ROUND 1

1.

Which 20th century novella reveals the trials and tribulations of Gregor Samsa?

2.

Which 20th century novel reveals the life and times of Ludi Magister Joseph Knecht?

3.

Which Scottish hill lent it’s name to the winner of 3 successive Cheltenham Gold Cups from 1964 to 1966?

4.

Only 2 Scottish islands are homes to Munros (i.e. a hill of more than 3000 feet). Skye is one.  Name the other.

5.

In which northern town would you find the Bowes Museum home to paintings by El Greco, Goya, and Canaletto amongst others?

6.

In which northern town do the rivers North Tyne and South Tyne converge to form the River Tyne?

7.

In engineering for what do the letters SWG stand?

8.

In engineering for what do the letters TCT stand when used to describe a cutting tool?

ROUND 2 - Film Quotes

1.

“Go ahead, make my day”.  Give the full name of the character who said these words.

2.

“I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way.”  Name the film.

3.

“It’s 106 miles to Chicago.  We have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes.  It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses .... HIT IT.”  Name the actor who spoke these lines.

4.

“Oh, I’m sorry.  Did I break your concentration?”  Name the film from which these lines come.

5.

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”  Name the film from which these lines come.

6.

“Houston we have a problem.”  Name the actor who spoke these lines.

7.

“At my signal, unleash hell.”  Name the film from which these words come.

8.

“If she can’t stand it, I can.  Play it!”  Name the character who spoke these lines.

ROUND 3 - ‘Jobsworths’

All the answers contain the name (or the sound of a name) of an occupation or profession

1.

Which Lewis Carroll character said: “The butter’s spread too thick”?

2.

Name the Pontypool number 8 who won 16 caps for Wales and famously claimed that he played in “an amateur full time sort of way”.

3.

Name the wicketkeeper who played for Lancashire in the county championship and also played in 46 tests between 1961 and 1975.

4.

Name the ship that was sunk off Eriskay in 1941 and was the inspiration for Compton Mackenzie’s book and subsequent film Whisky Galore.

5.

The Anderton Boat lift connects the Trent and Mersey Canal with which other body of water?

6.

What is the common name given to the rocky outcrop at the summit of the Scottish hill Ben Arthur?

7.

Who is this celebrity: born Jan 31st 1970 in London - starred in the film Grosse Point Blank - released her debut album in 2004 entitled Everything I’ve Got in My Pocket?

8.

Who connects Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure?

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the country whose flag this is.

2.

Name the country whose flag this is.

3.

Name the country whose flag this is.

4.

Name the country whose flag this is.

5.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

6.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

7.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

8.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

ROUND 5 - Characters from Children's TV

1.

Who drove Ivor the Engine?

2.

What was the name of Dangermouse’s sidekick?

3.

Where would you find Iggle Piggle and Makka Pakka?

4.

Which actor provides the voice of Bob the Builder?

5.

Which comedian provides the voice of the mechanic in Roary The Racing Car?

6.

Where would you find Sportacus and Stephanie?

7.

Recite the Trumpton Fire Brigade’s roll call.

(the Question Master may refuse an answer which is not in the style of Commander Flack!)

8.

What is the name of the Fat Controller in Thomas the Tank Engine?

ROUND 6

1.

Name the river that has a confluence with the River Goyt in the Torrs at New Mills.

2.

Name the river that flows along the length of the Vale of Edale.

3.

Operation Husky in World War II concerned the Allied invasion of which island?

4.

Operation Pluto in World War II concerned the construction of what?

5.

For which railway company was the Settle to Carlisle route originally built?

6.

For which railway company was the Fort William to Mallaig route originally built?

7.

Who is the current President of the European Commission?

8.

Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia?

ROUND 7

1.

What position did Rowan Williams hold before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury?

2.

Of where was John Sentamu the Bishop before becoming Archbishop of York?

3.

Who recently released a CD entitled Drastic Fantastic?

4.

Who recently released a CD entitled Long Road out of Eden?

5.

Which grape variety is used to make Beaujolais?

6.

Which grape variety is used to make Retsina?

7.

What forms the distinctive green wrapping of Yarg cheese from Cornwall?

8.

Stilton can only be produced in 3 English Counties.  Name one.

ROUND 8 - 'They've Got the Hang of it'

1.

Who reputedly built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife Amytis?

2.

Name the Australian film director of the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

3.

