ROUND 1 - Cities of the World

Each answer in this round includes the name of a city somewhere in the World

1.

What is the name of the Edinburgh class light battle cruiser, moored on the Thames?

2.

Which American author wrote Call of the Wild and White Fang?

3.

Which Rossini opera was originally called Almaviva, Ossia l’Inutile Percauzione?

4.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 is known by what name?

5.

Which cocktail comprises: a 10 oz. glass filled with the juice and zest of half a lime, 2 oz. of vodka, 2 ice cubes, and topped up with ginger ale?

6.

By what name is dried bummalo better known?

7.

How is the plant ‘Brassica oleracea (var. gemmifera)’ better known?

8.

How is the plant ‘Helianthus tuberosus’ better known?

ROUND 2 - Paired with Round 6

1.

What name is given to the four holy books of the Hindus?

2.

Which word links: a Manchester City footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, an American film actress born Constance Frances Marie Ockleman who starred in the film The Blue Dahlia, and Robert Southey?

3.

A naval Captain is equivalent to which Army rank?

4.

Who scored both Bolton Wanderers goals in the 1958 FA cup Final victory over Manchester United?

5.

Which classic 20th century song contains references to the Rockies and Gibraltar?

6.

Which former judge was author of the report into the Brixton riots of 1981?

7.

Which British monarch used the pseudonym Ralph Robinson for the articles he contributed to Annals of Agriculture?

8.

The BCG vaccine protects against which disease?

ROUND 3 - Body Parts

Each answer in this round includes the name of a part of the body

1.

Which leading politician of the 1960’s to early 80’s was once called 'The Thinking Man’s Duffel Coat'?

2.

Which actor played Tonto in the long-running TV series The Lone Ranger?

3.

What name was given to the group of MP’s elected in 1642, not expelled by Pride’s Purge in 1648, dismissed by Cromwell in 1653, restored in 1659 and, after the members expelled by Pride were readmitted in 1660, cleared the way for a general election and the Restoration?

4.

What name is given to a curved member of the side of a ship running from keel to deck?

5.

What name is popularly given to the Drinker respirator, first used in Boston’s Children Hospital, Massachusetts in 1928?

6.

In which 1890 battle were 200 Sioux under Chief Big Foot massacred by Colonel Forsyth’s 7th Cavalry?

7.

Which astronaut was born in 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, was chosen as an astronaut in 1962, and commanded the Gemini 8 mission in 1966?

8.

For which 1967 film did George Kennedy win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

ROUND 4 - Paired with Round 8

1.

To whom is the plaque at 62 Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock dedicated?

2.

Which French regent plotted the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre of Huguenots?

3.

What name links the main city centre park in Vancouver, an explorer, and a membership that is probably going to be resumed this autumn after a lapse of 44 years?

4.

Which politician’s autobiography was called The Time of My Life?

5.

Who played the part of Maggie Jacobs in Ricky Gervais’ comedy series Extras?

6.

Which Premiership team is sponsored by online casino company 888.com?

7.

If you were travelling to LCY, where, specifically, would you be going to?

8.

Which rhyming words identify: the scene of Alan Wells’ greatest triumph, a big-serving American tennis player who was ranked fourth in the world in 1979, and a character in Collins’ Woman in White?

ROUND 5 - Brewers

Each answer in this round includes the name of a Brewery

1.

What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Australia from Tasmania?

2.

What are otters’ dens called?

3.

Richmal Crompton is to William Brown, as Anthony Buckeridge is to who?

4.

The earthy hydrous aluminium silicate sometimes used to absorb grease is more commonly known as what?

5.

What is the name of the only Service Station on the M62, between Manchester and Liverpool?

6.

At which battle in 1644 near York did Cromwell’s Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers under Prince Rupert?

7.

Who was President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997?

8.

Which theatre founded by Annie Horniman in 1904, premiered works by Yeats, Synge and O’Casey?

ROUND 6 - Paired with Round 2

1.

Of which religion are the eight-spoked wheel and the lotus flower symbols?

