1.

List, in order, starting with the easiest, the four European classifications of skiing runs.

2.

In the film, which three actors represent The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?

3.

Who is the current holder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton?

4.

What was Charles Dickens' first book?

5.

Give a year in the life of Martin Luther.

6.

Which former Blue Peter presenter hosts the Big Breakfast?

7.

Ridden by Adrian Maguire, which horse won The King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day?

8.

Which town, sitting between the Rivers Nidd and Wharfe, is at the junction of the A59 and the A61?

1.

Which football club was relegated from the old First Division in 1985 having achieved two unwelcome records, only three wins but 31 defeats during the 42 match season?

2.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  According to Genesis what was then created on the first day?

3.

What is the cat called in the Simpson’s household?

4.

Which French statesman, 1841 - 1929, said: "America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation"?

5.

Which band won the 2001 Record of the Year Award and with which song?

6.

What is the name of Beethoven's Third Symphony?

7.

What is the name of the French soup containing mixed fish fillets, shellfish, onions and tomatoes?

8.

Which Rugby Union side shares The Memorial Ground with a football league side?

1.

Red, Sika and Muntjac are three of the five types of what British mammal?

2.

Which is the second largest of The Great Lakes?

3.

In Norse mythology what was the name of the mischief making giant, with the ability to change shape and sex, who lived among the gods until imprisoned in a cave for the murder of Balder?

4.

What Shakespearian tragic character said "Who put my man i' the stocks?"?

5.

Which film director, also notable for the Leonard Rossiter/Joan Collins Cinzano adverts on TV was knighted in the New Years Honours List?

6.

What come in seven basic types, are always hexagonal, but no two are ever alike?

7.

Who became king of England in 1509?

8.

Which Thomas Hardy novel has as its central characters Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba and Sergeant Troy?

1.

Which American President was assassinated in 1881?

2.

How much does a cricket ball weigh?

3.

What is the name given to the movement of a solvent (liquid) through a semipermeable membrane separating solutions of different concentrations?

4.

What technique is used to purify liquids or to separate mixtures of liquids possessing different boiling points?

5.

If you belonged to either the organic or mechanic schools, what would you be?

6.

Who is the Lord Chief Justice?

7.

Which prominent City Centre building was built, by his widow, as a memorial to a successful textile manufacturer and non-conformist, who lived 1801-1880, principally to house his collection of theological books?

8.

What word describes a ghostly duplicate of a living person?

1.

What is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter called?

2.

How is Exodus chapter 20 better known?

3.

What did the political economist Henry George advocate taxing instead of levying income tax and indirect taxes?

4.

Who said, and in what novel, "It is a far far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known'?

5.

Who is married to the singer Jennifer Lopez?

6.

At which football league club's ground do London Irish Rugby Union side play?

7.

What is Grandad Simpson's name in the television programme?

8.

On the Beaufort Scale, number 13 is what, with speeds in excess of 64 knots?

1.

Name 3 of the Seven Wonders of the World.

2.

Which town on the River Severn is at the junction of the A49 and A5?

3.

In which post war winter did snow fall somewhere in Britain every day between 22nd Januarv and 17th March?

4.

In which television programme does James Gandolphini play the lead?

5.

Which heavily used City Centre building, constructed between 1958 and 1960, is described as follows in the new architectural guide to Manchester: "An inverted timber prow rears up over the entrance, part of a roof formed by a series of three prefabricated timber shells on huge laminated timber beams.  More curved beams support curved canopies with lines of portholes."?

6.

Which modern American novelist and political commentator wrote during the 1972 Presidential Election campaign: “America....just a nation of 200 millions used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us feel uncomfortable."?

7.

Who was British Prime Minister in 1906?

8.

Name the twins in Twelfth Night.

1.

What chilled tomato and pepper soup originates from Andalusia in Spain?

2.

What word describes the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident?

3.

In which year did Red Rum win his third Grand National?

4.

For which international cricket side does Boeta Dippenaar play?

5.

