ROUND 1 - Money

1.

Who was nicknamed 'The Ascot Mascot' in the 1970s for wearing flamboyant outfits designed by her son?

2.

Which was the third film to feature Michael Caine as Harry Palmer?

3.

Who said “Golf is a good walk spoiled”?

4.

In the rhyme Oranges and Lemons, what did the bells of St Martin’s say?

5.

Which classic horse race, restricted to fillies, has been run annually at Newmarket since 1814?

6.

Which role in Coronation Street was played by Pat Phoenix?

7.

Which American poet, who died in 1972, was imprisoned in 1945 for making anti-American broadcasts during WWII?

8.

Which trio gave a special concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome on the eve of the 1990 World Cup?

ROUND 2

1.

Who wrote the book Psycho?

2.

Who was known as the father of the Royal Air Force?

3.

Where was Sir Walter Scott referring to, when he wrote: “half church of God, half Castle 'gainst the Scot”?

4.

Who is the Minister in charge of the bill to change the licensing laws in November?

5.

Who is the NATO Secretary General?

6.

Which Middle Eastern country’s name literally means 'the right-hand' or 'happiness'in Arabic?

7.

Who wrote the line “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”?

8.

In which month does St Crispin’s day fall?

ROUND 3

1.

Edward Elgar is worth 4 x Elizabeth Fry, and 2 x Charles Darwin.  Explain.

2.

The yellow one goes round and round; the one shown as maroon or purple is the oldest, and sounds as if intended for dignitaries of the Greek Orthodox Church; the green one seldom goes below and sounds vaguely local.  Explain.

3.

If you found a confidential agent with a stick of Brighton rock on the Stamboul train, who would be responsible?

4.

Who went off to France in a fury on 12 December 1936?

5.

Peggy Hookham took steps to fame under what stage name?

6.

What have Mein Kampf, Pilgrim's Progress and Don Quixote in common?

7.

If Quincy = 6th and Simpson = 18th and Gamaliel = 29th, which group of people are we considering?

8.

Jupiter’s wife, a steel weapon, 2 states of the USA and a precious metal could be found together in 1944.  Explain.

ROUND 4

1.

Who wrote the novel Earthly Powers?

2.

Who plays Judge John Deed in the BBC TV series of that name?

3.

Which group of radicals were led by John Lilburne, John Wildman and William Walwyn?

4.

Which king of Scotland died at the Battle of Flodden Field?

5.

What was the screen name of the actress Camille Javal?

6.

Who said “I often quote myself.  It adds spice to my conversation”?

7.

Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung cycle of four operas include: Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, and The Dusk/Twilight of the Gods.  Which opera is missing from this list?

8.

Which seaport is at the head of the Shannon estuary?

ROUND 5 - Bible Studies

1.

Who plays Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films?

2.

Which American baseball player of the era 1914 to 1935, played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees?

3.

Who was responsible for developing a classical style of design in 18th Century English architecture, and was responsible for the country houses of Harewood, Syon Park, and Osterley Park?

4.

In David Copperfield, who was “ever so ‘umble”?

5.

What is the name of a measure of champagne equal to eight ordinary bottles?

6.

Who won gold medals at the 400m hurdles at the Olympic games in 1976 and 1984?

7.

Which French tennis player won the French Open in 1983, reached No 3 in the world in 1986, has captained the French Davis Cup team and has released a number of record albums?

8.

Which island group contains Guadalcanal, Malait, Choiseul, New Georgia, San Cristobal and Santa Isabel?

ROUND 6

1.

What is a female badger called?

2.

Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

3.

What was the name of the travelling concert party in J B Priestley’s The Good Companions?

4.

Which English novelist died from typhoid in 1931 after drinking a glass of Parisian water to demonstrate that it was safe?

5.

According to Shakespeare, to whom did Caesar bequeath 75 drachmas?

6.

What is the part of a horse’s foot called that corresponds to the ankle in humans?

7.

What embroidery stitch is made by winding thread round the needle and then pushing the needle back through the material at the point where it was originally drawn through?

8.

Which reptiles, native to tropical America, are very similar in appearance to alligators, except that they have bony plates on their bellies instead of scales?

ROUND 7

1.

What one word can mean:

(a) a clasp fastening a cloak,

(b) a walrus,

(c) a character played by John Thaw?

2.

What one word can mean:

(a) the egg of a louse,

(b) a unit of luminance,

(c) a unit of information equivalent to 1.44 bits?

3.

Which British pop group, founded in 1977, took its name from the Nazi slang for a military brothel?

4.

What was the family name of George V before be changed it to Windsor in 1917? (full name required)

5.

In Norwegian legend, what name is given to the sea-monster inhabiting the waters around the Lofoten islands, which awoke in the title of the 1953 novel by John Wyndham?

6.

Which French car, designed in 1936, was nicknamed 'the tin snail'?

7.

In 1829, the Novelty, the Perseverance and the Cyclopede all lost out.  Name the winner.

8.

