1.

Which country's flag features a map?

2.

Which country's flag features a leaf?

3.

Which country's flag features the Golden Eagle of Saladin?

4.

Which country's flag is symbolic of the shirt and belt of Duke Leopold?

5.

Which country's flag is this?

6.

Which country's flag is this?

7.

Which country's flag is this?

8.

Which country's flag is this?

1.

Why was Michael Creed in the news this week?

2.

Describe his prize-winning piece?

3.

Lisa Minelli is planning her fourth wedding next March.  Who is to be her Maid of Honour?

4.

At the same event who is to give the bride away?

5.

Johnny Walker has recently featured in the news.  Who is he?

6.

The Taleban destroyed by shell fire two colossal statues of Buddha.  Where in Afghanistan did they stand?

7.

Whose portrait by Vincent Van Gogh has recently been discovered?

8.

Football referee Brian Savill is to face disciplinary charges.  What did he do?

1.

If the Bishop of Winchester wished to visit his colleagues in Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester which road should he take?

2.

If the Recorder of Preston wished to visit the Crown Courts in Warrington, Shrewsbury and Hereford which road should he take?

3.

Where is Amounderness?

4.

Where is Holderness?

5.

Amounderness is one of the ancient Hundreds of Lancashire.  How was Yorkshire divided?

6.

Similarly, how was Sussex divided?

7.

Which County apart from Yorkshire is divided into Ridings?

8.

Name the three Parts of Lincolnshire?

1.

Who is Danger Mouse's sidekick?

2.

Who is the Narrator of Cosgrove Hall's recent version of Bill and Ben?

3.

Who is the voice of Rocky in the film Chicken Run?

4.

Mel Gibson's father took his family to Australia to start a new life.  How did he get the money to go?

5.

What are the three theatres that make up the National Theatre?

6.

What are the three theatres played by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford upon Avon?

7.

Where is the Duke's Theatre?

8.

Where is the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre?

1.

What do lawyers refer to as the LCD?

2.

What do lawyers refer to as JSB?

3.

Physicist J J Thompson gave his name to which Sl Unit?

4.

Eponymously, what is the SI unit of electrical potential difference?

5.

What is a Quintal?

6.

What is a Cental?

7.

What is one sixteenth of an ounce?

8.

What is a myriagram?

1.

Where in England did Frankenstein's Monster come ashore?

2.

What poem did William Wordsworth write in Monmouthshire?

3.

Which Poet Laureate lived at Freshwater, Isle of Wight?

4.

What was Lord Byron's home?

5.

The poet Shelley and Bill Clinton both attended which College?

6.

Tony Blair is not considered to be a poet, but he also was an undergraduate at Oxford, which College?

7.

Ted Heath was an Organ Scholar of which Oxford College?

8.

Harold Wilson was once an Oxford Don, of which College?

1.

What is Firedamp?

2.

What is Blackdamp?

3.

What was odd about Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe's nose?

4.

Who created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin?

5.

In 1783 by the peace treaty that granted independence is the 13 American Colonies Florida was ceded to Spain, as compensation for the loss of what?

6.

In which conflict was the Dogger Bank incident?

7.

What are English, Orator and Elite?

8.

Which letter is second from the left of the bottom row of a qwerty keyboard?

1.

Which Old Testament Prophet said, "He hath sent me bind up the broken-hearted"?

2.

Which Old Testament Prophet said, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked"?

3.

"And it came to pass that David wrote a letter to Joab saying 'Set ye Uriah, the Hittite, in the forefront of the hottest battle and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die'".  Why did David do this?

4.

"In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand and wrote.... upon the ... wall of the king's palace..."  Who was the king?

5.

"Bliss was it in that time to be alive and to be young was my heaven."  What occasioned Wordsworth to pen these words?

6.

"Thou still unravaged bride of quietness.  Thou foster child of silence and slow time."  To whom or what did Keats address these lines?

7.

What was the name of the Greek Maiden, who wove so beautifully that the jealous Goddess, Athene turned her into spider?

8.

Who was the treacherous Knight of the Round Table?

1.

Rabat is the capital of which country?

2.

This famous song was first sung by British Soldiers as counter to Jacobite propaganda and its tune was the National Anthem of the United States until the 1930's.  What is it called?

3.

This song commemorated the death of a teenage Nazi thug, killed in a beer hall brawl.  What is its title?

4.

This revolutionary song commemorates the death of a young medical student hanged for murder. What is its title?

5.

What is the eponymously named SI unit of pressure?

6.

Paul Marsden has defected to the Lib.Dems.  What is his constituency?

7.

Where is Hengistbury Head?

8.

Charles 1 was imprisoned in which Isle of Wight castle?

1.

Which country's flag features a map?

Cyprus

2.

Which country's flag features a leaf?

Canada

3.

Which country's flag features the Golden Eagle of Saladin?

Egypt

4.

Which country's flag is symbolic of the shirt and belt of Duke Leopold?

Austria

(red for the blood soaked shirt and white for the area covered by his belt)

5.

Which country's flag is this?

Madagascar

(accept Malagassy )

6.

Which country's flag is this?

Macedonia

7.

Which country's flag is this?

Nepal

8.

Which country's flag is this?

Argentina

1.

Why was Michael Creed in the news this week?

He won the Turner Prize

2.

Describe his prize-winning piece?

An empty room with flickering lights

3.

Lisa Minelli is planning her fourth wedding next March.  Who is to be her Maid of Honour?

Elizabeth Taylor

4.

At the same event who is to give the bride away?

Michael Jackson

5.

Johnny Walker has recently featured in the news.  Who is he?

He is the young American convert to Islam who was captured fighting for the Taleban in Afghanistan

6.