Which light silvery element has the symbol K and atomic number 19?

6.

Which heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element has the symbol Hg and atomic number 80?

7.

Who became King of Britain in 1760?

8.

What word is used to suggest the speed of a piece of music at walking pace?

1.

Bastard Balm is a British what?

2.

Which novelist's Complete Short Stories are contained in two volumes called East and West and The World Over?

3.

Which goalkeeper has made the most appearances for Sunderland?

4.

Which narrow stretch of water separates Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America?

5.

Which former cricket captain was made a Commander of the British Empire in the New Years Honours List?

6.

Who is the Secretary of State for Culture?

7.

To within three years either way in which year did trumpeter and band leader Louis Armstrong die?

8.

Which film was the most highly placed comedy in Channel 4's recent 100 Best Film List and in two other recent listings?

1.

Which company now sponsor Rugby League's Challenge Cup?

2.

Which London shop lost £l million worth of jewellery in a raid at 2.40 a.m. on Christmas Day?

3.

Which English King's motto was 'Dieu et Mon Droit' ('God and my right')?

4.

What does the phrase 'To Dine with Mohammed' mean?

5.

Who was the disciple of Jesus of whom nothing is known except his name?

1.

List, in order, starting with the easiest, the four European classifications of skiing runs.

Green, blue, red, black

2.

In the film, which three actors represent The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?

Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef and Eli Wallach

3.

Who is the current holder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton?

Stephen Hawking

4.

What was Charles Dickens' first book?

Pickwick Papers

5.

Give a year in the life of Martin Luther.

1483 - 1546

6.

Which former Blue Peter presenter hosts the Big Breakfast?

Richard Bacon

7.

Ridden by Adrian Maguire, which horse won The King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day?

Florida Pearl

8.

Which town, sitting between the Rivers Nidd and Wharfe, is at the junction of the A59 and the A61?

Harrogate

1.

Which football club was relegated from the old First Division in 1985 having achieved two unwelcome records, only three wins but 31 defeats during the 42 match season?

Stoke City

2.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  According to Genesis what was then created on the first day?

Light

(accept Night and Day)

3.

What is the cat called in the Simpson’s household?

Snowball2

4.

Which French statesman, 1841 - 1929, said: "America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation"?

Clemenceau

5.

Which band won the 2001 Record of the Year Award and with which song?

‘S' Club Seven,

Don't Stop Moving

6.

What is the name of Beethoven's Third Symphony?

Eroica

7.

What is the name of the French soup containing mixed fish fillets, shellfish, onions and tomatoes?

Bouillabaisse

8.

Which Rugby Union side shares The Memorial Ground with a football league side?

Bristol

1.

Red, Sika and Muntjac are three of the five types of what British mammal?

Deer

2.

Which is the second largest of The Great Lakes?

Huron

3.

In Norse mythology what was the name of the mischief making giant, with the ability to change shape and sex, who lived among the gods until imprisoned in a cave for the murder of Balder?

Loki

4.

What Shakespearian tragic character said "Who put my man i' the stocks?"?

King Lear

5.

Which film director, also notable for the Leonard Rossiter/Joan Collins Cinzano adverts on TV was knighted in the New Years Honours List?

Alan Parker

6.

What come in seven basic types, are always hexagonal, but no two are ever alike?

Snow crystals

7.

Who became king of England in 1509?

Henry VIII

8.

Which Thomas Hardy novel has as its central characters Gabriel Oak, Bathsheba and Sergeant Troy?

Far from the Madding Crowd

1.

Which American President was assassinated in 1881?

(James) Garfield

2.

How much does a cricket ball weigh?

5.5 to 5.75 ounces

(155.9 to 163 grams)

3.

What is the name given to the movement of a solvent (liquid) through a semipermeable membrane separating solutions of different concentrations?

Osmosis

4.

What technique is used to purify liquids or to separate mixtures of liquids possessing different boiling points?

Distillation

5.

If you belonged to either the organic or mechanic schools, what would you be?