Who starred as rancher turned Marshal, Jed Cooper, in the 1968 film Hang’ Em High?

4.

The last people hanged in England were Peter Allan and Gwynne Evans, hanged simultaneously on August 13th 1964 at 2 different locations.  Name either of the two prisons.

5.

Have a guess at the value of the Hang Seng index at close of business on Friday 30 November.  The leeway is 10% either way.

6.

Have a guess at the longest recorded straight distance flight by a hang glider in kilometres as verified by the FAI.  Again there is a 10% leeway either way.

7.

Which band wrote the punk anthem Hanging Around which appeared on their debut album Rattus Norvegicus in 1977 although they never released it as a single?

8.

Where was the phone booth in the opening line of Blondie’s Hanging on the Telephone?

1.

Name the last man to have stood on the moon.

2.

Which constituency did William Hague win at a by election in February 1989?

3.

Which baseball player was nicknamed the 'Yankee Clipper'?

4.

What is the name of the legal case at the heart of Dickens’ novel Bleak House?

5.

Who captained the HMS Beagle on the voyage to the Pacific when Charles Darwin was the ship’s naturalist?  He was later commemorated by the Finisterre meteorological area being renamed in his honour.

ROUND 1

1.

Which 20th century novella reveals the trials and tribulations of Gregor Samsa?

Metamorphosis

2.

Which 20th century novel reveals the life and times of Ludi Magister Joseph Knecht?

The Glass Bead Game

3.

Which Scottish hill lent it’s name to the winner of 3 successive Cheltenham Gold Cups from 1964 to 1966?

Arkle

4.

Only 2 Scottish islands are homes to Munros (i.e. a hill of more than 3000 feet). Skye is one.  Name the other.

Mull

(Ben More)

5.

In which northern town would you find the Bowes Museum home to paintings by El Greco, Goya, and Canaletto amongst others?

Barnard Castle

6.

In which northern town do the rivers North Tyne and South Tyne converge to form the River Tyne?

Hexham

7.

In engineering for what do the letters SWG stand?

Standard Wire Gauge

8.

In engineering for what do the letters TCT stand when used to describe a cutting tool?

Tungsten Carbide tipped

ROUND 2 - Film Quotes

1.

“Go ahead, make my day”.  Give the full name of the character who said these words.

Harry Callaghan

(do not accept Dirty Harry)

2.

“I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way.”  Name the film.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

3.

“It’s 106 miles to Chicago.  We have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes.  It’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses .... HIT IT.”  Name the actor who spoke these lines.

Dan Ackroyd

(The Blues Brothers)

4.

“Oh, I’m sorry.  Did I break your concentration?”  Name the film from which these lines come.

Pulp Fiction

5.

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”  Name the film from which these lines come.

Apocalypse Now

6.

“Houston we have a problem.”  Name the actor who spoke these lines.

Tom Hanks

(Apollo 13)

7.

“At my signal, unleash hell.”  Name the film from which these words come.

Gladiator

8.

“If she can’t stand it, I can.  Play it!”  Name the character who spoke these lines.

Rick Blane

(Casablanca)

ROUND 3 - 'Jobsworths’

All the answers contain the name (or the sound of a name) of an occupation or profession

1.

Which Lewis Carroll character said: “The butter’s spread too thick”?

The Carpenter

2.

Name the Pontypool number 8 who won 16 caps for Wales and famously claimed that he played in “an amateur full time sort of way”.

Eddie Butler

3.

Name the wicketkeeper who played for Lancashire in the county championship and also played in 46 tests between 1961 and 1975.

Farouk Engineer

4.

Name the ship that was sunk off Eriskay in 1941 and was the inspiration for Compton Mackenzie’s book and subsequent film Whisky Galore.

SS Politician

(do not accept SS Prime Minister which was the fictional ship in the book)

5.

The Anderton Boat lift connects the Trent and Mersey Canal with which other body of water?

River Weaver

6.

What is the common name given to the rocky outcrop at the summit of the Scottish hill Ben Arthur?

The Cobbler

7.

Who is this celebrity: born Jan 31st 1970 in London - starred in the film Grosse Point Blank - released her debut album in 2004 entitled Everything I’ve Got in My Pocket?

Minnie Driver

8.

Who connects Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure?

Vince Clarke

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name the country whose flag this is.

Georgia

2.

Name the country whose flag this is.

Iceland

3.

Name the country whose flag this is.

Cuba

4.

Name the country whose flag this is.

