ROUND 1 - 'Capital transport'

1.

A London Tube Station on the District line and Piccadilly line (part time); it marks the point where the forces of Charles I were turned back from their advance on London by the London Trained Band and a rag-tag army of London Apprentices in 1643.  What is it called?

2.

It shares its name with James II’s father-in-law, and is synonymous with a measure of land ‘sufficient to maintain an ordinary family’.  It was taken by Henry VIII from Westminster Abbey to be used as a deer park.  This Tube Station is on the Piccadilly Line.  Name it.

3.

On the Circle and District Lines, this Tube Station had its genesis in the events in Thomas Farynar’s Bakery in Pudding Lane on 2nd September 1666.  What is it called?

4.

Two Cathedrals share their name with this Tube Station on the Jubilee Line.  Two famous ships have close connections with it as do two famous theatres. Name it.

5.

Back again on the Circle and District Lines, this is a Tube Station named after a bridge, a mainline railway station and an Order now recognised by its soubriquet ‘OP’.  Despite the name of the Order its members wear brown habits.  What is the Station called?

6.

The King of Spain’s daughter may never have changed from the Bakerloo to the Northern Line, but she lent her name to this Tube Station.  What is it called?

7.

Queen Eleanor rested here for the night and has given a name to this Tube Station (also on the Bakerloo and Northern Lines).  Name it.

8.

Mrs Hudson at 22b might recognise an image of her famous tenant if she slipped into Marie Grosholz’s famous establishment across the road from this Tube Station on the Jubilee, Circle, Metropolitan and Bakerloo lines.  What is it called?

ROUND 2 - 'It happened in those swinging times'

1.

Events in and around Shepherd’s Market led to John Profumo’s resignation (as Mandy Rice-Davies might have said “They would, wouldn’t they?”) - in what year?

2.

Donald Campbell met with an unfortunate end on Lake Coniston and Che Guevara made a fatal trip to Bolivia - in what year?

3.

One small step was made for man in this year, but which year?

4.

Yuri was the first to orbit the Earth in Space - in which year?

5.

The famous victor of Sedgemoor, Oudenarde and Malplaquet (inter alia) had an even more famous descendant who died in this decade, but in which year?

6.

James Earl Ray and Sirhan Sirhan committed assassinations in which year?

7.

Charles de Gaulle lost a referendum on the French Constitution and, true to his word, resigned his Presidency and headed off to Sainte Marie les Deux Églises only to die in November the following year.  In which year did he lose the referendum?

8.

This year saw the erection of a six foot fence that soon evolved into the Berlin Wall - in which year?

Identify these pre-1974 counties

1.

County 1

2.

County 2

3.

County 3

4.

County 4

5.

County 5

6.

County 6

7.

County 7

8.

County 8

ROUND 4

1.

Which football team is known as the Quakers?

2.

Which football team is known as the Shakers?

3.

Name the cold north flowing current off the west coast of South America.

4.

Name the cold north flowing current off the west coast of Africa.

5.

Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

6.

Where will the 32nd America’s Cup races be held in 2007?

7.

Which group recorded the song Layla?

8.

Musically, what is Paul David Hewson better known as?

ROUND 5

1.

Complete the following quotation:

“35 is a very attractive age.  London Society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice………..”

2.

Complete the following quotation:

“The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told the work in question………”

3.

What was the Limehouse Declaration?

4.

Who were the ‘Gang of Four’?

5.

Who was Prime Minister at the time of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne?

6.

Who was Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died?

7.

Where could you go to see what happened to the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851?

8.

Where could you go to see a National Treasure founded by the mother of George III?

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1.

A New Zealand-born Australian, this 43 year old actor is well known for his off- screen fights.  He was tailor-made for Jack Aubrey and Maximus.  Who is he?

2.

This hard-drinking, hell-raising, womanising film actor, born in Kensington in 1916, died in Los Angeles in 1977, was always thought of as Australian.  He had affairs with Kay Kendall and Mai Zetterling, and won 5 BAFTA awards but was never told of his greatest achievement.  Who is he?

