ROUND 1 - 'All at Sea'

1.

Name the strait separating South America from the Antarctic Peninsula.

2.

Name the Mediterranean island group which includes Stromboli.

3.

The Romans called it Pontus Euxinus.  What do we call it?

4.

It is known in German as Der Bodensee.  What do we call it?

5.

Who wrote the text for Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony?

6.

Benjamin Britten’s sea-faring opera Billy Budd is based upon a novella by which writer?

7.

Add the second line of John Masefeld’s poem Sea Fever - the first line reading: “I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky”.

8.

In John Masefield’s poem Cargoes, name any two of the cargoes on board the quinquereme of Nineveh?

ROUND 2 - General Knowledge

1.

If you sail due east from Scarborough, in which country will you arrive?

2.

If you sail due east from Barcelona, on which island will you arrive?

3.

Which famous composer was a pallbearer at Beethoven’s funeral, a matter of months before his own death in 1828?

4.

In 1870 which famous composer became the son-in-law of Franz Lizst?

5.

What was officially abolished by Napoleon in 1806 and replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine?

6.

What doctrine was asserted by 433 votes to 2 by the First Vatican Council in 1870?

7.

Which English county is closely associated with the life and works of the poet, John Clare?

8.

Which Irish county is closely associated with the life and works of the poet, William Butler Yeats?

ROUND 3 - Royals

1.

In the TV sitcom The Royle Family which actor plays the much put upon Anthony Royle?

2.

In the hospital serial The Royal currently showing on ITV on Sunday, which former comedy actress, star of several sitcoms of the 60s and 70s, plays Matron?

3.

Which US clarinettist and band leader was known as ‘The King of Swing’?

4.

Which US singer is popularly known as ‘The Queen of Soul’?

5.

Which 20th century king wrote an autobiography entitled Uneasy Lies the Head?

6.

Which 20th century queen wrote an autobiography entitled Leap of Faith?

7.

What revolutionary change to English theatre did King Charles II permit to happen for the first time in 1660?

8.

What did Queen Victoria do to help make the theatrical profession more respectable in 1895?

ROUND 4 - General Knowledge

1.

What type of birds are portrayed in the sculpture of Liverpool’s Liver Birds which look down on the city from the top of the Royal Assurance Building?

2.

Whose statue in London is seen holding an exhibition catalogue?

3.

The title of which famous novel immortalises an albino cachalot?

4.

Where did Frank L Baum find the name Oz when writing his famous novel, The Wizard of Oz?

5.

Identify this local establishment:

Founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter and remained on its original site at Long Millgate until 1931 when it was moved to Rusholme.

6.

One of the world’s longest continuously running radio programmes is frequently recorded in which well known Didsbury building?

7.

The following is the first line of which famous song:

“When the night has come/and the land is dark/and the moon is the only light we'll see.”

8.

The following is the second line of which famous song:

“I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to”.

Each question has 3 parts but only one answer which will be a surname

1.

UK shipping forecast area;

English photographer born 1938;

Popular West Country stand-up comedian who describes himself as “part English, part Troll”.

2.

American film actor (1901 - 1961), twice winner of an Oscar for Best Actor;

One of America’s earliest and best loved novelists who wrote mainly about frontiersmen and Red Indians;

Much loved comedian born in Caerphilly in 1922.

3.

English rebel and excommunicated priest, executed in 1381 as one of the leaders of The Peasants’ Revolt;

Effervescent American film and TV comedienne (1910-­1989);

Footballer who helped England win The World Cup in 1966.

4.

Flamboyant choreographer and director, born in Los Angeles;

Irish bishop and philosopher (1685-1753);

Castle in Gloucestershire.

5.

English female writer whose most famous work in 1928 was banned because of its sympathy for lesbianism;

British theatre, opera and film director, born 1930;

Colourful BBC sports reporter famous for his purple prose.

6.

1853 born photographer, famous for his stark portraits of Whitby and its working class inhabitants;

Writer of children’s historical novels who died 1992;

Mass murderer born in Bingley in 1946.

7.

Art Collector whose bequeathed collection is on permanent display in Hertford House, London;

Scottish patriot (1274-1305);

2004 winner of BBC’s Mastermind.

8.

UK Shipping Forecast Area;

The surname of Billy Liar in the Keith Waterhouse novel;

Archbishop of Canterbury in 1953, when he crowned Queen Elizabeth The Second.

ROUND 6 - General Knowledge

1.