Which 1959 film ends with the words:

(Gerry): “We can’t get married at all..... I’m a man”

(Osgood): “Well, nobody’s perfect”?

1.

Who wrote the novel London Fields?

2.

Who plays Henno in ITV1’s Ultimate Force?

3.

Which group of radicals were led by Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard?

4.

Which Scottish king immediately succeeded Macbeth?

5.

What is the screen name of the actress Lucille Fay LeSueur (also nicknamed Billie Cassin)?

6.

In which of his works did Oscar Wilde write “Murder is always a mistake .....one should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner”?

7.

Who wrote, amongst others, the operas The Conning Little Vixen, Jenufa, and Katya Kabanova?

8.

Which town stands at the confluence of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot?

1.

In which creature is the direction of hair growth on the body from belly backwards, the opposite way to other mammals, so that rainwater runs down without soaking it when hanging upside-down in trees?

2.

Where in Britain is there a maze of alleys full of antique shops referred to as the 'The Lanes'?

3.

What was the name of the German Republic from 1919 until Hitler’s accession in 1933?

4.

Who was British Secretary of State for Defence from 1970 to 1974?

5.

In Monopoly, what lies between Mayfair and Park Lane?

6.

On which river does Dumfries lie?

7.

Which composer famously visited Staffa in 1829?

8.

Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989?

ROUND 1 - Money

1.

Who was nicknamed 'The Ascot Mascot' in the 1970s for wearing flamboyant outfits designed by her son?

Gertrude Shilling

2.

Which was the third film to feature Michael Caine as Harry Palmer?

The Billion Dollar Brain

3.

Who said “Golf is a good walk spoiled”?

Mark Twain

4.

In the rhyme Oranges and Lemons, what did the bells of St Martin’s say?

“You owe me five farthings”

5.

Which classic horse race, restricted to fillies, has been run annually at Newmarket since 1814?

One Thousand Guineas

6.

Which role in Coronation Street was played by Pat Phoenix?

Elsie Tanner

7.

Which American poet, who died in 1972, was imprisoned in 1945 for making anti-American broadcasts during WWII?

Ezra Pound

8.

Which trio gave a special concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome on the eve of the 1990 World Cup?

The Three Tenors

ROUND 2

1.

Who wrote the book Psycho?

Robert Bloch

2.

Who was known as the father of the Royal Air Force?

Lord Trenchard

3.

Where was Sir Walter Scott referring to, when he wrote: “half church of God, half Castle 'gainst the Scot”?

Durham

4.

Who is the Minister in charge of the bill to change the licensing laws in November?

Richard Caborn

5.

Who is the NATO Secretary General?

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

6.

Which Middle Eastern country’s name literally means 'the right-hand' or 'happiness'in Arabic?

El Yemen

7.

Who wrote the line “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”?

Robert Herrick

8.

In which month does St Crispin’s day fall?

October

ROUND 3

1.

Edward Elgar is worth 4 x Elizabeth Fry, and 2 x Charles Darwin.  Explain.

EIgar’s portrait appears on the £20 note; Elizabeth Fry’s on the £10 note; Darwin’s on the £10 note

2.

The yellow one goes round and round; the one shown as maroon or purple is the oldest, and sounds as if intended for dignitaries of the Greek Orthodox Church; the green one seldom goes below and sounds vaguely local.  Explain.

London underground lines on the tube map: Circle line is yellow; Metropolitan, built in 1863 is maroon; the District line, which is mainly a surface route, is green

3.

If you found a confidential agent with a stick of Brighton rock on the Stamboul train, who would be responsible?

Graham Greene

(author of novels with the titles: Stamboul Train (1932); Brighton Rock (1938); Confidential Agent (1939)

4.

Who went off to France in a fury on 12 December 1936?

Edward VIII

(after his abdication he sailed to France on the destroyer HMS Fury)

5.

Peggy Hookham took steps to fame under what stage name?

Margot Fonteyn

6.

What have Mein Kampf, Pilgrim's Progress and Don Quixote in common?

They were written while their authors were in prison

(Hitler in Landsberg, Bunyan in Bedford, Cervantes in Argamasilla)

7.

If Quincy = 6th and Simpson = 18th and Gamaliel = 29th, which group of people are we considering?

US Presidents

(by middle name: John Quincy Adams; Ulysses Simpson Grant; Warren Gamaliel Harding)

8.

Jupiter’s wife, a steel weapon, 2 states of the USA and a precious metal could be found together in 1944.  Explain.

Code names for Normandy beaches on D-Day

(Juno, Sword, Utah, Omaha and Gold)

ROUND 4

1.

Who wrote the novel Earthly Powers?

Anthony Burgess

2.

Who plays Judge John Deed in the BBC TV series of that name?

Martin Shaw

3.

Which group of radicals were led by John Lilburne, John Wildman and William Walwyn?

The Levellers

4.

Which king of Scotland died at the Battle of Flodden Field?

James IV

5.

What was the screen name of the actress Camille Javal?

Brigitte Bardot

6.

