1.

What is the one-word name given to the 40% complete australopithicus skeleton discovered in 1974 which was derived from a Beatles song that was played loudly and repeatedly at the excavation camp?

2.

Which Canadian pianist recorded two acclaimed versions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1955 and 1981?

3.

Which actor was Barbara Streisand’s first husband?

4.

Who proposed, in works dating between 1802 and 1822, a theory of evolution through the inheritance of acquired characteristics?

5.

Name the food writer whose cook books include Real Cooking and Appetite, and a childhood memoir called Toast.

6.

From which film did the song Bibbidi-Bobbidy-Boo come?

7.

Give the title of the single that this year topped the charts all over the world, remaining at number one in the US for seven weeks and in the UK for ten weeks, coincidently at the same time as one of the UK’s wettest summers on record.

8.

Who rediscovered Troy in the 1870’s and 1880’s?

9.

Which poem is described here:

“Bird lurches, in perches, over door

Poet’s bleary, query, where’s Lenore?

Creepy bird, knows one word, nevermore”

10.

Which country won the Economics Ig-Nobel Prize in 2003 for making it possible to rent the entire country for corporate conventions, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other gatherings?

11.

Conrad Black was jailed last week for abusing shareholders’ trust in his media company.  What is the name of the company?

12.

Name one of the two football teams to play at the Allianz Arena.

13.

Where does the CO come from in Tesco’s name?

14.

Harriet Harman’s husband is Treasurer of the Labour Party.  What is his name?

15.

Barwick Green is the theme music to which Soap Opera?

16.

What is the two-word name given to the woman, from 140,000 years ago, described as the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all humans - the first word of the name being derived from the source of the DNA, and the second being a woman’s name?

17.

Which Spanish cellist who died in 1973 is best remembered for his recordings of Bach’s Cello Suites?

18.

Which British actress was married to musician Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 to 1998?

19.

Who first proposed the theory of natural selection which prompted Darwin to accelerate and publish his more developed version

20.

Which chef has, as one of his trademark dishes, bacon-and-egg ice-cream?

21.

From which film did the song Scales and Arpeggios come?

22.

Who had a single in 2006 which contains the chorus “They tried to make me go to rehab and I said No, No, No.”?

23.

Who controlled the excavations at Knossos between 1900 and 1903?

24.

Which poem is described here?

“Aged pest buttonholes

Wedding guest, rigmaroles

How bird hexed boat,

Prayer kept him afloat,

Love conquers all, unquote.”

25.

Which device, first invented in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC, was granted a patent in 2001 by the Australian Patent Office thus gaining them the 2001 Technology Ig-Nobel prize?

26.

Jonathan Aitken, the former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister, was jailed for lying during a failed libel action.  He was also director of a company which had sold guns to Iran.  What was the name of this company?

27.

Name one of the two teams to play at the Ullevaal Stadium.

28.

Where does the DA come from in ASDA’s name?

29.

Fiona Miller, a British journalist who specialises as a campaigner on education issues, and has shared platforms with the likes of Neil Kinnock and Estelle Morris, has a high profile partner.  What is his name?

30.

The EastEnders theme was recorded as a single, Anyone Can Fall In Love, and became a hit in 1986 for Anita Dobson.  Who, to his eternal shame, produced this record?

1.

Name the architect of this building.

2.

Name the architect of this building.

3.

Name the 19th century artist (knighted for his popularity).

4.

Name the artist (known as ‘The Manchester Impressionist’).

5.

This is the flag of which African country?

6.

Which king was known as ‘the Uncle of Europe’?

7.

Which king had the nickname ‘Lackland’?

8.

In the US, at Thanksgiving, ‘turducken’ has become a popular dish.  What is it?

9.

What Christian order is commonly known as ‘white monks’?

10.

Chateau Musar is a producer of quality wines that is geographically very unusual, if not unique. What makes the chateau unusual?

1.

Name the South African paralympic athlete known as Blade Runner or the fastest man on no legs.

2.

Ike Turner who died last week has been credited with having masterminded the first Rock & Roll record in 1951.  The song was Rocket 88, the band The Kings of Rhythm.  On which label was the record released?

3.

BOGOF is a term often used in retail.  What does it stand for?

4.

Gerry Dorsey was the original stage name for which long standing star?

5.

Which poet wrote an illuminated book called Songs of Innocence?

6.

Martin Ling is the manager of which Coca Cola Football League One team?

7.

Roger De Mortimer, the first Earl of March, led a successful rebellion against which King of England?

8.