What was the forename of the 19th century French composer, Berlioz?

2.

What does the ‘Dubya’ in George W Bush stand for?

3.

Which best selling novel published in 2003 is set amidst London’s Bangladeshi community?

4.

The action of which best selling novel, published in 2002, takes place on a ship travelling from Ireland to New York in 1847?

5.

Which US film actress won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 film Moonstruck?

6.

Which British born actor played the intelligent chimp Galen in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes?

7.

Name the mathematical shape created by cutting the top off a pyramid.

8.

Name the line or curve which is approached but never reached by the graph of a mathematical function.

ROUND 7 - 'Gung Hay Fat Choy'

The connection can be in either the question or the answer. Translation will be given at the end of the round if not already guessed by then!*

1.

Sanger and Kumar were the stars of which 2004 Disney film?

2.

Which actor provided the voice of the dragon in the film Dragonheart?

3.

Name the comical detective played by Ronnie Barker in The Two Ronnies series on BBC.

4.

Name the character played by John Wayne for which he won his only Oscar in the film True Grit.

5.

In Kit Williams’ Basic Masquerade which creature is hidden in every picture?

6.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm what kind of animal is Boxer, the strongest devotee of the Revolution, who stands behind Napoleon through all the outrages he commits?

7.

Which group had a hit in the 1960s with A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You?

8.

I Love My Dog was a hit in the 1960s for which singer/songwriter?

1.

In Gustav Holst’s Planet Suite, the Jupiter Theme provided the tune for a popular Christian hymn.  Which one?

2.

Similarly, Finlandia by Jean Sibelius provided the tune for another popular Christian hymn.  Which one?

3.

Which film director famously directed ‘The Man With No Name’ in such films as A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More?

4.

Which British film director directed the Sci-Fi films: Alien and Blade Runner?

5.

The TV game show Name That Tune has had several presenters during its long history, including Lionel Blair and Jools Holland, but which comedian was the original host?

6.

Similarly the TV game show Family Fortunes has had several presenters during its long history, including Max Bygraves and Les Dennis, but which comedian was the original host?

7.

Which novel, set in Manchester, features the character Jem Wilson?

8.

Which novel, set in Manchester, features the character Carmel McKisco?

1.

Name any two of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter.

2.

Identify this Shakespeare play:

Act 1, Scene 1: a boatswain exchanges curses with Antonio and Sebastian who are travelling with King Alonso of Naples.

3.

What is the original Japanese meaning of the word tsunami?

4.

Lloyd’s 'Names' have been providing financial backing for the insurance industry for many years, but when did the original Lloyds Coffee House first become an insurance market?  (plus or minus ten years)

5.

Which of Scott Thurow’s novels was made into a film starring Harrison Ford?

6.

Who was the first Russian tennis player to win the Wimbledon Championship (in 2004)?

7.

Which old church in Paris forms the backdrop for much of the action in the 2004 best selling novel The Da Vinci Code?

8.

Which former footballer and Sky Sports commentator was recently sacked from his job for jokingly confusing tsunami with 'Toon Army'?

ROUND 1 - 'All at Sea'

1.

Name the strait separating South America from the Antarctic Peninsula.

Drake Passage

2.

Name the Mediterranean island group which includes Stromboli.

The Lipari Islands

(formerly the Aeolian Islands - accept either)

3.

The Romans called it Pontus Euxinus.  What do we call it?

The Black Sea

4.

It is known in German as Der Bodensee.  What do we call it?

Lake Constance

(on the border of Germany and Switzerland)

5.

Who wrote the text for Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony?

Walt Whitman

6.

Benjamin Britten’s sea-faring opera Billy Budd is based upon a novella by which writer?

Herman Melville

7.

Add the second line of John Masefeld’s poem Sea Fever - the first line reading: “I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky”.

“And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by”

8.

In John Masefield’s poem Cargoes, name any two of the cargoes on board the quinquereme of Nineveh?

(2 from)

Ivory, Apes, Peacocks, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Wine

ROUND 2 - General Knowledge

1.

If you sail due east from Scarborough, in which country will you arrive?

Germany

(in Schleswig Holstein)

2.

If you sail due east from Barcelona, on which island will you arrive?

Corsica

3.

Which famous composer was a pallbearer at Beethoven’s funeral, a matter of months before his own death in 1828?

(Franz) Schubert

4.

In 1870 which famous composer became the son-in-law of Franz Lizst?

