ROUND 1

1.

Described by Frank Gallagher as “a second home to most of us; to some our only home”, what is the name of the pub in the comedy drama Shameless?

2.

In which capital city was Handel’s Messiah premiered in 1742?

3.

Which football league club plays its home games at Underhill Stadium?

4.

Which British actress won the 2008 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?

5.

Which subgroup of Jews, who represent the majority of Jews worldwide, take their name from their origins in Germany?

6.

What title did Benjamin Disraeli take when elevated to the peerage in 1876?

7.

Who was convicted of the murder of Jill Dando?

8.

Who was the best friend of fictional schoolboy Jennings in the series of novels by Anthony Buckeridge?

ROUND 2

1.

Which US president said: “If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen”?

2.

What is the origin of the term 12 bore shotgun?

3.

What is the country of birth of the Archbishop of York?

4.

Jack Higgins, author of The Eagle Has Landed, published many of his early novels, including Cry of the Hunter, under his real name.  What was it?

5.

Alexander Kent, author of the Richard Bolitho series, published many of his World War 2 novels under his real name.  What was it?

6.

What is the country of birth of the current Bishop of Rochester?

7.

Which decade finally saw muzzle-loading small arms replaced by breech-loading small arms?

8.

Which US president said: “Talk quietly and carry a big stick”?

ROUND 3

1.

Who was the unrequited love of fictional schoolboy Adrian Mole, who later became Labour MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch?

2.

Who was convicted of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell?

3.

By what title was Henry John Temple known when he was Prime Minister between 1855 and 1858, and again between 1859 and 1865?

4.

Which subgroup of Jews, representing a minority of Jews worldwide, originate from the Iberian peninsula?

5.

Which actress won the 2008 Oscar for Best Actress?

6.

Which football league club plays its home games at Adams Park?

7.

In which capital city was Grieg’s Piano concerto premiered in 1869?

8.

What is the name of the pub frequented by Jim Royle and David Best in the sitcom The Royle Family?

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name this British sea bird.

2.

Name this British duck.

3.

Take one name from each of these two pictures to make the name of a 20th century composer.

4.

Take one name from each of these two pictures to make the name of a 20th century Prime Minister.

5.

These are 3 views of which Asian city?

6.

These are 3 views of which European city?

7.

Name the Shakespeare play indicated.

8.

Name the Shakespeare play indicated.

ROUNDS 5-8 - Bingo Quiz

1.

The Tracy brothers, who pilot the Thunderbirds, are named after five of the Mercury programme astronauts.  Name 3 of them. (forename and surname needed)

2.

What was the nationality of the commentator who said the following:

“Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Atlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana, Maggie Thatcher.  Can you hear me Maggie Thatcher?  Your boys took one hell of a beating!”

3.

Which Scottish Munro mountain is located on the royal estate at Balmoral and lends its name to a poem by Lord Byron?

4.

What kind of fruit is the Mirabelle de Lorraine?

5.

Who was Dale Arden’s superhero boyfriend?

6.

In which conflict did the United States suffer its greatest number of combatant deaths?

7.

In which city was police drama series Hill Street Blues set?

8.

Which of Henry VIII’s wives is buried in Peterborough Cathedral?

9.

1988 was known as ‘the summer of the four captains’ in English test cricket circles.  Name 2 of the 4 men who captained England in that year’s test series against West Indies.

10.

Which is the most northerly national capital city in the world?

11.

Who composed the operas Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky?

12.

The George Cross has twice been awarded collectively rather than to an individual.  Name both groups.

13.

Which English cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1311 until it collapsed in 1549?

14.

The Spire of Dublin (also known as the Stiletto in the Ghetto, the Rod to God, the Erection at the Intersection, the Stiffy on the Liffey, the Nail in the Pale and the Spire in the Mire) is the tallest sculpture in the world.  Which famous monument did it replace?

15.

Who is the current MP for Witney?

16.

'You shop… we drop' is which company’s slogan?

17.

Which was the last football team, not playing in the top division, to win the FA Cup?

18.

Cameron John Mullinder was born in Bristol on 21st December 2006.  Who is his famous Oldham-born mother?

19.

Who was the novelist wife of World War 2 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning?

20.

What are Kreutz Sungrazers?

21.

The bands Panic! at the Disco,  and The Killers, originate from which US city?

22.

Whose books include Round Ireland With a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis?  He was also lead singer of the band Morris Minor and the Majors.

23.

Which two field events are contested in the Men’s track and field outdoor Decathlon but are not contested in the Women’s Heptathlon?

24.

Which painting by William Frederick Yeames is displayed at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool - and also as a lifesize tableau at Madam Tussaud’s in London?

25.

In Japan who are the Hibakusha, of whom 251,834 were still alive as of March 31st 2007?

26.

Which 1983 French Open Tennis champion was the son of a Cameroonian footballer and later developed a career as a singer?

