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Here's the cast for Saturday Night Live UK

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As revealed by Sky last night. Saturday Night Live UK  will premiere on March 21 on Sky One.

The only fast food restaurant that does Ovaltine milkshakes other than McDonald's in Brazil

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It's none other than Brazilian fast food restaurant Bob's. And of course, in said country, it's Ovomaltine.

Opening scene from The Naked Gun

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Truly began a tetralogy continuation of Police Squad .

All of the songs from American Dad! episode "Silicon Steve"

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Three songs and a reprise.

Every RoboCop entry to date

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From 1987 onwards and excludes video games with one exception. RoboCop (1987) RoboCop: The Animated Series  (1988) RoboCop 2  (1990) RoboCop 3  (1993) RoboCop: The Series  (1994) RoboCop: Alpha Command  (1998-99) RoboCop: Prime Directives  (2000) RoboCop  (2014) RoboCop: Rogue City  (2023) RoboCop: Rogue City ‒ Unfinished Business  (2025)

US and UK number-one hits by Prince

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Multiple number ones, top five hits and so on. "When Doves Cry" - US (1984) "Let's Go Crazy" - US (1984) "Kiss" - US (1986) "Batdance" - US (1989) "Cream" - US (1991) "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" - UK (1994)

Before 12A, there was this rating in the UK

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In Norwich from October 2001 to January 2002, it was PG-12. The success of this would pave the way or the 12A rating the continues to be used to this day.

Twenty years ago, this happened

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Yep, the two major British cable TV operators NYK and Telewest merged to become NTL:Telewest, the largest cable TV operator in the country. It would be rebranded as Virgin Media a year later.

A particular kind of a streaming service

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Basically, Freeview in streaming form.

A breakdown for every Super Sentai team

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From Goranger  to Gozyuger .

Original names for these particular websites

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Before they went by their better known names. Backrub (Google) Twttr (Twitter) Facemash (Facebook) Burbn (Instagram) AuctionWeb (eBay) Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web (Yahoo) Nupedia (Wikipedia) Tune In, Hook Up (YouTube)

Oscars broadcasting history

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In time for this year's ceremony coming next Sunday. No broadcasters (1st) KNX-AM (2nd to 3rd) KHJ-AM and CBS Radio Network (4th) KECA-AM and NBC Blue Network (5th) No broadcasters (6th to 10th) KHJ-AM (11th) KNX-AM (12th) KECA-AM and NBC Blue Network (13th) KNX-AM and NBC Blue Network (14th) KNX-AM (15th) KNX-AM and CBS Blue Network (16th) ABC Radio (17th to 24th) NBC Radio and NBC (25th to 32nd) ABC Radio and ABC (33rd to 40th) ABC (41st to 42nd) NBC (43rd to 47th) ABC (48th to 96th) ABC and Hulu (97th onwards)

Similar logo, different name

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Unsurprisingly, SBT's logo looks quite similar to ABC to put it simply. And similar font too.

Stellantis' new SUV

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It's from their Chinese car brand Leapmotor called the B10. It will begin production in Spain during this year.

The Smashing Pumpkins' best cover version of a classic song

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It's none other than "Landslide" by Fleetwood Nac.

Opening scene from Zoolander No. 2

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The one in which Justin Bieber gets killed.

Most titles won by a Portuguese football club

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Top ten, that is. Benfica - 91 Porto - 86 Sporting CP - 58 Boavista - 9 Braga - 8 Belenenses - 7 Vitória de Setúbal - 7 Vitória de Guimarães - 3 Académica - 2 Beira-Mar - 2

Breakdown of the English football league system

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First six tiers only. Tier 1 - Premier League Tier 2 - EFL Championship Tier 3 - EFL League One Tier 4 - EFL League Two Tier 5 - National League Tier 6 - National League North and South

When Dr Pepper did this advert from 1998

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The "Special Delivery" advert. Or the "This is not a cola" advert.

So, Brewdog has been sold to Tilray Brands

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And the one in Wandsworth (where I live) has been confirmed to be among the nine of 13 London locations that will be closed to recoup losses. Gutted about this news and I wonder what will occupy the spot after this. Wendy's? German Doner Kebab? Popeyes? Shake Shack? Domino's? Or something else? Only time will tell.

New video from Savox

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This is relating to game show contestants who ended up being murderers.

Here's an advice on listening to Malice Mizer on Spotify

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They're deliberately mislabeled as Malace Mizer and the band have said that this was done without their blessing, as mentioned in this video from Justin Whang.

Most watched broadcast by UK TV channel

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The UK TV channels in questions are BBC One, ITV1, BBC Two, Sky One, ChanneI 4, 5, ITV2 and E4. BBC One - EastEnders  Christmas 1986 episode, 25 December 1986 (30.15 million) ITV1 - Coronation Street  Christmas 1987 episode, 25 December 1987 (26.65 million) BBC Two - 1985 World Snooker Championship final, 28 April 1985 (18.5 million) Channel 4 - A Woman of Substance  finale, 4 January 1985 (13.85 million) 5 - The Drowning  premiere, 1 February 2021 (6.10 million) ITV2 - Love Island  series 5 premiere, 3 June 2019 (5.9 million) Sky One - Friends: The Reunion , 27 May 2021 (5.3 million) E4 - The Inbetweeners  episode "Home Alone", 11 October 2010 (3.72 million)

US TV seasons of tokusatsu adaptations

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Please note that English dubs are exempt. 1991-92: Ultraman: Towards the Future  (syndication) 1993-94: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers  (Fox Kids) 1994-95: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers  (Fox Kids) / VR Troopers  (syndication) / Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (ABC) 1995-96: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers  and Power Rangers Zeo  (Fox Kids) / VR Troopers  (syndication) / Masked Rider  (Fox Kids) 1996-97: Power Rangers Zeo  and Power Rangers Turbo  (Fox Kids) / Masked Rider  (syndication) /  Big Bad Beetleborgs  (Fox Kids) 1997-98: Power Rangers Turbo  and Power Rangers in Space  (Fox Kids) / Beetleborgs Metallix  (Fox Kids) 1998-99 to 2007-08 were all Power Rangers   1998-99 to 2001-02: Fox Kids 2002-03 to 2007-08: ABC Kids 2002-03 to 2005-06: ABC Family 2003-04 to 2008-09: Jetix and Toon Disney 2008-09: Power Rangers Jungle Fury  and Power Rangers RPM  (ABC Kids) / Ka...