An Economist

(not a chemist or a physicist)

6.

Who is the Lord Chief Justice?

Lord Woolf

7.

Which prominent City Centre building was built, by his widow, as a memorial to a successful textile manufacturer and non-conformist, who lived 1801-1880, principally to house his collection of theological books?

John Rylands Library

8.

What word describes a ghostly duplicate of a living person?

Doppelganger

1.

What is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter called?

pi

2.

How is Exodus chapter 20 better known?

The Ten Commandments

3.

What did the political economist Henry George advocate taxing instead of levying income tax and indirect taxes?

Land Values

4.

Who said, and in what novel, "It is a far far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known'?

Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities

(on the scaffold)

5.

Who is married to the singer Jennifer Lopez?

Cris Judd

6.

At which football league club's ground do London Irish Rugby Union side play?

Reading

(accept Majeski stadium)

7.

What is Grandad Simpson's name in the television programme?

Abe

8.

On the Beaufort Scale, number 13 is what, with speeds in excess of 64 knots?

Hurricane

1.

Name 3 of the Seven Wonders of the World.

(three from)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Colossus of Rhodes

Pyramids of Egypt

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria

2.

Which town on the River Severn is at the junction of the A49 and A5?

Shrewsbury

3.

In which post war winter did snow fall somewhere in Britain every day between 22nd Januarv and 17th March?

1947

4.

In which television programme does James Gandolphini play the lead?

The Sopranos

5.

Which heavily used City Centre building, constructed between 1958 and 1960, is described as follows in the new architectural guide to Manchester: "An inverted timber prow rears up over the entrance, part of a roof formed by a series of three prefabricated timber shells on huge laminated timber beams.  More curved beams support curved canopies with lines of portholes."?

Manchester Oxford Road Station

6.

Which modern American novelist and political commentator wrote during the 1972 Presidential Election campaign: “America....just a nation of 200 millions used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us feel uncomfortable."?

Hunter S Thompson

7.

Who was British Prime Minister in 1906?

(Sir Henry) Campbell-Bannerman

8.

Name the twins in Twelfth Night.

Viola and Sebastian

1.

What chilled tomato and pepper soup originates from Andalusia in Spain?

Gazpacho

2.

What word describes the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident?

Serendipity

3.

In which year did Red Rum win his third Grand National?

1977

4.

For which international cricket side does Boeta Dippenaar play?

South Africa

5.

Which light silvery element has the symbol K and atomic number 19?

Potassium

6.

Which heavy silvery-white toxic liquid metallic element has the symbol Hg and atomic number 80?

Mercury

7.

Who became King of Britain in 1760?

George III

8.

What word is used to suggest the speed of a piece of music at walking pace?

Andante

1.

Bastard Balm is a British what?

Wild flower

2.

Which novelist's Complete Short Stories are contained in two volumes called East and West and The World Over?

Somerset Maugham

3.

Which goalkeeper has made the most appearances for Sunderland?

Jim Montgomery

4.

Which narrow stretch of water separates Tierra del Fuego from mainland South America?

The Magellan Straits

5.

Which former cricket captain was made a Commander of the British Empire in the New Years Honours List?

Tony Lewis

6.

Who is the Secretary of State for Culture?

Tessa Jowell

7.

To within three years either way in which year did trumpeter and band leader Louis Armstrong die?

1971

(accept between 1968-1974)

8.

Which film was the most highly placed comedy in Channel 4's recent 100 Best Film List and in two other recent listings?

Some Like it Hot

1.

Which company now sponsor Rugby League's Challenge Cup?

Kellogg’s

2.

Which London shop lost £l million worth of jewellery in a raid at 2.40 a.m. on Christmas Day?

Harvey Nicholls

3.

Which English King's motto was 'Dieu et Mon Droit' ('God and my right')?

Richard I

4.

What does the phrase 'To Dine with Mohammed' mean?

'To die and dine in Paradise'

5.

Who was the disciple of Jesus of whom nothing is known except his name?

Thaddeus