Czech Republic

5.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

The Beatles

(Revolver)

6.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

Joy Division

(Unknown Pleasures)

7.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

The Boomtown Rats

(The Fine Art of Surfacing)

8.

Name the band that released the album with the following cover.

U2

(Boy)

ROUND 5 - Characters from Children's TV

1

Who drove Ivor the Engine?

Jones the Steam

2.

What was the name of Dangermouse’s sidekick?

Penfold

3.

Where would you find Iggle Piggle and Makka Pakka?

In the Night Garden

4.

Which actor provides the voice of Bob the Builder?

Neil Morrissey

5.

Which comedian provides the voice of the mechanic in Roary The Racing Car?

Peter Kay

6.

Where would you find Sportacus and Stephanie?

Lazy Town

7.

Recite the Trumpton Fire Brigade’s roll call.

(the Question Master may refuse an answer which is not in the style of Commander Flack!)

"Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb"

8.

What is the name of the Fat Controller in Thomas the Tank Engine?

Sir Topham Hatt

ROUND 6

1

Name the river that has a confluence with the River Goyt in the Torrs at New Mills.

River Sett

2.

Name the river that flows along the length of the Vale of Edale.

River Noe

3.

Operation Husky in World War II concerned the Allied invasion of which island?

Sicily

4.

Operation Pluto in World War II concerned the construction of what?

An oil pipeline from the South coast to France

(Pipe Line Under The Ocean)

5.

For which railway company was the Settle to Carlisle route originally built?

The Midland Railway

(do not accept the London Midland and Scottish - that came later)

6.

For which railway company was the Fort William to Mallaig route originally built?

The North British Railway

7.

Who is the current President of the European Commission?

Jose Manuel Barroso

8.

Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia?

Kevin Rudd

ROUND 7

1.

What position did Rowan Williams hold before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury?

Archbishop of Wales

(accept Bishop of Wales)

2.

Of where was John Sentamu the Bishop before becoming Archbishop of York?

Birmingham

3.

Who recently released a CD entitled Drastic Fantastic?

KT Tunstall

4.

Who recently released a CD entitled Long Road out of Eden?

The Eagles

(and why couldn’t they have taken a wrong turning 24 miles back?)

5.

Which grape variety is used to make Beaujolais?

Gamay

6.

Which grape variety is used to make Retsina?

Savatiano

7.

What forms the distinctive green wrapping of Yarg cheese from Cornwall?

Nettle leaves

8.

Stilton can only be produced in 3 English Counties.  Name one.

(one of)

Derbyshire,

Leicestershire,

Nottinghamshire

ROUND 8 - 'They’ve got the hang of it'

1.

Who reputedly built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife Amytis?

Nebuchadnezzar (Il)

2.

Name the Australian film director of the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Peter Weir

3.

Who starred as rancher turned Marshal, Jed Cooper, in the 1968 film Hang’ Em High?

Clint Eastwood

4.

The last people hanged in England were Peter Allan and Gwynne Evans, hanged simultaneously on August 13th 1964 at 2 different locations.  Name either of the two prisons.

(one of)

Strangeways or

Walton Prison (Liverpool)

5.

Have a guess at the value of the Hang Seng index at close of business on Friday 30 November.  The leeway is 10% either way.

28644

(accept anything in the range 25780 to 31508)

6.

Have a guess at the longest recorded straight distance flight by a hang glider in kilometres as verified by the FAI.  Again there is a 10% leeway either way.

715.2km

(accept anything in the range 644km to 787km – by the way the feat was performed in a Class 2 glider by British pilot Robin Hamilton in 2006)

7.

Which band wrote the punk anthem Hanging Around which appeared on their debut album Rattus Norvegicus in 1977 although they never released it as a single?

The Stranglers

8.

Where was the phone booth in the opening line of Blondie’s Hanging on the Telephone?

“It’s the one across the hall”

1.

Name the last man to have stood on the moon.

Eugene Cernan

2.

Which constituency did William Hague win at a by election in February 1989?

Richmond

3.

Which baseball player was nicknamed the 'Yankee Clipper'?

Joe Di Maggio

4.

What is the name of the legal case at the heart of Dickens’ novel Bleak House?

Jarndyce v Jarndyce

5.

Who captained the HMS Beagle on the voyage to the Pacific when Charles Darwin was the ship’s naturalist?  He was later commemorated by the Finisterre meteorological area being renamed in his honour.

Fitzroy

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