(Richard) Wagner

5.

What was officially abolished by Napoleon in 1806 and replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine?

The Holy Roman Empire

6.

What doctrine was asserted by 433 votes to 2 by the First Vatican Council in 1870?

The doctrine of Papal Infallibility

7.

Which English county is closely associated with the life and works of the poet, John Clare?

Northamptonshire

8.

Which Irish county is closely associated with the life and works of the poet, William Butler Yeats?

Sligo

ROUND 3 - Royals

1.

In the TV sitcom The Royle Family which actor plays the much put upon Anthony Royle?

Ralf Little

2.

In the hospital serial The Royal currently showing on ITV on Sunday, which former comedy actress, star of several sitcoms of the 60s and 70s, plays Matron?

Wendy Craig

3.

Which US clarinettist and band leader was known as ‘The King of Swing’?

Benny Goodman

4.

Which US singer is popularly known as ‘The Queen of Soul’?

Aretha Franklin

5.

Which 20th century king wrote an autobiography entitled Uneasy Lies the Head?

King Hussein of Jordan

6.

Which 20th century queen wrote an autobiography entitled Leap of Faith?

Queen Noor of Jordan

(widow of the above)

7.

What revolutionary change to English theatre did King Charles II permit to happen for the first time in 1660?

He allowed women to act on stage for the first time in the history of the English theatre

8.

What did Queen Victoria do to help make the theatrical profession more respectable in 1895?

She conferred the first ever knighthood on a British actor

(Sir Henry Irving)

ROUND 4 - General Knowledge

1.

What type of birds are portrayed in the sculpture of Liverpool’s Liver Birds which look down on the city from the top of the Royal Assurance Building?

Cormorants

2.

Whose statue in London is seen holding an exhibition catalogue?

Prince Albert

(The Albert Memorial)

3.

The title of which famous novel immortalises an albino cachalot?

Moby Dick

(a cachalot is a sperm whale)

4.

Where did Frank L Baum find the name Oz when writing his famous novel, The Wizard of Oz?

On the lower drawer of his filing cabinet

(the letters O-Z)

5.

Identify this local establishment:

Founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter and remained on its original site at Long Millgate until 1931 when it was moved to Rusholme.

Manchester Boys’ Grammar School

6.

One of the world’s longest continuously running radio programmes is frequently recorded in which well known Didsbury building?

The Emmanuel Church(the programme is Radio 4’s Daily Service)

7.

The following is the first line of which famous song:

“When the night has come/and the land is dark/and the moon is the only light we'll see.”

Stand By Me

(by Ben E King)

8.

The following is the second line of which famous song:

“I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to”.

Mr Tambourine Man

(by Bob Dylan)

ROUND 5 - 'Name that Name'

Each question has 3 parts but only one answer which will be a surname

1

UK shipping forecast area;

English photographer born 1938;

Popular West Country stand-up comedian who describes himself as “part English, part Troll”.

Bailey

(2 – David; 3 - Bill)

2.

American film actor (1901 - 1961), twice winner of an Oscar for Best Actor;

One of America’s earliest and best loved novelists who wrote mainly about frontiersmen and Red Indians;

Much loved comedian born in Caerphilly in 1922.

Cooper

(1 – Gary; 2 - James Fennimore; 3 - Tommy)

3.

English rebel and excommunicated priest, executed in 1381 as one of the leaders of The Peasants’ Revolt;

Effervescent American film and TV comedienne (1910-­1989);

Footballer who helped England win The World Cup in 1966.

Ball

(1 – John; 2 – Lucille; 3 - Alan)

4.

Flamboyant choreographer and director, born in Los Angeles;

Irish bishop and philosopher (1685-1753);

Castle in Gloucestershire.

Berkeley

(1 – Busby; 2 - George)

5.

English female writer whose most famous work in 1928 was banned because of its sympathy for lesbianism;

British theatre, opera and film director, born 1930;

Colourful BBC sports reporter famous for his purple prose.

Hall

(1 – Radcliffe; 2 – Peter; 3 - Stuart)

6.

1853 born photographer, famous for his stark portraits of Whitby and its working class inhabitants;

Writer of children’s historical novels who died 1992;

Mass murderer born in Bingley in 1946.

Sutcliffe

(1 - Frank Meadow; 2 – Rosemary; 3 - Peter)

7.

Art Collector whose bequeathed collection is on permanent display in Hertford House, London;

Scottish patriot (1274-1305);

2004 winner of BBC’s Mastermind.