The Taleban destroyed by shell fire two colossal statues of Buddha.  Where in Afghanistan did they stand?

Bamiyan

7.

Whose portrait by Vincent Van Gogh has recently been discovered?

Paul Gauguin

8.

Football referee Brian Savill is to face disciplinary charges.  What did he do?

He deliberately scored a goal for the losing team

(Score at full time: Earls Colne Reserves: 20 -  Wimpole 2000 : 2)

1.

If the Bishop of Winchester wished to visit his colleagues in Oxford, Birmingham and Manchester which road should he take?

The A34

2.

If the Recorder of Preston wished to visit the Crown Courts in Warrington, Shrewsbury and Hereford which road should he take?

The A49

3.

Where is Amounderness?

Lancashire between the Ribble and the Lune

4.

Where is Holderness?

Between the North Shore of the Humber and the North Sea

(accept Humberside or the West Riding of Yorkshire)

5.

Amounderness is one of the ancient Hundreds of Lancashire.  How was Yorkshire divided?

Into Wapentakes

6.

Similarly, how was Sussex divided?

Into Rapes

7.

Which County apart from Yorkshire is divided into Ridings?

Tipperary

(although there are only two ridings - North and South - and 'riding' means 'a third')

8.

Name the three Parts of Lincolnshire?

Lindsay,

Holland,

Kesteven

1.

Who is Danger Mouse's sidekick?

Penfold

2.

Who is the Narrator of Cosgrove Hall's recent version of Bill and Ben?

John Thompson

3.

Who is the voice of Rocky in the film Chicken Run?

Mel Gibson

4.

Mel Gibson's father took his family to Australia to start a new life.  How did he get the money to go?

He won it on the show Jeopardy

5.

What are the three theatres that make up the National Theatre?

Cottesloe,

Olivier,

Littleton

6.

What are the three theatres played by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford upon Avon?

Memorial Theatre (The Main House),

The Swan,

The Other Place

7.

Where is the Duke's Theatre?

Lancaster

8.

Where is the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre?

Guildford

1.

What do lawyers refer to as the LCD?

The Lord Chancellor's Department

2.

What do lawyers refer to as JSB?

Judicial Studies Board

3.

Physicist J J Thompson gave his name to which Sl Unit?

The Kelvin

(he became Lord Kelvin)

4.

Eponymously, what is the SI unit of electrical potential difference?

The Volt

5.

What is a Quintal?

100 kilograms

6.

What is a Cental?

100 pounds

7.

What is one sixteenth of an ounce?

A dram

8.

What is a myriagram?

10 kilograms

1.

Where in England did Frankenstein's Monster come ashore?

Whitby

2.

What poem did William Wordsworth write in Monmouthshire?

Lines written above Tintern Abbey

3.

Which Poet Laureate lived at Freshwater, Isle of Wight?

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

4.

What was Lord Byron's home?

Newstead Abbey

5.

The poet Shelley and Bill Clinton both attended which College?

University College, Oxford

6.

Tony Blair is not considered to be a poet, but he also was an undergraduate at Oxford, which College?

St John's

7.

Ted Heath was an Organ Scholar of which Oxford College?

Balliol

8.

Harold Wilson was once an Oxford Don, of which College?

New College

(he was an undergraduate at Jesus College)

1.

What is Firedamp?

Methane

2.

What is Blackdamp?

Carbon Monoxide

3.

What was odd about Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe's nose?

It was made of gold

(he had lost the original in a duel)

4.

Who created the fictional detective Auguste C Dupin?

Edgar Allen Poe

5.

In 1783 by the peace treaty that granted independence is the 13 American Colonies Florida was ceded to Spain, as compensation for the loss of what?

Gibraltar

6.

In which conflict was the Dogger Bank incident?

The Russo-Japanese War

7.

What are English, Orator and Elite?

Type faces or Fonts

8.

Which letter is second from the left of the bottom row of a qwerty keyboard?

X

1.

Which Old Testament Prophet said, "He hath sent me bind up the broken-hearted"?

Isaiah

2.

Which Old Testament Prophet said, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked"?

Jeremiah

3.

"And it came to pass that David wrote a letter to Joab saying 'Set ye Uriah, the Hittite, in the forefront of the hottest battle and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die'".  Why did David do this?

So that he could marry Bathsheba, Uriah's wife

4.

"In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand and wrote.... upon the ... wall of the king's palace..."  Who was the king?

Balshazzar

5.

"Bliss was it in that time to be alive and to be young was my heaven."  What occasioned Wordsworth to pen these words?

The French Revolution

6.

"Thou still unravaged bride of quietness.  Thou foster child of silence and slow time."  To whom or what did Keats address these lines?

A Grecian Urn

7.

What was the name of the Greek Maiden, who wove so beautifully that the jealous Goddess, Athene turned her into spider?

Arachne

8.

Who was the treacherous Knight of the Round Table?

Sir Mordred

1.

Rabat is the capital of which country?

Morocco

2.

This famous song was first sung by British Soldiers as counter to Jacobite propaganda and its tune was the National Anthem of the United States until the 1930's.  What is it called?

God Save the Queen (or King)

3.

This song commemorated the death of a teenage Nazi thug, killed in a beer hall brawl.  What is its title?

Horst Wessel Lied

4.

This revolutionary song commemorates the death of a young medical student hanged for murder. What is its title?

Kevin Barry

5.

What is the eponymously named SI unit of pressure?

The Pascal

6.

Paul Marsden has defected to the Lib.Dems.  What is his constituency?

Shrewsbury and Atcham

7.

Where is Hengistbury Head?

Christchurch Harbour, Hampshire

8.

Charles 1 was imprisoned in which Isle of Wight castle?

Carisbrooke