3.

This US film star was a considerable actress and starred in The Postman Always Rings Twice.  She had seven marriages and affairs too numerous to mention.  Her gangster lover, Johnny Stompanato was murdered by her teenage daughter.  She is best remembered by being identified with an article of knitwear.  Who is she?

4.

In 1970 Keith Waterhouse wrote a TV series, which starred Adam Faith, eponymously, as a recently released prisoner and Iain Cuthbertson as a scheming villain named Charlie Endall. What is the title of the series?

5.

In a long running TV sitcom, set in an old fashioned emporium owned by an improbably named octogenarian, what was the role played by Frank Thornton?

6.

This fast-talking US film actor was born in Illinois in 1951.  He has starred in many films, including Goodwill Hunting, Patch Adams, Hook and Flubber.  His matutinal call is the title of what is probably his best motion picture.  Who is he?

7.

She was born in Chicago in 1897 and died in 1983.  Her film debut in 1915 was as an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina.  In 1931 she appeared in Indiscreet and in 1950 in Sunset Boulevard.  She was in over 80 movies and on the way collected many husbands, including the indigent Henri de la Falaise, and lovers, including Joseph P Kennedy (JFK’s father).  Who was she?

8.

Born in Burbank, California, this Hollywood actor and director was briefly married to Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone.  He directed Indian Runner and, as a death row inmate, starred in Carlito’s Way in 1993 opposite Susan Sarandon. He married his long time girl friend Robin Wright.  Who is he?

ROUND 7

1.

Name the Liverpuddlian who was four times Prime Minister of Great Britain.

2.

Two Lancastrians were Prime Minister of Great Britain more than once.  Sir Robert Peel was twice Prime Minister.  Which Lancastrian was three times holder of the office?

3.

What newspaper was founded as the Daily Universal Register?

4.

What is the former name of The Morning Star?

5.

In the TV series Yes, Minister what was the name of the department headed by Jim Hacker?

6.

Give the full name of the most famous inmate of HMP Slade?

7.

What year is MCMXLIV?

8.

If you were given a quarter, a cent, two dimes and a nickel as change for a dollar, how much have you paid?

ROUND 8

1.

To whom was Elizabeth Taylor first married?

2.

To whom was Jill Ireland first married?

3.

In the film who played Serpico?

4.

In the film who was The Admirable Crichton?

5.

On the Monopoly Board (in the original version) what is the only property on the south side of the river?

6.

In the same version of Monopoly how much is Park Lane?

7.

Who was the first UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest?

8.

How many times has Shirley Bassey sung the title song for a James Bond movie?

1.

Complete the following quotation:

“There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting, though many of them would be the ……..”

2.

Complete the following quotation:

“To love oneself is the beginning……..”

3.

What was the first record ever played on Radio One?

4.

What was the Beatles first single to make number one in the Charts?

5.

What cocktail is made from white rum, pineapple juice and coconut?

6.

Which spirit forms the base for a Tom Collins cocktail?

7.

Who owns the Rovers Return?

8.

What is made from the fermented and distilled juice of the blue agave?

ROUND 1 - 'Capital transport'

1.

A London Tube Station on the District line and Piccadilly line (part time); it marks the point where the forces of Charles I were turned back from their advance on London by the London Trained Band and a rag-tag army of London Apprentices in 1643.  What is it called?

Turnham Green

2.

It shares its name with James II’s father-in-law, and is synonymous with a measure of land ‘sufficient to maintain an ordinary family’.  It was taken by Henry VIII from Westminster Abbey to be used as a deer park.  This Tube Station is on the Piccadilly Line.  Name it.

Hyde Park Corner

3.

On the Circle and District Lines, this Tube Station had its genesis in the events in Thomas Farynar’s Bakery in Pudding Lane on 2nd September 1666.  What is it called?

Monument

4.

Two Cathedrals share their name with this Tube Station on the Jubilee Line.  Two famous ships have close connections with it as do two famous theatres. Name it.

Southwark

(the ships are The Mayflower and HMS Belfast)

5.