Played by Hannah Gordon, Glynis Holloway was responsible for the death of which television sitcom character?

9.

What is the most populous town in the English county of Shropshire?

10.

Which part of the body is affected by a colles fracture?

11.

Who wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel Staying On?

12.

Which US state did Gerald Ford represent in the US House of Representatives from 1949 until 1973?

13.

Brittany Ferries operate a direct ferry between Roscoff and which English city?

14.

In Country and Western music, who is known as ‘The Coal Miner's Daughter’?

15.

For which film did Humphrey Bogart win his only Oscar?

16.

Name the wheelchair bound British Paralympic athlete who won a total of 16 medals, 11 of them gold, over 5 Olympics and who retired this year.

17.

Booker T and the MGs were the house band at which recording studio?

18.

In business companies often do SWOT analyses.  What does SWOT stand for?

19.

Shane Fenton was the original stage name of which pop star?

20.

Lyrical Ballads was a published collection of some of the work of which poet?

21.

In rugby league, Jon Sharp is the coach of which Super League team?

22.

Which prominent historical figure married noblewoman Johanna von Puttkamer in 1847?

23.

Which film centres on US Army Captain Benjamin Willard and also features characters such as Jay ‘Chef’ Hicks and Tyrone ‘Mr Clean’ Miller?

24.

The town of Ipswich stands on which river?

25.

What is the popular name for the garden plant convallaria majalis?

26.

What was featured in Martin Creed’s Turner Prize-winning exhibit Work Number 227?

27.

In which Australian state is the parliamentary constituency of newly-elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd?

28.

Which English airport has the IATA designation code DSA?

29.

In Country and Western music who wrote the country hit Country Roads?

30.

Jodie Foster won an Oscar in 1989 for which film released in 1988?

ROUND 4 - Stockport style - Written

1.

Alfred Nobel left the lion’s share of his fortune to found the prize that bears his name. He had made his money from which 3 inventions – in 1867, 1875 and 1887 respectively?

2.

Pico Cristobal Colon is the highest peak in which South American country?

3.

In Greek mythology, who was the daughter of Demeter?

4.

What name is given to German wine made from grapes that have been left on the vine over winter?

5.

Which 3 people were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1962?

6.

Which club was the most powerful political group of the French Revolution, notorious for implementing the Reign of Terror?

7.

Who played the robot gunfighter in the film Westworld?

8.

In 7-card stud poker, how many cards, are dealt to each player before the betting starts, and how many are face up?

9.

Which poet’s love is like a “red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June”?

10.

Charles Duke is the youngest man to have achieved which feat; doing so in April 1972?

1.

Whose execution led to the closure of the Jacobin Club?

2.

Which UK number 1 single of 1965 contains the lyrics “…and when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot. She never misses.  She gives me all that she’s got”?

3.

What type of animal is a Lottatore Brindisino?

4.

Which is the lightest and driest style of Spanish sherry?

5.

The love story of which writer is portrayed in Shadowlands?

6.

In wild card poker, what is a wild card?

7.

Which actor played The Prisoner?

8.

In Greek mythology, who solved the Sphinx’s riddle?

9.

Who was the king of Iraq who fought against the Turks with T E Lawrence in World War I and was made king some time after later?

10.

Off the coast of which country was the World War II Battle of Cape Matapan fought?

1.

What is the one-word name given to the 40% complete australopithicus skeleton discovered in 1974 which was derived from a Beatles song that was played loudly and repeatedly at the excavation camp?

Lucy

2.

Which Canadian pianist recorded two acclaimed versions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in 1955 and 1981?

Glenn Gould

3.

Which actor was Barbara Streisand’s first husband?

Elliot Gould

4.

Who proposed, in works dating between 1802 and 1822, a theory of evolution through the inheritance of acquired characteristics?

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

(accept Lamarck)

5.

Name the food writer whose cook books include Real Cooking and Appetite, and a childhood memoir called Toast.

Nigel Slater

6.

From which film did the song Bibbidi-Bobbidy-Boo come?

Cinderella

7.

Give the title of the single that this year topped the charts all over the world, remaining at number one in the US for seven weeks and in the UK for ten weeks, coincidently at the same time as one of the UK’s wettest summers on record.

Umbrella

(by Rihanna)

8.

Who rediscovered Troy in the 1870’s and 1880’s?

Heinrich Schliemann

9.

Which poem is described here:

“Bird lurches, in perches, over door

Poet’s bleary, query, where’s Lenore?

Creepy bird, knows one word, nevermore”

The Raven

(by Edgar Allan Poe)

10.