2.

Which word links: an east of England town, Louisa May Alcott and Knightsbridge?

3.

An army Major is equivalent to which Air Force rank?

4.

In terms of historical and architectural symmetry why should Bolton win next year’s FA Cup Final?

5.

Which classic 20th century song contains reference to a frigidaire?

6.

What was the subject of the judicial enquiry set up under Lord Justice Scott in 1992?

7.

What pseudonym did Sarah Churchill use when corresponding with Queen Anne?

8.

Which American doctor developed the vaccine that is injected to prevent poliomyelitis?

ROUND 7 - In the Garden

Each answer in this round includes the name of something that might be found in the garden

1.

War of Attrition won the Cheltenham Gold Cup.  Which horse was runner-up?

2.

Their eponymous first album was released in 1989, and their only other album The Second Coming was released in 1994; which Manchester band (1984-1996) had top 10 hits with Fools Gold, One Love and Love Spreads?

3.

Which Olympic sport includes the following moves: bind, croisé, lunge, and remise?

4.

What title links a series of engravings by William Hogarth to an opera by Igor Stravinsky?

5.

The following is a description of what type of music:

‘A form of jazz, prevalent in the 30’s and 40’s, with 4 even beats to the bar, instead of the 2 of the New Orleans style.  Exponents included Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.’?

6.

According to Dame Edna Everage, what colour hair does she have?

7.

Utah is known as ‘The Mormon State’ and by what other nickname?

8.

Black, Red, Turf, Wood, and Argentine are all types of what?

1.

To which former President of the State of Israel is there a blue plaque at the Jewish Museum, 190 Cheetham Hill Road?

2.

Which radical leader was presiding over the rally that was brutally dispersed in the Peterloo Massacre?

3.

What name links a former Commonwealth Games host city, a Cheshire town and Pimlico?

4.

Who wrote an autobiography called Unreliable Memoirs?

5.

Who wrote the BBC hit drama The Lost Prince?

6.

Mobile phone network companies sponsor Arsenal, Manchester United and which other Premiership team?

7.

If you were travelling to CWL, where, specifically, would you be going to?

8.

Which rhyming words identify: an island in the Bristol Channel, an American serial killer of the 1970s and Ambridge’s publican?

1.

What was the name of Wellington’s horse at the battle of Waterloo?

2.

In January 1981, which song was kept off the No. 1 spot by Joe Dole’s Shaddap Your Face?

3.

Which French Impressionist artist was only 4 foot 11 inches tall?

4.

In Greek mythology, which beauty contest judge caused the Trojan War?

5.

Which familiar English word is thought to derive from the Latin for 'Who are you?'?

6.

Which motorway connects Rotherham and Goole?

7.

In what type of business do the firm Ogilvy & Mather specialise?

8.

In what Dickens’ novel would you find the character Gaffer Hexham, who earns a living by plying the Thames looking for dead bodies?

ROUND 1 - Cities of the World

Each answer in this round includes the name of a city somewhere in the World

1.

What is the name of the Edinburgh class light battle cruiser, moored on the Thames?

HMS Belfast

2.

Which American author wrote Call of the Wild and White Fang?

Jack London

3.

Which Rossini opera was originally called Almaviva, Ossia l’Inutile Percauzione?

The Barber of Seville

4.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 is known by what name?

The Prague Symphony

5.

Which cocktail comprises: a 10 oz. glass filled with the juice and zest of half a lime, 2 oz. of vodka, 2 ice cubes, and topped up with ginger ale?

Moscow Mule

6.

By what name is dried bummalo better known?

Bombay Duck

7.

How is the plant ‘Brassica oleracea (var. gemmifera)’ better known?

Brussels Sprout

8.

How is the plant ‘Helianthus tuberosus’ better known?

Jerusalem Artichoke

ROUND 2 - Paired with Round 6

1.

What name is given to the four holy books of the Hindus?

The Vedas

2.