27.

Which country hosted the first Winter Olympic games in 1924?

28.

How is Lev Davidovich Bronstein better known?

29.

Eight golfers with the letter Z in their surnames have won a golf major.  Name 3.

30.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone erythropoietin?

31.

Name 2 of the 3 Grand National winners since 1945 that have the word red in their name.

32.

Who did Fanya Kaplan of the Socialist Revolutionary Party attempt to assassinate on August 30th 1918?  She was executed on September 3rd 1918.

33.

Which poet played for Harrow in the first Eton v Harrow cricket match in 1805?

34.

Edward III’s son, John of Gaunt, is so named because he was born in Ghent.  In which city (later to become an Olympic venue) was his elder brother Lionel born?

35.

Of the 24 members of the Order of Merit only three are women.  Baroness Thatcher is one.  Name either of the other two.

36.

Who is the only player to have won the World Darts Championship in three different decades?

37.

“They also serve who only stand and wait” is a quote from which poet?

38.

How would 47 year old Californian resident Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu be known if he lived in Withington?

39.

Who was described by Dame Edna Everage as “a human maggot held together by bacteria - and I mean that in a caring way”?

40.

In which city is the Vasa Museum and the T-bana metro system?

ROUND 1

1.

Described by Frank Gallagher as “a second home to most of us; to some our only home”, what is the name of the pub in the comedy drama Shameless?

The Jockey

2.

In which capital city was Handel’s Messiah premiered in 1742?

Dublin

3.

Which football league club plays its home games at Underhill Stadium?

Barnet

4.

Which British actress won the 2008 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?

Tilda Swinton

5.

Which subgroup of Jews, who represent the majority of Jews worldwide, take their name from their origins in Germany?

Ashkenazi

6.

What title did Benjamin Disraeli take when elevated to the peerage in 1876?

Earl of Beaconsfield

7.

Who was convicted of the murder of Jill Dando?

Barry George

8.

Who was the best friend of fictional schoolboy Jennings in the series of novels by Anthony Buckeridge?

Darbishire

ROUND 2

1.

Which US president said: “If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen”?

Harry S Truman

2.

What is the origin of the term 12 bore shotgun?

A sphere of lead weighing one twelfth of a pound will fit the barrel exactly

3.

What is the country of birth of the Archbishop of York?

Uganda

4.

Jack Higgins, author of The Eagle Has Landed, published many of his early novels, including Cry of the Hunter, under his real name.  What was it?

Harry Patterson

5.

Alexander Kent, author of the Richard Bolitho series, published many of his World War 2 novels under his real name.  What was it?

Douglas Reeman

6.

What is the country of birth of the current Bishop of Rochester?

Pakistan

7.

Which decade finally saw muzzle-loading small arms replaced by breech-loading small arms?

1860s

8.

Which US president said: “Talk quietly and carry a big stick”?

Theodore Roosevelt

ROUND 3

1.

Who was the unrequited love of fictional schoolboy Adrian Mole, who later became Labour MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch?

Pandora Braithwaite

2.

Who was convicted of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell?

Michael Stone

3.

By what title was Henry John Temple known when he was Prime Minister between 1855 and 1858, and again between 1859 and 1865?

Lord (Viscount) Palmerston

4.

Which subgroup of Jews, representing a minority of Jews worldwide, originate from the Iberian peninsula?

Sephardi

5.

Which actress won the 2008 Oscar for Best Actress?

Marion Cotillard

6.

Which football league club plays its home games at Adams Park?

Wycombe Wanderers

7.

In which capital city was Grieg’s Piano concerto premiered in 1869?

Copenhagen

8.

What is the name of the pub frequented by Jim Royle and David Best in the sitcom The Royle Family?

The Feathers

ROUND 4 - Picture Round

1.

Name this British sea bird.

Guillemot

2.

Name this British duck.

Pintail

3.

Take one name from each of these two pictures to make the name of a 20th century composer.

Samuel Barber

(Yosemite Sam and Glynis Barber)

4.

Take one name from each of these two pictures to make the name of a 20th century Prime Minister.

Anthony Eden

(Anthony Andrews and Eden Park, Auckland)

5.

These are 3 views of which Asian city?

Mumbai

(accept Bombay)

6.

These are 3 views of which European city?

Oslo

7.

Name the Shakespeare play indicated.

A Midsummer’s Night Dream

(the characters: Nick Bottom, Frances Flute and Peter Quince)

8.

Name the Shakespeare play indicated.

Macbeth

(the characters: Caithness, Malcolm and Lennox)

ROUNDS 5-8 - Bingo Quiz

1

The Tracy brothers, who pilot the Thunderbirds, are named after five of the Mercury programme astronauts.  Name 3 of them. (forename and surname needed)

(3 from)

John Glenn,

Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Scott Carpenter,

Alan Shepherd,

Gordon Cooper

2.