Which country won the Economics Ig-Nobel Prize in 2003 for making it possible to rent the entire country for corporate conventions, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other gatherings?

Liechtenstein

11.

Conrad Black was jailed last week for abusing shareholders’ trust in his media company.  What is the name of the company?

Hollinger

12.

Name one of the two football teams to play at the Allianz Arena.

(one of)

Bayern Munich,

Munich 1860

13.

Where does the CO come from in Tesco’s name?

The first two letters of the founder’s surname – Jack Cohen

14.

Harriet Harman’s husband is Treasurer of the Labour Party.  What is his name?

Jack Dromey

15.

Barwick Green is the theme music to which Soap Opera?

The Archers

16.

What is the two-word name given to the woman, from 140,000 years ago, described as the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all humans - the first word of the name being derived from the source of the DNA, and the second being a woman’s name?

Mitochondrial Eve

17.

Which Spanish cellist who died in 1973 is best remembered for his recordings of Bach’s Cello Suites?

Pablo Casals

18.

Which British actress was married to musician Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 to 1998?

Charlotte Rampling

19.

Who first proposed the theory of natural selection which prompted Darwin to accelerate and publish his more developed version

Alfred Russell Wallace

(accept Russell)

20.

Which chef has, as one of his trademark dishes, bacon-and-egg ice-cream?

Heston Blumenthal

21.

From which film did the song Scales and Arpeggios come?

The Aristocats

22.

Who had a single in 2006 which contains the chorus “They tried to make me go to rehab and I said No, No, No.”?

Amy Winehouse

23.

Who controlled the excavations at Knossos between 1900 and 1903?

Sir Arthur Evans

24.

Which poem is described here?

“Aged pest buttonholes

Wedding guest, rigmaroles

How bird hexed boat,

Prayer kept him afloat,

Love conquers all, unquote.”

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

(by Coleridge)

25.

Which device, first invented in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC, was granted a patent in 2001 by the Australian Patent Office thus gaining them the 2001 Technology Ig-Nobel prize?

The wheel

(or the circular transportation facilitation device as it was called on the patent)

26.

Jonathan Aitken, the former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister, was jailed for lying during a failed libel action.  He was also director of a company which had sold guns to Iran.  What was the name of this company?

BMARC

27.

Name one of the two teams to play at the Ullevaal Stadium.

(one of)

Lyn Oslo,

Valerenga

28.

Where does the DA come from in ASDA’s name?

The original company was called Associated Dairies and so DA comes from the first two letters of the word Dairies

29.

Fiona Miller, a British journalist who specialises as a campaigner on education issues, and has shared platforms with the likes of Neil Kinnock and Estelle Morris, has a high profile partner.  What is his name?

Alastair Campbell

30.

The EastEnders theme was recorded as a single, Anyone Can Fall In Love, and became a hit in 1986 for Anita Dobson.  Who, to his eternal shame, produced this record?

Brian May

(lead guitarist with Queen, and also Dobson’s husband)

1.

Name the architect of this building.

Sir John Vanbrugh

(Blenheim Palace)

2.

Name the architect of this building.

Frank Lloyd Wright

(Guggenheim Museum, New York)

3.

Name the 19th century artist (knighted for his popularity).

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(accept Alma-Tadema, but not Tadema)

4.

Name the artist (known as ‘The Manchester Impressionist’).

Adolfe Valette

(accept Valette)

5.

This is the flag of which African country?

Morocco

6.

Which king was known as ‘the Uncle of Europe’?

Edward VII

7.

Which king had the nickname ‘Lackland’?

King John of England

8.

In the US, at Thanksgiving, ‘turducken’ has become a popular dish.  What is it?

Turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken

(portmanteau word)

9.

What Christian order is commonly known as ‘white monks’?

Cistercians

(accept Trappists, as they are an offshoot)

10.

Chateau Musar is a producer of quality wines that is geographically very unusual, if not unique. What makes the chateau unusual?

It’s in Lebanon

1.

Name the South African paralympic athlete known as Blade Runner or the fastest man on no legs.

Oscar Pistorius

2.

Ike Turner who died last week has been credited with having masterminded the first Rock & Roll record in 1951.  The song was Rocket 88, the band The Kings of Rhythm.  On which label was the record released?

Chess Records

3.

BOGOF is a term often used in retail.  What does it stand for?

'Buy One Get One Free'

4.

Gerry Dorsey was the original stage name for which long standing star?

Engelbert Humperdinck

5.

Which poet wrote an illuminated book called Songs of Innocence?