Which word links: a Manchester City footballer of the 1980s and 1990s, an American film actress born Constance Frances Marie Ockleman who starred in the film The Blue Dahlia, and Robert Southey?

Lake

(Paul Lake, Veronica Lake and one of the Lake Poets)

3.

A naval Captain is equivalent to which Army rank?

Colonel

4.

Who scored both Bolton Wanderers goals in the 1958 FA cup Final victory over Manchester United?

Nat Lofthouse

5.

Which classic 20th century song contains references to the Rockies and Gibraltar?

Love is Here to Stay

(by George & Ira Gershwin)

6.

Which former judge was author of the report into the Brixton riots of 1981?

Lord Scarman

7.

Which British monarch used the pseudonym Ralph Robinson for the articles he contributed to Annals of Agriculture?

George III

8.

The BCG vaccine protects against which disease?

Tuberculosis

(or Consumption)

ROUND 3 - Body Parts

Each answer in this round includes the name of a part of the body

1.

Which leading politician of the 1960’s to early 80’s was once called 'The Thinking Man’s Duffel Coat'?

Michael Foot

2.

Which actor played Tonto in the long-running TV series The Lone Ranger?

Jay Silverheels

3.

What name was given to the group of MP’s elected in 1642, not expelled by Pride’s Purge in 1648, dismissed by Cromwell in 1653, restored in 1659 and, after the members expelled by Pride were readmitted in 1660, cleared the way for a general election and the Restoration?

Rump Parliament

4.

What name is given to a curved member of the side of a ship running from keel to deck?

Rib

5.

What name is popularly given to the Drinker respirator, first used in Boston’s Children Hospital, Massachusetts in 1928?

Iron Lung

6.

In which 1890 battle were 200 Sioux under Chief Big Foot massacred by Colonel Forsyth’s 7th Cavalry?

Wounded Knee

7.

Which astronaut was born in 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, was chosen as an astronaut in 1962, and commanded the Gemini 8 mission in 1966?

Neil Armstrong

(also commander of Apollo 11 in 1969)

8.

For which 1967 film did George Kennedy win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

Cool Hand Luke

ROUND 4 - Paired with Round 8

1.

To whom is the plaque at 62 Nelson Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock dedicated?

Emmeline Pankhurst

2.

Which French regent plotted the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre of Huguenots?

Catherine de Medici

3.

What name links the main city centre park in Vancouver, an explorer, and a membership that is probably going to be resumed this autumn after a lapse of 44 years?

Stanley

(Stanley Park, HM Stanley and Accrington Stanley – currently top of the Nationwide Conference)

4.

Which politician’s autobiography was called The Time of My Life?

Dennis Healey

5.

Who played the part of Maggie Jacobs in Ricky Gervais’ comedy series Extras?

Ashley Jensen

6.

Which Premiership team is sponsored by online casino company 888.com?

Middlesbrough

7.

If you were travelling to LCY, where, specifically, would you be going to?

London City Airport

(it’s the id code)

8.

Which rhyming words identify: the scene of Alan Wells’ greatest triumph, a big-serving American tennis player who was ranked fourth in the world in 1979, and a character in Collins’ Woman in White?

Moscow (Wells won the 100m Gold at the Olympics),

Roscoe (Tanner)

(Count) Fosco

ROUND 5 - Brewers

Each answer in this round includes the name of a Brewery

1

What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Australia from Tasmania?

The Bass Strait

2.

What are otters’ dens called?

Holts

3.

Richmal Crompton is to William Brown, as Anthony Buckeridge is to who?

Jennings

4.

The earthy hydrous aluminium silicate sometimes used to absorb grease is more commonly known as what?

Fuller’s earth

5.

What is the name of the only Service Station on the M62, between Manchester and Liverpool?

Burtonwood

6.

At which battle in 1644 near York did Cromwell’s Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers under Prince Rupert?

Marston Moor

7.

Who was President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997?

Mary Robinson

8.

Which theatre founded by Annie Horniman in 1904, premiered works by Yeats, Synge and O’Casey?