What was the nationality of the commentator who said the following:

“Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Atlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana, Maggie Thatcher.  Can you hear me Maggie Thatcher?  Your boys took one hell of a beating!”

Norwegian

(Bjorge Lillien)

3.

Which Scottish Munro mountain is located on the royal estate at Balmoral and lends its name to a poem by Lord Byron?

Lochnagar

4.

What kind of fruit is the Mirabelle de Lorraine?

Plum

5.

Who was Dale Arden’s superhero boyfriend?

Flash Gordon

6.

In which conflict did the United States suffer its greatest number of combatant deaths?

American Civil War

7

In which city was police drama series Hill Street Blues set?

Chicago

8

Which of Henry VIII’s wives is buried in Peterborough Cathedral?

Catherine of Aragon

9.

1988 was known as ‘the summer of the four captains’ in English test cricket circles.  Name 2 of the 4 men who captained England in that year’s test series against West Indies.

(2 from)

Mike Gatting,

John Emburey,

Chris Cowdrey,

Graham Gooch

10.

Which is the most northerly national capital city in the world?

Reykjavik

11.

Who composed the operas Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky?

John Adams

12.

The George Cross has twice been awarded collectively rather than to an individual.  Name both groups.

Island of Malta and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)

13

Which English cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1311 until it collapsed in 1549?

Lincoln

14.

The Spire of Dublin (also known as the Stiletto in the Ghetto, the Rod to God, the Erection at the Intersection, the Stiffy on the Liffey, the Nail in the Pale and the Spire in the Mire) is the tallest sculpture in the world.  Which famous monument did it replace?

Nelson’s Column

(or Nelson Pillar)

15.

Who is the current MP for Witney?

David Cameron

16.

'You shop… we drop' is which company’s slogan?

Tesco

17.

Which was the last football team, not playing in the top division, to win the FA Cup?

West Ham United

(in 1980)

18.

Cameron John Mullinder was born in Bristol on 21st December 2006.  Who is his famous Oldham-born mother?

Louise Brown

19

Who was the novelist wife of World War 2 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick ‘Boy’ Browning?

Daphne du Maurier

20.

What are Kreutz Sungrazers?

Comets

21.

The bands Panic! at the Disco,  and The Killers, originate from which US city?

Las Vegas

22.

Whose books include Round Ireland With a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis?  He was also lead singer of the band Morris Minor and the Majors.

Tony Hawks

23.

Which two field events are contested in the Men’s track and field outdoor Decathlon but are not contested in the Women’s Heptathlon?

Discus and Pole Vault

24.

Which painting by William Frederick Yeames is displayed at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool - and also as a lifesize tableau at Madam Tussaud’s in London?

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

25

In Japan who are the Hibakusha, of whom 251,834 were still alive as of March 31st 2007?

Survivors of the atomic bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

26.

Which 1983 French Open Tennis champion was the son of a Cameroonian footballer and later developed a career as a singer?

Yannick Noah

27.

Which country hosted the first Winter Olympic games in 1924?

France

28.

How is Lev Davidovich Bronstein better known?

Leon Trotsky

29.

Eight golfers with the letter Z in their surnames have won a golf major.  Name 3.

(3 from)

Gene Sarazen,

Vic Ghezzi,

Roberto di Vincenzo,

Fuzzy Zoeller,

Larry Mize,

Lee Janzen,

Paul Azinger,

Jose Maria Olazabal

30.

Which organ of the body produces the hormone erythropoietin?

Kidney

31

Name 2 of the 3 Grand National winners since 1945 that have the word red in their name.

(2 from)

Red Alligátor,

Red Rum,

Red Marauder

32.

Who did Fanya Kaplan of the Socialist Revolutionary Party attempt to assassinate on August 30th 1918?  She was executed on September 3rd 1918.

Lenin

33.

Which poet played for Harrow in the first Eton v Harrow cricket match in 1805?

Lord Byron

34.

Edward III’s son, John of Gaunt, is so named because he was born in Ghent.  In which city (later to become an Olympic venue) was his elder brother Lionel born?

Antwerp

35.

Of the 24 members of the Order of Merit only three are women.  Baroness Thatcher is one.  Name either of the other two.

(one from)

Baroness (Betty) Boothroyd,

Dame Joan Sutherland

36.

Who is the only player to have won the World Darts Championship in three different decades?

John Lowe

('79, '87, '93)

37.

“They also serve who only stand and wait” is a quote from which poet?

John Milton

38.

How would 47 year old Californian resident Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu be known if he lived in Withington?

Duke of Manchester

39.

Who was described by Dame Edna Everage as “a human maggot held together by bacteria - and I mean that in a caring way”?

Madge Allsop

40

In which city is the Vasa Museum and the T-bana metro system?

Stockholm