William Blake

6.

Martin Ling is the manager of which Coca Cola Football League One team?

Leyton Orient

7.

Roger De Mortimer, the first Earl of March, led a successful rebellion against which King of England?

Edward II

8.

Played by Hannah Gordon, Glynis Holloway was responsible for the death of which television sitcom character?

Victor Meldrew

9.

What is the most populous town in the English county of Shropshire?

Telford

10.

Which part of the body is affected by a colles fracture?

Wrist

11.

Who wrote the Booker Prize-winning novel Staying On?

Paul Scott

12.

Which US state did Gerald Ford represent in the US House of Representatives from 1949 until 1973?

Michigan

13.

Brittany Ferries operate a direct ferry between Roscoff and which English city?

Plymouth

14.

In Country and Western music, who is known as ‘The Coal Miner's Daughter’?

Loretta Lynn

15.

For which film did Humphrey Bogart win his only Oscar?

The African Queen

16.

Name the wheelchair bound British Paralympic athlete who won a total of 16 medals, 11 of them gold, over 5 Olympics and who retired this year.

Tanni Grey-Thompson

17.

Booker T and the MGs were the house band at which recording studio?

STAX Records

18.

In business companies often do SWOT analyses.  What does SWOT stand for?

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

(must have all 4)

19.

Shane Fenton was the original stage name of which pop star?

Alvin Stardust

20.

Lyrical Ballads was a published collection of some of the work of which poet?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

21.

In rugby league, Jon Sharp is the coach of which Super League team?

Huddersfield Giants

22.

Which prominent historical figure married noblewoman Johanna von Puttkamer in 1847?

Otto von Bismarck

23.

Which film centres on US Army Captain Benjamin Willard and also features characters such as Jay ‘Chef’ Hicks and Tyrone ‘Mr Clean’ Miller?

Apocalypse Now

24.

The town of Ipswich stands on which river?

Orwell

25.

What is the popular name for the garden plant convallaria majalis?

Lily of the Valley

26.

What was featured in Martin Creed’s Turner Prize-winning exhibit Work Number 227?

A light being switched on and off

(in an empty room)

27.

In which Australian state is the parliamentary constituency of newly-elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd?

Queensland

28.

Which English airport has the IATA designation code DSA?

Robin Hood Airport

(Doncaster Sheffield)

29.

In Country and Western music who wrote the country hit Country Roads?

John Denver

30.

Jodie Foster won an Oscar in 1989 for which film released in 1988?

The Accused

ROUND 4 - Stockport style - Written

1.

Alfred Nobel left the lion’s share of his fortune to found the prize that bears his name. He had made his money from which 3 inventions – in 1867, 1875 and 1887 respectively?

Dynamite, Gelignite, and Ballistite

2.

Pico Cristobal Colon is the highest peak in which South American country?

Colombia

3.

In Greek mythology, who was the daughter of Demeter?

Persephone

4.

What name is given to German wine made from grapes that have been left on the vine over winter?

Eiswein

5.

Which 3 people were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1962?

James Watson, Frances Crick and Maurice Wilkins

(for discovering the structure of DNA)

6.

Which club was the most powerful political group of the French Revolution, notorious for implementing the Reign of Terror?

Jacobin Club

7.

Who played the robot gunfighter in the film Westworld?

Yul Brynner

8.

In 7-card stud poker, how many cards, are dealt to each player before the betting starts, and how many are face up?

3 cards – 1 face up

(2 face down)

9.

Which poet’s love is like a “red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June”?

Robert Burns

10.

Charles Duke is the youngest man to have achieved which feat; doing so in April 1972?

Walking on the Moon

1.

Whose execution led to the closure of the Jacobin Club?

Maximilien Robespierre

2.

Which UK number 1 single of 1965 contains the lyrics “…and when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot. She never misses.  She gives me all that she’s got”?

Yeh Yeh

(Georgie Fame)

3.

What type of animal is a Lottatore Brindisino?

Dog

4.

Which is the lightest and driest style of Spanish sherry?

Manzanilla

5.

The love story of which writer is portrayed in Shadowlands?

C S Lewis

6.

In wild card poker, what is a wild card?

It represents any card the player decides on

7.

Which actor played The Prisoner?

Patrick McGoohan

8.

In Greek mythology, who solved the Sphinx’s riddle?

Oedipus

9.

Who was the king of Iraq who fought against the Turks with T E Lawrence in World War I and was made king some time after later?

King Faisal I

10.

Off the coast of which country was the World War II Battle of Cape Matapan fought?

Greece