Back again on the Circle and District Lines, this is a Tube Station named after a bridge, a mainline railway station and an Order now recognised by its soubriquet ‘OP’.  Despite the name of the Order its members wear brown habits.  What is the Station called?

Blackfriars

6.

The King of Spain’s daughter may never have changed from the Bakerloo to the Northern Line, but she lent her name to this Tube Station.  What is it called?

The Elephant and Castle

7.

Queen Eleanor rested here for the night and has given a name to this Tube Station (also on the Bakerloo and Northern Lines).  Name it.

Charing Cross

8.

Mrs Hudson at 22b might recognise an image of her famous tenant if she slipped into Marie Grosholz’s famous establishment across the road from this Tube Station on the Jubilee, Circle, Metropolitan and Bakerloo lines.  What is it called?

Baker Street

ROUND 2 - 'It happened in those swinging times'

1.

Events in and around Shepherd’s Market led to John Profumo’s resignation (as Mandy Rice-Davies might have said “They would, wouldn’t they?”) - in what year?

1963

2.

Donald Campbell met with an unfortunate end on Lake Coniston and Che Guevara made a fatal trip to Bolivia - in what year?

1967

3.

One small step was made for man in this year, but which year?

1969

4.

Yuri was the first to orbit the Earth in Space - in which year?

1961

5.

The famous victor of Sedgemoor, Oudenarde and Malplaquet (inter alia) had an even more famous descendant who died in this decade, but in which year?

1965

(Sir Winston Churchill)

6.

James Earl Ray and Sirhan Sirhan committed assassinations in which year?

1968

(Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were the victims)

7.

Charles de Gaulle lost a referendum on the French Constitution and, true to his word, resigned his Presidency and headed off to Sainte Marie les Deux Églises only to die in November the following year.  In which year did he lose the referendum?

1969

8.

This year saw the erection of a six foot fence that soon evolved into the Berlin Wall - in which year?

1961

ROUND 3 - 'Counties'

Identify these pre-1974 counties

1.

County 1

Montgomeryshire

2.

County 2

Flintshire

3.

County 3

Denbighshire

4.

County 4

Breconshire

(also Brecknockshire)

5.

County 5

Oxfordshire

6.

County 6

Shropshire

7.

County 7

Gloucestershire

8.

County 8

Bedfordshire

ROUND 4

1.

Which football team is known as the Quakers?

Darlington

2.

Which football team is known as the Shakers?

Bury

3.

Name the cold north flowing current off the west coast of South America.

Humboldt Current

(also known as the Peru Current)

4.

Name the cold north flowing current off the west coast of Africa.

Benguela Current

5.

Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

Sicily

6.

Where will the 32nd America’s Cup races be held in 2007?

Valencia

(Switzerland as holders have the right to nominate the venue)

7.

Which group recorded the song Layla?

Derek and The Dominoes

(do not accept Eric Clapton)

8.

Musically, what is Paul David Hewson better known as?

Bono Vox

(more usually just Bono from U2)

ROUND 5

1

Complete the following quotation:

“35 is a very attractive age.  London Society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice………..”

“...remained 35 for years”

2.

Complete the following quotation:

“The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told the work in question………”

“.....is immoral”

3.

What was the Limehouse Declaration?

It was the document issued by the ‘Gang of Four’ when setting up the SDP

4.

Who were the ‘Gang of Four’?

Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers

5.

Who was Prime Minister at the time of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne?

Lord Melbourne

6.

Who was Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died?

Lord Salisbury

7.

Where could you go to see what happened to the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851?

South Kensington, to the Natural History Museum and the V and A.

8.

Where could you go to see a National Treasure founded by the mother of George III?

Kew, to the Royal Botanical Gardens

ROUND 6 - Hidden theme

1

A New Zealand-born Australian, this 43 year old actor is well known for his off- screen fights.  He was tailor-made for Jack Aubrey and Maximus.  Who is he?

Russell Crowe

2.