The Abbey Theatre

ROUND 6 - Paired with Round 2

1

Of which religion are the eight-spoked wheel and the lotus flower symbols?

Buddhism

2.

Which word links: an east of England town, Louisa May Alcott and Knightsbridge?

March

(Cambridgeshire town, the March family in Little Women and a musical march by Eric Coates)

3.

An army Major is equivalent to which Air Force rank?

Squadron Leader

4.

In terms of historical and architectural symmetry why should Bolton win next year’s FA Cup Final?

They would thus become the first FA Cup Final winners at both the old and new Wembley Stadiums

5.

Which classic 20th century song contains reference to a frigidaire?

Two Sleepy People

(by Hoagy Carmichael)

6.

What was the subject of the judicial enquiry set up under Lord Justice Scott in 1992?

Sales of arms to Iraq

7.

What pseudonym did Sarah Churchill use when corresponding with Queen Anne?

Mrs Freeman

8.

Which American doctor developed the vaccine that is injected to prevent poliomyelitis?

Jonas Salk

ROUND 7 - In the Garden

Each answer in this round includes the name of something that might be found in the garden

1.

War of Attrition won the Cheltenham Gold Cup.  Which horse was runner-up?

Hedgehunter

2.

Their eponymous first album was released in 1989, and their only other album The Second Coming was released in 1994; which Manchester band (1984-1996) had top 10 hits with Fools Gold, One Love and Love Spreads?

Stone Roses

3.

Which Olympic sport includes the following moves: bind, croisé, lunge, and remise?

Fencing

4.

What title links a series of engravings by William Hogarth to an opera by Igor Stravinsky?

The Rake’s Progress

5.

The following is a description of what type of music:

‘A form of jazz, prevalent in the 30’s and 40’s, with 4 even beats to the bar, instead of the 2 of the New Orleans style.  Exponents included Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.’?

Swing

6.

According to Dame Edna Everage, what colour hair does she have?

Wisteria

7.

Utah is known as ‘The Mormon State’ and by what other nickname?

The Beehive State

8.

Black, Red, Turf, Wood, and Argentine are all types of what?

Ants

1.

To which former President of the State of Israel is there a blue plaque at the Jewish Museum, 190 Cheetham Hill Road?

Dr Chaim Weizmann

2.

Which radical leader was presiding over the rally that was brutally dispersed in the Peterloo Massacre?

Henry Hunt

3.

What name links a former Commonwealth Games host city, a Cheshire town and Pimlico?

Victoria

(Victoria in British Columbia, Northwich Victoria FC and Pimlico underground station on the Victoria line)

4.

Who wrote an autobiography called Unreliable Memoirs?

Clive James

5.

Who wrote the BBC hit drama The Lost Prince?

Stephen Poliakoff

6.

Mobile phone network companies sponsor Arsenal, Manchester United and which other Premiership team?

West Bromwich Albion

(T-Mobile)

7.

If you were travelling to CWL, where, specifically, would you be going to?

Cardiff Airport

(it’s the id code)

8.

Which rhyming words identify: an island in the Bristol Channel, an American serial killer of the 1970s and Ambridge’s publican?

Lundy (Island),

(Ted) Bundy,

(Eddy) Grundy

1.

What was the name of Wellington’s horse at the battle of Waterloo?

Copenhagen

2.

In January 1981, which song was kept off the No. 1 spot by Joe Dole’s Shaddap Your Face?

Vienna

(by Ultravox)

3.

Which French Impressionist artist was only 4 foot 11 inches tall?

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

4.

In Greek mythology, which beauty contest judge caused the Trojan War?

Paris

5.

Which familiar English word is thought to derive from the Latin for 'Who are you?'?

Quiz

('Qui es')

6.

Which motorway connects Rotherham and Goole?

M18

7.

In what type of business do the firm Ogilvy & Mather specialise?

Advertising

8.

In what Dickens’ novel would you find the character Gaffer Hexham, who earns a living by plying the Thames looking for dead bodies?

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