Wallace

(1 - Sir Richard; 2 – William; 3 – Shaun)

8.

UK Shipping Forecast Area;

The surname of Billy Liar in the Keith Waterhouse novel;

Archbishop of Canterbury in 1953, when he crowned Queen Elizabeth The Second.

Fisher

(3 - Geoffrey)

ROUND 6 - General Knowledge

1

What was the forename of the 19th century French composer, Berlioz?

Hector

2.

What does the ‘Dubya’ in George W Bush stand for?

Walker

3.

Which best selling novel published in 2003 is set amidst London’s Bangladeshi community?

Brick Lane

(by Monica Ali)

4.

The action of which best selling novel, published in 2002, takes place on a ship travelling from Ireland to New York in 1847?

Star of the Sea

(by Joseph O’Connor)

5.

Which US film actress won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 film Moonstruck?

Cher

6.

Which British born actor played the intelligent chimp Galen in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes?

Roddy McDowall

7.

Name the mathematical shape created by cutting the top off a pyramid.

Frustum

8.

Name the line or curve which is approached but never reached by the graph of a mathematical function.

Asymptote

ROUND 7 - 'Gung Hay Fat Choy'

The connection can be in either the question or the answer. Translation will be given at the end of the round if not already guessed by then!*

1.

Sanger and Kumar were the stars of which 2004 Disney film?

The Brothers

(they were tigers)

2.

Which actor provided the voice of the dragon in the film Dragonheart?

Sean Connery

3.

Name the comical detective played by Ronnie Barker in The Two Ronnies series on BBC.

Piggy Malone

4.

Name the character played by John Wayne for which he won his only Oscar in the film True Grit.

Rooster Cogburn

5.

In Kit Williams’ Basic Masquerade which creature is hidden in every picture?

Hare

6.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm what kind of animal is Boxer, the strongest devotee of the Revolution, who stands behind Napoleon through all the outrages he commits?

(Cart) Horse

7.

Which group had a hit in the 1960s with A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You?

The Monkees

8.

I Love My Dog was a hit in the 1960s for which singer/songwriter?

Cat Stevens

* If you haven't already guessed, the theme title is the Chinese New Year greeting and means ‘Best wishes and congratulations.  Have a prosperous and good year.’

1.

In Gustav Holst’s Planet Suite, the Jupiter Theme provided the tune for a popular Christian hymn.  Which one?

I Vow To Thee My Country

2.

Similarly, Finlandia by Jean Sibelius provided the tune for another popular Christian hymn.  Which one?

Be Still My Soul

3.

Which film director famously directed ‘The Man With No Name’ in such films as A Fistful of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More?

Sergio Leone

4.

Which British film director directed the Sci-Fi films: Alien and Blade Runner?

Ridley Scott

5.

The TV game show Name That Tune has had several presenters during its long history, including Lionel Blair and Jools Holland, but which comedian was the original host?

Tom O’Connor

6.

Similarly the TV game show Family Fortunes has had several presenters during its long history, including Max Bygraves and Les Dennis, but which comedian was the original host?

Bob Monkhouse

7.

Which novel, set in Manchester, features the character Jem Wilson?

Mary Barton

(by Elizabeth Gaskell)

8.

Which novel, set in Manchester, features the character Carmel McKisco?

Cold Water

(by Gwendoline Riley)

1.

Name any two of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter.

(2 from)

Io, Europa, Ganymede or Callisto

2.

Identify this Shakespeare play:

Act 1, Scene 1: a boatswain exchanges curses with Antonio and Sebastian who are travelling with King Alonso of Naples.

The Tempest

3.

What is the original Japanese meaning of the word tsunami?

Harbour Wave

4.

Lloyd’s 'Names' have been providing financial backing for the insurance industry for many years, but when did the original Lloyds Coffee House first become an insurance market?  (plus or minus ten years)

1688

(1678 to 1698)

5.

Which of Scott Thurow’s novels was made into a film starring Harrison Ford?

Presumed Innocent

6.

Who was the first Russian tennis player to win the Wimbledon Championship (in 2004)?

Maria Sharapova

7.

Which old church in Paris forms the backdrop for much of the action in the 2004 best selling novel The Da Vinci Code?

Saint Sulpice

8.

Which former footballer and Sky Sports commentator was recently sacked from his job for jokingly confusing tsunami with 'Toon Army'?

Rodney Marsh

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