This hard-drinking, hell-raising, womanising film actor, born in Kensington in 1916, died in Los Angeles in 1977, was always thought of as Australian.  He had affairs with Kay Kendall and Mai Zetterling, and won 5 BAFTA awards but was never told of his greatest achievement.  Who is he?

Peter Finch

(he won his only Oscar posthumously for the film Network)

3.

This US film star was a considerable actress and starred in The Postman Always Rings Twice.  She had seven marriages and affairs too numerous to mention.  Her gangster lover, Johnny Stompanato was murdered by her teenage daughter.  She is best remembered by being identified with an article of knitwear.  Who is she?

Lana Turner

(The ‘Sweater Girl’)

4.

In 1970 Keith Waterhouse wrote a TV series, which starred Adam Faith, eponymously, as a recently released prisoner and Iain Cuthbertson as a scheming villain named Charlie Endall. What is the title of the series?

Budgie

5.

In a long running TV sitcom, set in an old fashioned emporium owned by an improbably named octogenarian, what was the role played by Frank Thornton?

Captain Peacock

6.

This fast-talking US film actor was born in Illinois in 1951.  He has starred in many films, including Goodwill Hunting, Patch Adams, Hook and Flubber.  His matutinal call is the title of what is probably his best motion picture.  Who is he?

Robin Williams

7.

She was born in Chicago in 1897 and died in 1983.  Her film debut in 1915 was as an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina.  In 1931 she appeared in Indiscreet and in 1950 in Sunset Boulevard.  She was in over 80 movies and on the way collected many husbands, including the indigent Henri de la Falaise, and lovers, including Joseph P Kennedy (JFK’s father).  Who was she?

Gloria Swanson

8.

Born in Burbank, California, this Hollywood actor and director was briefly married to Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone.  He directed Indian Runner and, as a death row inmate, starred in Carlito’s Way in 1993 opposite Susan Sarandon. He married his long time girl friend Robin Wright.  Who is he?

Sean Penn

ROUND 7

1.

Name the Liverpuddlian who was four times Prime Minister of Great Britain.

William Ewart Gladstone

2.

Two Lancastrians were Prime Minister of Great Britain more than once.  Sir Robert Peel was twice Prime Minister.  Which Lancastrian was three times holder of the office?

Lord Derby

3.

What newspaper was founded as the Daily Universal Register?

The Times

4.

What is the former name of The Morning Star?

Daily Worker

5.

In the TV series Yes, Minister what was the name of the department headed by Jim Hacker?

Department of Administrative Affairs

6.

Give the full name of the most famous inmate of HMP Slade?

Norman Stanley Fletcher

(from Porridge)

7.

What year is MCMXLIV?

1944

8.

If you were given a quarter, a cent, two dimes and a nickel as change for a dollar, how much have you paid?

49 cents

ROUND 8

1.

To whom was Elizabeth Taylor first married?

Nicky Hilton

2.

To whom was Jill Ireland first married?

David McCallum

3.

In the film who played Serpico?

Al Pacino

4.

In the film who was The Admirable Crichton?

Kenneth More

(don’t deduct points for undue cleverness if someone says “The Butler” - just sigh and ask patiently for the name of the actor!!)

5.

On the Monopoly Board (in the original version) what is the only property on the south side of the river?

Old Kent Road

6.

In the same version of Monopoly how much is Park Lane?

£350

7.

Who was the first UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest?

Sandie Shaw

8.

How many times has Shirley Bassey sung the title song for a James Bond movie?

Three

(Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker)

1.

Complete the following quotation:

“There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting, though many of them would be the ……..”

“…...better for a good whitewashing”

2.

Complete the following quotation:

“To love oneself is the beginning……..”

“…….of a lifelong romance.”

3.

What was the first record ever played on Radio One?

Flowers in the Rain

4.

What was the Beatles first single to make number one in the Charts?

From Me To You

5.

What cocktail is made from white rum, pineapple juice and coconut?

Pina Colada

6.

Which spirit forms the base for a Tom Collins cocktail?

Gin

7.

Who owns the Rovers Return?

Newton and Ridley

8.

What is made from the fermented and distilled juice of the blue agave?

Tequila

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