes with your tuna course, that’s a ___

13

When a national team’s where Haaland reigns supreme, that’s a ___

14

When you play to a crowd and the notes should be loud, that’s a ___

15

When your eel has a maw that has twice as much jaw, that’s a ___

That’s Amore

Plain Talk

There’s nothing ordinary about these plains.

16

The Nullarbor Plain straddles which two Australian states?

17

Each year, thousands celebrate the solstices at which famous landmark in England’s Salisbury Plain?

18

Kantō, the largest plain in Japan, shares its name with the first region introduced in which video game series?

19

Which South American country is not part of the continent’s vast, fertile plain known as the Pampas: Argentina, Paraguay, or Uruguay?

20

In the lyrics of Toto’s 1982 hit “Africa”, Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above which African plain?

Plain Talk

Country Of Origin

Can you name the country where these famous brands originated?

21

Honda

22

Canva

23

AirAsia

24

Nokia

25

Corona

Country Of Origin

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