1 Proverbially, a bad penny always does what?
2 Launched as a print magazine in 1984, the website Macworld is dedicated to which company’s products?
3 Which U2 member was a 2005 Time magazine person of the year?
4 Which US coffee chain opened its first UK store at 123 King’s Road, London in 1998?
5 Norman Rockwell’s 1970 painting Mr Apple pays homage to which Belgian surrealist?
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6 In the acronym for London’s ULEZ, what does the E stand for?
7 Which Stealers Wheel song was used in an infamous torture scene in the film Reservoir Dogs?
8 Argyll’s Rising (1685) was an attempt to overthrow which Stuart king?
9 Blenheim Palace was built as a gift to which duke from Queen Anne?
10 What links Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, the Air Jordan shoe, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Tetris?
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11 Which British DJ had a 2004 hit with the song The Weekend, featuring vocals by Shèna?
12 Which 1498 diptych by Gerard David depicts the arrest and flaying of the corrupt Persian judge Sisamnes?
13 Which UFC star owns the Dublin pub the Black Forge Inn?
14 Which Australian swimmer won the women’s 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
15 A founding head of Doughty Street Chambers, which Australian-born barrister is this?
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1 Turn up
2 Apple
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3 Bono
4 Starbucks
5 René Magritte, the painting references The Son of Man
6 Emission, as in Ultra Low Emission Zone
7 Stuck in the Middle with You
8 James II (and VII of Scotland)
9 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
10 They have all had 2023 feature films made about their creation: BlackBerry, Air, Flamin’ Hot and Tetris
11 Michael Gray
12 The Judgement of Cambyses
13 Conor McGregor
14 Ariarne Titmus
15 Geoffrey Robertson KC
