1. At the Oscars last weekend, which film was the first in UK history to win best international feature film?The Zone of Interest
2. Who presented the award for costume design naked?John Cena
3. To the nearest 10,000, what value did Bitcoin surpass today, reaching an all-time high?$70,000 / £60,000 (peaked at about $73k / £57k)
4. The basket of goods that is used to calculate consumer price inflation by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been updated. Supposedly due to a recent surge in popularity thanks to Taylor Swift, what item has been readded, after seeing it's removal in 1992?Vinyl records
5. Earlier this week who said, "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing”?Kate Middleton (Princess of Wales)
6. What was the name of the horse that won the Champion Chase?Captain Guinness
7. Who was evicted from Celebrity Big Brother yesterday?Lauren Simon
8. Oliver Bearman, the 18-year-old became the youngest Briton to start a grand prix when he was called up by Ferrari to replace Carlos Sainz, why did he have to replace him?Had appendicitis
9. Google’s chat bot Gemini (similar to ChatGPT) has confirmed it is restricting the types of questions users can ask its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini, what kind of questions?Election-related questions
10. Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning which popular app in the United States?TikTok

Name the song each track samples. Example: Hung Up samples Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA. 2 points for each question, so total is out of 20

1. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla IceUnder Pressure - Queen (+ David Bowie)
2. Bootylicious - Destiny’s ChildEdge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
3. Anaconda - Nicki MinajBaby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
4. Polka Face - “Weird Al” YankovicPoker Face - Lady Gaga
5. U Can’t Touch This - MC HammerSuper Freak - Rick James
6. What Makes You Beautiful - One DirectionSummer Nights - John Travolta (+ Olivia Newton-John)
7. Barbie World - Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, AquaBarbie Girl - Aqua
8. Stronger - Kanye WestHarder, Better, Faster, Stronger - Daft Punk
9. Pump It - Black Eyed PeasMisirlou - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
10. Sing For The Moment - EminemDream On - Aerosmith

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1. Stella Artois
2. Foster’s
3. Newcastle Brown Ale
4. North Brewing Co.
5. Guinness
6. Madri
7. Wylam Brewery
8. Brew York
9. BrewDog
10. Vault City

1. What spirit is in a “Screwdriver”?Vodka
2. A classic martini includes which two types of alcohol?Vermouth and Gin
3. From what grain is the Japanese spirit Sake made?Rice
4. Tequila, lime juice and triple sec make up which cocktail?Margarita
5. Which cocktail includes all of these; tequila, vodka, rum, triple sec, gin?Long Island Iced Tea
6. Which cocktail includes: Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth?Negroni
7. Daiquirí is also the name of a beach near the second largest city in which country?Cuba
8. Which cherries are an ingredient in many cocktails, giving them the nickname "cocktail cherries"?Maraschino cherries
9. Where does the drink Soju come from?Korea
10. What German digestif contains 56 herbs, spices, fruits, and roots, including licorice, which gives it its distinctive taste?Jägermeister

So to remind, +2 points for every correct answer, -2 for every wrong answer, and +10 if you get all 10 correct, so 30 points up for grabs

1. It was the Oscars this weekend, how many Oscars did Oppenheimer win?7
2. Barbie only won a single Oscar, which was it?Best original song
3. It was announced a new category will be added to the Oscars from 2026, what is it?Best achievement in casting (Casting)
4. What was Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia formerly known as?Yugoslavia
5. How many sides does a nonagon have?9
6. How many squares are on a chessboard?64 (also accept 204, counting squares of every size)
7. Which soft drink was created by Newcastle pharmacist William Walker Hunter in 1927?Lucozade (or as it was first known, Glucozade)
8. What do all of these have in common: Suzuki Liana, Chevrolet Lacetti, Kia Cee'd, and the Vauxhall Astra?Top Gear Reasonably Priced Cars
9. What’s longer, a nautical mile or a mile?Nautical mile (1.15 mi)
10. What was Pixar’s first feature-length movie?Toy Story