Who said “I often quote myself.  It adds spice to my conversation”?

George Bernard Shaw

7.

Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung cycle of four operas include: Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, and The Dusk/Twilight of the Gods.  Which opera is missing from this list?

Siegfried

8.

Which seaport is at the head of the Shannon estuary?

Limerick

ROUND 5 - Bible Studies

1

Who plays Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films?

Elijah Wood

2.

Which American baseball player of the era 1914 to 1935, played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees?

Babe Ruth

3.

Who was responsible for developing a classical style of design in 18th Century English architecture, and was responsible for the country houses of Harewood, Syon Park, and Osterley Park?

Robert Adam

4.

In David Copperfield, who was “ever so ‘umble”?

Uriah Heep

5.

What is the name of a measure of champagne equal to eight ordinary bottles?

Methuselah

6.

Who won gold medals at the 400m hurdles at the Olympic games in 1976 and 1984?

Ed Moses

7.

Which French tennis player won the French Open in 1983, reached No 3 in the world in 1986, has captained the French Davis Cup team and has released a number of record albums?

Yannick Noah

8.

Which island group contains Guadalcanal, Malait, Choiseul, New Georgia, San Cristobal and Santa Isabel?

Solomon Islands

ROUND 6

1

What is a female badger called?

A sow

2.

Who wrote Oedipus Rex?

Sophocles

3.

What was the name of the travelling concert party in J B Priestley’s The Good Companions?

The Dinky-Doos

4.

Which English novelist died from typhoid in 1931 after drinking a glass of Parisian water to demonstrate that it was safe?

Arnold Bennett

5.

According to Shakespeare, to whom did Caesar bequeath 75 drachmas?

Every Roman citizen

6.

What is the part of a horse’s foot called that corresponds to the ankle in humans?

Pastern

7.

What embroidery stitch is made by winding thread round the needle and then pushing the needle back through the material at the point where it was originally drawn through?

French knot

8.

Which reptiles, native to tropical America, are very similar in appearance to alligators, except that they have bony plates on their bellies instead of scales?

Caimans/Caymans

ROUND 7

1.

What one word can mean:

(a) a clasp fastening a cloak,

(b) a walrus,

(c) a character played by John Thaw?

Morse

(a)Latin Morsus = clasp;

(b) Lapp Morsa = walrus

2.

What one word can mean:

(a) the egg of a louse,

(b) a unit of luminance,

(c) a unit of information equivalent to 1.44 bits?

Nit

(b) Latin Nitor = brightness;

(c) from Naperian digit

3.

Which British pop group, founded in 1977, took its name from the Nazi slang for a military brothel?

Joy Division

4.

What was the family name of George V before be changed it to Windsor in 1917? (full name required)

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

5.

In Norwegian legend, what name is given to the sea-monster inhabiting the waters around the Lofoten islands, which awoke in the title of the 1953 novel by John Wyndham?

Kraken

6.

Which French car, designed in 1936, was nicknamed 'the tin snail'?

Citroen 2CV/deux chevaux

(the aim was to produce an economical car, simple to maintain, which could carry 4 adults wearing hats, or two adults and a bale of hay)

7.

In 1829, the Novelty, the Perseverance and the Cyclopede all lost out.  Name the winner.

The Rocket

(all competitors in the Rainhill railway trials)

8.

Which 1959 film ends with the words:

(Gerry): “We can’t get married at all..... I’m a man”

(Osgood): “Well, nobody’s perfect”?

Some Like it Hot

(Jack Lemon as Gerry & Joe E Brown as Osgood)

1.

Who wrote the novel London Fields?

Martin Amis

2.

Who plays Henno in ITV1’s Ultimate Force?

Ross Kemp

3.

Which group of radicals were led by Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard?

The Diggers

4.

Which Scottish king immediately succeeded Macbeth?

Lachlan

(Macbeth’s stepson)

5.

What is the screen name of the actress Lucille Fay LeSueur (also nicknamed Billie Cassin)?

Joan Crawford

6.

In which of his works did Oscar Wilde write “Murder is always a mistake .....one should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner”?

The Picture of Dorian Gray

(1891)

7.

Who wrote, amongst others, the operas The Conning Little Vixen, Jenufa, and Katya Kabanova?

Leos Janacek

8.

Which town stands at the confluence of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot?

Kelso

1.

In which creature is the direction of hair growth on the body from belly backwards, the opposite way to other mammals, so that rainwater runs down without soaking it when hanging upside-down in trees?

Sloth

2.

Where in Britain is there a maze of alleys full of antique shops referred to as the 'The Lanes'?

Brighton

3.

What was the name of the German Republic from 1919 until Hitler’s accession in 1933?

Weimar Republic

4.

Who was British Secretary of State for Defence from 1970 to 1974?

Lord Carrington

5.

In Monopoly, what lies between Mayfair and Park Lane?

Supertax

6.

On which river does Dumfries lie?

River Nith

7.

Which composer famously visited Staffa in 1829?

Felix Mendelssohn

8.

Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989?

Dalai Lama

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